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Cadence Minerals Plc
("Cadence Minerals", "Cadence" or "the Company")
Restructuring of Loan Note
Cadence Minerals (AIM/NEX: KDNC; OTC: KDNCY) announced on the 1 November 2017 that it had repaid US$6.45 million of its US$12.9 million loan note and restructured the remaining US$6.45 million as two separate convertible loan notes ("Convertible Notes"), which were due to mature at the end of September 2018.
Cadence is pleased to announce that it has refinanced the Convertible Notes by agreeing a US$4.87 million amortizing loan note with a consortium of institutional lenders. The loan will be primarily used to repay the outstanding balances due on the Convertible Notes (US$4.2 million) and future interest payments. The loan will attract an effective 9% per annum and has a principle repayment holiday until 1st January 2019. After which the loan will be paid via equal instalments over a 12-month period, with the principle being fully repaid by the 1st December 2019. The note is secured over the Company's assets.
Appointment of Joint Broker
The Company is pleased to announce that is has appointed Novum Securities Limited as joint broker to the Company with immediate effect.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
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About Cadence Minerals:
Cadence is dedicated to smart investments for a greener world. The planet needs rechargeable batteries on a global scale - upcoming supersized passenger vehicles, lorries and buses - require lithium and other minerals to achieve this goal. Cadence is helping find these minerals in new places and extracting them in new ways, which will meet the demand of this burgeoning market.
Cadence invests across the globe, principally in lithium mining projects. Its primary strategy is taking significant economic stakes in upstream exploration and development assets within strategic metals. We identify assets that have strategic cost advantages that are not replicable, with the aim of achieving lower quartile production costs. The combination of this approach and seeking value opportunities allows us to identify projects capable of achieving high rates of return.
The Cadence board has a blend of mining, commodity investing, fund management and deal structuring knowledge and experience, that is supported by access to key marketing, political and industry contacts. These resources are leveraged not only in our investment decisions but also in continuing support of our investments, whether it be increasing market awareness of an asset, or advising on product mix or path to production. Cadence Mineral's goal is to assist management to rapidly develop the project up the value curve and deliver excellent returns on its investments.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this announcement are or may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'' ''could'' "should" ''envisage'' ''estimate'' ''intend'' ''may'' ''plan'' ''will'' or the negative of those variations or comparable expressions including references to assumptions. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth results of operations performance future capital and other expenditures (including the amount. nature and sources of funding thereof) competitive advantages business prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks associated with vulnerability to general economic and business conditions competition environmental and other regulatory changes actions by governmental authorities the availability of capital markets reliance on key personnel uninsured and underinsured losses and other factors many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions. The Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements.