ECR Minerals Regulatory News (ECR)

3 Jan 2006 15:44

AIM03 January 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:COMPANY NAME: Mercator Gold plc ("Mercator") COMPANY ADDRESS: Peek House3rd Floor20 EastcheapLondon COMPANY POSTCODE:EC3M 1EB COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:England and Wales COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED INACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J) OF THE AIM RULES: Mercator is a resources company which has acquired St Barbara's entire gold exploration and mining assets withinin the prospective Meekatharra Belt of Western Australia. The Directors believe that the Acquisition willconsolidate Mercator's position within the Murchison Gold Province and has the potential to transform the Companyfrom explorer to producer by providing ownership of the Meekatharra Tenements and infrastructure required tocommence significant gold production. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares, nominal value and issue price to whichit seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): Up to 47,288,350 Ordinary Shares of 10p each CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION: Up to £13.2 million before expenses FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS: Terrence John Strapp, Non Executive Chairman Patrick Aloysius Harford, Managing Director Michael John de Villiers, Finance Director Dr Julian Richard Vearncombe, Exploration Director Michael Elias, Non Executive Director Richard Nicholas Allen, Non Executive DirectorPERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITALBEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Before Admission: Caledonian Capital Ltd 16.4 Newland Resources Ltd 10.0 First International Resources Ltd 9.0 Credit Agricole Investors Services Bank 4.1 Mayford Development Limited 3.9 Artemis Alpha Trust plc 3.8 Loeb Aron & Company Ltd 3.7 Fairchoice Limited 3.0 After Admission: Caledonian Capital Ltd Newland Resources Ltd First International Resources Ltd Credit Agricole Investors Services Bank Mayford Development Limited Artemis Alpha Trust plc Loeb Aron & Company Ltd Fairchoice Limited NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: AMC Consultants Pty Ltd, Level 19, 114 William Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Kingston Vale Pty Ltd, 32 Alness Street, Applecross, WA 6153, Australia ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE:30 JuneEXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:20 January 2005NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: Beaumont Cornish Limited, 5th Floor, 10 -12 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7DE NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: King & Shaxson Capital Limited, 6th Floor, Candlewick House, 120 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AS Ocean Equities Limited, 3 Copthall Avenue, London EC2R 7BH DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENTTHAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: The Admission Document, which will contain full details about the applicant and the admission of its securities,will be available from Beaumont Cornish Limited, 5th Floor, 10 -12 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7DE and fromMercator Gold plc, Peek House, 3rd Floor, Eastcheap, London EC3M 1EB DATE OF NOTIFICATION:3 January 2006NEW/ UPDATE (see note): NEW This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange