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11 December 2023
Capital Metals PLC
("Capital Metals" or the "Company")
Placing to Raise £625,000
Capital Metals (AIM: CMET), a mineral sands company approaching mine development stage at the high-grade Eastern Minerals Project in Sri Lanka (the "Project"), announces a placing to raise gross proceeds of £625,000 through a placing (the "Placing") of 14,705,882 new ordinary shares of 0.2p each (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 4.25p (the "Placing Price") arranged by Tavira Financial Limited (the "Broker").
Following the announcement of a Subscription on 6 December 2023, the Company was approached by existing shareholders in the UK who wished to further support the Company and maintain their holdings. The Board concluded that this Placing, together with the Subscription, places the Company on a materially stronger footing whilst it seeks to conclude an offtake financing agreement to fund the total Project capital expenditure. As with the Subscription funding, the Placing funds will provide the Company with the ability to accelerate its plans for commencement of construction. These additional funds will also permit exploration drilling in conjunction with resource definition drilling to expand the mineral resources by stepping out and drilling at depth, as well as enabling the Company to conclude negotiations with some key landowners to facilitate additional mining licences being granted, underpinning years of mine planning.
The Placing has been conducted within the share capital authorities granted at the last Annual General Meeting in September 2023.
Issue of Broker Warrants ands Fee Shares
735,294 broker warrants will be issued to the Broker pursuant to their engagement terms. The Warrants will be exercisable at the Placing Price for a period of 3 years from the date of Admission. 737,082 new ordinary shares of 0.2p each will be issued at 4.25p per share to satisfy commissions payable pursuant to the Subscription announced on 6 December 2023 (the "Fee Shares").
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Placing Shares and the Fee Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the Placing Shares and Fee Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 14 December 2023.
The Placing Shares and Fee Shares will be issued fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in issue will be 309,431,209 with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company's share capital pursuant to (i) the Company's Articles, (ii) the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and/or (iii) the AIM Rules for Companies issued by the London Stock Exchange plc as amended from time to time.
For further information, please contact:
Capital Metals plc Greg Martyr (Executive Chairman) | Via Vigo Consulting |
Vigo Consulting (Investor Relations) Ben Simons / Peter Jacob | +44 (0)20 7390 0234 capitalmetals@vigoconsulting.com |
SPARK Advisory Partners (Nominated Adviser) Neil Baldwin / James Keeshan | +44 (0)20 3368 3554 |
Tavira Financial Jonathan Evans / Oliver Stansfield | +44 (0)20 7100 5100 |
About Capital Metals
Capital Metals is a UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: CMET). We are developing the Eastern Minerals Project in Sri Lanka, approximately 220km east of Colombo, containing industrial minerals including ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and garnet. The Project is one of the highest-grade mineral sands projects globally, with potential for further grade and resource expansion. In 2022, a third-party Preliminary Economic Assessment provided a Project NPV of US$155-235m based on existing resources, with further identified optimisation potential. We are committed to applying modern mining practices and bringing significant positive benefits to Sri Lanka and the local community. We expect over 300 direct new jobs to be created and over US$130m in direct government royalties and taxes to be paid.
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www.capitalmetals.com
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Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.