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Kodal Minerals Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: KOD / Sector: Mining
7 September 2020
Kodal Minerals plc ("Kodal Minerals" or the "Company")
Update on ESA, warrant exercise and comment on MoU
Kodal Minerals, the mineral exploration and development company, provides an update on its equity sharing agreement (the "ESA") with Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and YA II PN Ltd (the "Investors"), details of which were announced on 7 April 2020.
The Company has been informed that the Investors have sold all the ordinary shares of 0.03125p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") issued to them under the terms of the ESA. This has concluded the ESA and resulted in the Company receiving total cash proceeds of £654,000 and reflects a positive result for the Company compared with the £500,000 subscription agreement entered into at the commencement of the ESA. The Company also notes that the ESA has been completed in under six months.
In connection with the ESA, the Investors were issued with warrants to subscribe for 228,571,428 new Ordinary Shares, exercisable for a period of three years from the date of the ESA at a price of 0.04375p per Ordinary Share. The Investors have elected to exercise these warrants in full at an aggregate exercise price of £100,000.
Application will be made for the 228,571,428 new Ordinary Shares being issued on exercise to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will take place on or around 10 September 2020 ("Admission").
For the avoidance of doubt, there are no further payments to be made or received or shares to be issued pursuant to the ESA.
Comment on MoU with Sinohydro Corporation Limited ("Sinohydro")
The Company notes the recent positive movement in its share price, which it believes is due principally to the announcement of its MoU with Sinohydro on 1 September 2020. The Company believes that the MoU with Sinohydro in respect of the Company's Bougouni Lithium Project is an extremely positive development and whilst legally binding on the parties during the exclusivity period in the first six months, there can be no guarantees as to its outcomes nor that it will ultimately lead to financing of the Bougouni Lithium Project or an EPC contract being entered into with Sinohydro or any other party.
Total Voting Rights
Upon Admission, the issued share capital of the Company will consist of 11,339,194,566 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company from Admission will be 11,339,194,566. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please visit www.kodalminerals.com or contact the following:
Kodal Minerals plc Bernard Aylward, CEO |
Tel: +61 418 943 345
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Allenby Capital Limited, Nominated Adviser Jeremy Porter/Nick Harriss
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Tel: 020 3328 5656 |
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP, Financial Adviser & Broker John Mackay/Soltan Tagiev
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Tel: 020 3470 0470 |
St Brides Partners Ltd, Financial PR Susie Geliher/Cosima Akerman
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Tel: 020 7236 1177 |
About Kodal Minerals
Kodal Minerals' primary focus is on the rapid advancement towards production of its flagship Bougouni Lithium Project in Southern Mali. The JORC Resource Estimate places the Bougouni Project in the top 15 hard rock lithium projects globally and was calculated using only three of the eight currently recognised prospects demonstrating the significant exploration upside potential remaining across the 450km2 project area. The Mineral Resource estimate for the Ngoualana, Sogola-Baoule and Boumou prospects are tabulated below. These mineral resources are reported in accordance with the JORC Code:
Prospect | Indicated | Inferred | Total | ||||||
Tonnes (Mt) | Li2O% Grade | Contained Li2O (kt) | Tonnes (Mt) | Li2O% Grade | Contained Li2O (kt) | Tonnes (Mt) | Li2O% Grade | Contained Li2O (kt) | |
Sogola_Baoule | 8.4 | 1.09 | 91.9 | 3.8 | 1.13 | 42.8 | 12.2 | 1.10 | 134.8 |
Ngoualana | 3.1 | 1.25 | 39.2 | 2.0 | 1.12 | 22.1 | 5.1 | 1.20 | 61.3 |
Boumou | 4.0 | 1.02 | 40.4 | 4.0 | 1.02 | 40.4 | |||
TOTAL | 11.6 | 1.13 | 131.2 | 9.7 | 1.08 | 105.3 | 21.3 | 1.11 | 236.5 |
Notes: Mineral resources are reported using a 0.5%Li2O cut-off. Figures may not sum due to rounding. The contained metal is determined by the estimated tonnage and grade.
The Bougouni Project and recently acquired 200km2 Bougouni West project are located in an emerging lithium province that is already attracting the attention of investors and off-take partners interested in securing a long-term supply of lithium. With the support of its strategic investor and off-take partner Suay Chin International Pte, a Singapore-based lithium and chemical trader, Kodal Minerals is well positioned to continue its ambitious development programme at Bougouni.
Further to this, Kodal Minerals is the manager of additional lithium and gold projects that are undergoing low cost exploration programmes in addition to JV funded gold properties in Cote d'Ivoire that offer potentially significant long-term value.