Gordon Stein, CFO of CleanTech Lithium, explains why CTL acquired the 23 Laguna Verde licenses. Watch the video here.

Less Ads, More Data, More Tools Register for FREE

Pin to quick picksMc Mining Regulatory News (MCM)

Share Price Information for Mc Mining (MCM)

London Stock Exchange
Share Price is delayed by 15 minutes
Get Live Data
Share Price: 8.00
Bid: 7.50
Ask: 8.50
Change: 0.00 (0.00%)
Spread: 1.00 (13.333%)
Open: 7.75
High: 7.75
Low: 7.75
Prev. Close: 7.75
MCM Live PriceLast checked at -

Watchlists are a member only feature

Login to your account

Alerts are a premium feature

Login to your account

RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRENT IDC LOAN

6 Jul 2020 14:00

RNS Number : 1272S
MC Mining Limited
06 July 2020
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 6 July 2020

 

RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRENT IDC LOAN

MC Mining Limited ("MC Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the conclusion of a conditional loan restructuring agreement (the "Agreement") with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited ("IDC"). The Agreement also includes the Company's subsidiary, Baobab Mining and Exploration Proprietary Limited ("Baobab"), the owner of the Makhado hard coking coal project ("Makhado Project" or "Makhado").

The Company secured a R240 million ($13.7 million*) loan facility (the "Initial IDC Facility") from the IDC in March 2017. This facility was granted to develop the Makhado Project and resulted in the IDC becoming a 5% shareholder in Baobab and also receiving warrants equating to 2.5% of the Company's issued share capital. MC Mining previously utilized R120 million ($6.9 million) (the "First Tranche") of the Initial IDC Facility to develop Makhado, including progressing the project to fully permitted status and completing the acquisition of the surface rights required for the Makhado mining area. The balance of R120 million ($6.9 million) remained undrawn ("Second Tranche").

Phase 1 of the Makhado Project has a nine-year life-of-mine and is forecast to produce 540,000 tonnes ("t") of hard coking coal annually as well as 570,000t of an export quality thermal coal by-product. The project has robust fundamentals that generate compelling returns. As previously announced, the Company is in advanced discussions to secure R535million ($30.6 million), being the capital and working capital required to construct Phase 1. Significant progress was made prior to the March 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, including the conclusion of a further R245 million ($14.0 million) loan facility ("Phase 1 Loan Facility") from the IDC, the initial step in the Phase 1 composite debt/equity funding package.

One of the conditions precedent to the Phase 1 Loan Facility was that the Company would agree to cancel the undrawn Second Tranche of the Initial IDC Facility. The IDC has now agreed that the Company may drawdown R40 million ($2.3 million) of the Second Tranche and the Phase 1 Loan Facility can still form part of the composite Makhado Phase 1 funding package provided the R40 million is repaid prior to 30 November 2020. In addition, the Agreement delays repayment of the First Tranche, plus accrued interest, until November 2020. The drawdown of the R40 million under the Agreement will result in the IDC's participation in the Makhado Project increasing by a further 1.7% interest in Baobab (taking their total project level interest to 6.7%) and the award of warrants equating to 0.8% of MC Mining's issued shares. The Agreement is conditional upon the Company raising R15.0 million ($0.9 million) in the form of new equity and the Company is actively speaking to shareholders and prospective new investors in order to secure this investment.

Brenda Berlin, MC Mining's Acting CEO, commented: "The Company made significant progress in securing the capital required for Phase 1 prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. The execution of the complete Phase 1 composite funding package was delayed due to COVID-19 and the restructuring of the Initial IDC Facility pursuant to the Agreement gives the Company the time it needs to conclude the funding process. The restructuring also delays the repayment of the First Tranche and negotiations are ongoing to align this payment with the positive cash flows generated by Makhado.

We have initiated discussions to raise the $0.9 million in equity and positive feedback has already been received for a significant portion. The debt restructuring is expected to be completed during July/ August 2020 while the process to secure the balance of the Phase 1 funding continues. We anticipate that this will be completed during H2 CY2020, with commencement of the nine-month construction period soon thereafter."

Brenda Berlin

Acting Chief Executive Officer

 

This announcement has been approved by the Company's Disclosure Committee.

 

This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

 

* All figures are in South African rand or United States dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

 

For more information contact:

 

 

Brenda Berlin

Acting Chief Executive Officer

MC Mining Limited

+27 10 003 8000

Tony Bevan

Company Secretary

Endeavour Corporate Services

+61 08 9316 9100

 

Company advisors:

 

 

 

Ross Allister/David McKeown

Nominated Adviser and Broker

Peel Hunt LLP

+44 20 7418 8900

James Duncan

Financial PR (South Africa)

R&A Strategic Communications

+27 11 880 3924

Investec Bank Limited is the nominated JSE Sponsor

 

 

 

 

 

About MC Mining Limited:

 

MC Mining is an AIM/ASX/JSE-listed coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South Africa. MC Mining's key projects include the Uitkomst Colliery (metallurgical coal), Makhado Project (hard coking coal). Vele Colliery (semi-soft coking coal), and the Greater Soutpansberg Projects (coking and thermal coal).

 

 

Forward-looking statements

This Announcement, including information included or incorporated by reference in this Announcement, may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning MC Mining that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "continue", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond MC Mining's ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future market conditions, changes in regulatory environment and the behaviour of other market participants. MC Mining cannot give any assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. MC Mining assumes no obligation and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements set out herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

Statements of intention

Statements of intention are statements of current intentions only, which may change as new information becomes available or circumstances change.

MC Mining has ensured that the mineral resources quoted are subject to good governance arrangements and internal control. The Company has engaged external independent consultants to update the mineral resource in accordance with the JORC Code 2012 and SAMREC 2016. The units of measure in this report are metric, with Tonnes (t) = 1,000kg. Technical information that requires subsequent calculations to derive subtotals, totals and weighted averages may involve a degree of rounding and consequently introduce an error. Where such errors occur MC Mining does not consider them to be material.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
 
END
 
 
MSCFIFLADFIRIII
Date   Source Headline
23rd Apr 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
22nd Apr 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
19th Apr 20248:16 amRNSResignation of Independent Non-Executive Director
18th Apr 20249:00 amRNSGoldway - Sixth Supplementary Bidder's Statement
15th Apr 20247:24 amRNSGoldway - Fifth supplementary bidder's statement
15th Apr 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
10th Apr 20248:00 amRNSResponse to Offer Being Declared Unconditional
8th Apr 20247:00 amRNSNotice of Variation of Unconditional Offer
8th Apr 20247:00 amRNSSatisfaction of Minimum Acceptance Condition
5th Apr 20247:00 amRNSGoldway - Notice of Status of Defeating Conditions
5th Apr 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
4th Apr 20244:30 pmRNSExtension of Offer Period for Off-Market Takeover
4th Apr 20247:00 amRNSGoldway - Notice of Extension of Offer Period
3rd Apr 202411:00 amRNSResponse to 4th Supplementary Bidder's Statement
2nd Apr 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
28th Mar 20247:00 amRNSGoldway - Fourth supplementary bidder's statement
25th Mar 20248:49 amRNSResponse to 3rd Supplementary Bidder's Statement
22nd Mar 20247:00 amRNSGoldway Capital Investment - Status of Conditions
22nd Mar 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
21st Mar 20247:00 amRNSGoldway - Third supplementary bidder's statement
20th Mar 20241:01 pmRNSResponse to 2nd Supplementary Bidder's Statement
19th Mar 20247:01 amRNSChange in substantial holding
18th Mar 20247:33 amRNSSupplementary Target's Statement - DO NOT ACCEPT
15th Mar 202410:15 amRNSInterim Financial Report
15th Mar 20249:41 amRNSHalf-year Results
14th Mar 20249:51 amRNSSecond Bidder's Statement - Do Not Accept
12th Mar 20247:19 amRNSOffer Update
8th Mar 20249:31 amRNSNon-Binding Indicative Offer from Vulcan Resources
4th Mar 20247:00 amRNSChange in substantial holding
4th Mar 20247:00 amRNSRelease of Target Statement
19th Feb 20247:00 amRNSGoldway Capital - Dispatch of Bidder's Statement
15th Feb 20248:04 amRNSOff-Market Takeover Bid - Do NOT Accept the Offer
15th Feb 20247:00 amRNSGoldway Capital - Supplementary Bidder's Statement
2nd Feb 202411:30 amRNSTakeover Bid - Receipt of Bidder's Statement
2nd Feb 20247:00 amRNSGoldway Capital Investment - Bidder's Statement
31st Jan 20248:45 amRNSAppendix 5B
31st Jan 20248:40 amRNSActivities Report for the Quarter ended 31 Dec 23
24th Jan 20249:30 amRNSNon-Binding and Indicative Proposal Update
22nd Dec 20238:32 amRNSNon-Binding and Indicative Proposal Update
22nd Dec 20237:30 amRNSOperations & Trading Update
18th Dec 20233:30 pmRNSDirector/PDMR Shareholding
18th Dec 20233:02 pmRNSREVISED NON-BINDING AND INDICATIVE PROPOSAL
30th Nov 20232:31 pmRNSResult of Annual General Meeting
27th Nov 20233:03 pmRNSAnnual General Meeting Details
8th Nov 20237:15 amRNSIssue of Equity
2nd Nov 20231:15 pmRNSReceipt of Notice of Intention to Make a Takeover
31st Oct 20232:30 pmRNSDespatch of Annual Report and Notice of AGM
31st Oct 20239:25 amRNSActivities Report for the Quarter Ended 30 Sep 23
31st Oct 20239:25 amRNSAppendix 5B
27th Oct 202310:30 amRNSIssue of Equity

Due to London Stock Exchange licensing terms, we stipulate that you must be a private investor. We apologise for the inconvenience.

To access our Live RNS you must confirm you are a private investor by using the button below.

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.

Quickpicks are a member only feature

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.