Berkeley Eng Regulatory News (BKY)

27 Apr 2009 08:25



27 April 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Council of ministers APPROVAL RECEIved 

for enusa agreement

The Directors of Berkeley Resources Limited are pleased to advise that the Spanish Council of Ministers on Friday approved the Co-operation Agreement with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas SA (ENUSA), as set out in the announcement dated 9 December 2008.

Berkeley will now proceed to:

Pay the initial deposit of €5m for the ENUSA assets;

Acquire ENUSA's historical database for the Salamanca State Reserves and the Quercus uranium processing plant;

Commence a feasibility study on the Salamanca Uranium Project, scheduled to take 18 months to complete; 

Undertake the placements and rights issue set out in the announcement of 23 March 2009; and

Appoint Mr Stephen Dattels to the Board upon completion of the placement to Polo Resources Ltd.

Berkeley is ideally placed to undertake the feasibility study, which includes an existing uranium processing plant and the substantial combined resource base of the two companies. Berkeley particularly looks forward to partnering with ENUSA to investigate the regeneration of uranium production in Spain. 

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