16 Dec 2011 10:30
16 December 2011
AMUR MINERALS CORPORATION
(AIM: AMC)
Non Executive Directors Purchase Amur Shares
Amur Minerals Corporation ("Amur" or the "Company"), a nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and resource development company focused on far east Russia, announces that its Non Executive Directors, Robert Schafer and Brian Savage, have opted to receive ordinary shares in lieu of their quarterly remuneration for the third and fourth quarters of 2011. The purchase cost of the ordinary shares on 16 December 2011 was 11.25 pence, representing a premium of 23.3 per cent. to the closing mid-market price of 9.125p as at 15 December 2011.
·; Robert Schafer's Non Executive compensation for the third and fourth quarters of 2011 equates to US$20,000. His role includes acting as the Non Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and sitting on the Remuneration and Audit Committees. This represents a purchase of 113,636 ordinary shares.
·; Brian Savage's Non Executive compensation for the third and fourth quarters of 2011 equates to US$16,500. This represents a purchase of 93,749 ordinary shares.
·; In addition, a senior employee has elected to convert part of his December salary to shares at the same price which has resulted in the issue of a further 5,682 shares.
The share purchase was completed at 11.25 pence per share and a currency conversion rate of 0.6392 Sterling to USD was utilised.
The following table presents a comprehensive summary of the distribution of ordinary shares and options held by the Directors of Amur following these transactions:
Directors | Ordinary Shares Held | Percentage of issued share capital | Allocated Share Options |
Robin Young - CEO | 1,587,160 | 0.57 | 4,086,000 |
Robert Schafer - Chairman | 146,969 | 0.05 | 2,454,000 |
Brian Savage - Non Executive Director | 93,749 | 0.03 | 1,600,000 |
Total | 1,827,878 | 0.65 | 8,140,000 |
Concurrently with the above placing of ordinary shares, Amur is issuing 500,000 ordinary shares to Lanstead Capital LP (Lanstead) as part of an agreed payment that completes the placing transaction between Amur and Lanstead undertaken on 22 March 2011. The shares issued to Lanstead were assigned at a value of 10 pence per share.
Application will be made for the new shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 23 December 2011.
Following these transactions the distribution of ordinary shares and options outstanding is as follows:
Ordinary Shares in Issue | 278,575,179 |
Options Outstanding* | 13,607,000 |
Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding | 292,182,179 |
* Options outstanding have been reduced by 240,000 shares due to expiry of certain unexercised options
Robin Young, CEO of Amur Minerals, commented:
"As CEO of Amur, I welcome the acquisition of shares by our Non Executive Directors and senior staff. This reflects the confidence that we as a group have in the already defined substantial deposit, its exploration upside and our ability to develop the project within Russia. This transaction also represents a cost saving measure which allows us to make use of these funds in advancing on the ground work at the Kun-Manie nickel - copper project."
Enquiries:
Company Amur Minerals Corp. | Nomad and Joint Broker RBC Capital Markets | Joint Broker Hybridan LLP | Public Relations Lothbury Financial Services |
Robin Young CEO | Martin Eales | Claire Louise NoyceDeepak ReddyTim Goodman | Michael Padley |
+44 (0) 7981 126 818 | +44 (0) 20 7029 7881 | +44 (0) 20 7947 4350 | +44 (0) 20 7868 2010 |