11 Dec 2019 12:09
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This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and not a prospectus and not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or to acquire, securities in any jurisdiction, including in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa.
Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. Investors should not subscribed for or purchase any ordinary shares of nominal value 1 pence each in the capital of by Pembridge Resources plc ("Pembridge" or the "Company") (subject to a share consolidation on a 10:1 basis coming into effect immediately prior to Re-Admission (as defined below)) ("Ordinary Shares") referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") in its final form that is published the Company in connection with the re-admission of the Company's entire issued share capital to listing on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the main market for listed securities (the "Main Market") of London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") ("Re-admission"). Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.
11 December 2019
Pembridge Resources plcPublication of Prospectus and Results of Placing
The Company is pleased to announce today the publication of its Prospectus relating to the placing to certain institutional investors (the "Placing") and Re-admission, and that it has raised a total £2,500,000 (net of expenses) (the "Net Placing Proceeds") pursuant to the Placing of 20,800,000 Ordinary Shares (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 12.5 pence per Placing Share. Brandon Hill Capital Limited acted as sole bookrunner in connection with the Placing. The expenses of the Placing will be borne by the Company in full.
Pembridge will use the Net Placing Proceeds (£2.5 million) and the proceeds of Facility A of the Convertible Loan Agreement, as announced on 30 October 2019, (£1.0 million) to loan Minto Explorations Limited ("Minto"), £2.3 million, to be held in restricted cash for collateral towards a surety bond, and the remainder will be allocated towards general and administrative functions at its office in London and to cover the costs of Re-admission.
In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (the "DTRs"), the Company hereby confirms that at the time of Re-admission, the Enlarged Issued Share Capital will comprise in aggregate 68,720,947 Ordinary Shares in issue, which includes 22,384,925 existing Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of this announcement, 25,536,021 Other Subscription Shares and 20,800,000 Placing Shares, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, following Re-admission the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 68,720,947.
The above figure of 68,720,947 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 in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the DTRs.
Applications will be made for the Enlarged Issued Share Capital to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA by way of a Standard Listing and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that Re-admission will become effective, and that unconditional dealings in the Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8:00 a.m. on 16 December 2019.
Hard copies of the Prospectus will be available during normal business hours from the Company's registered office at Suite A, 6 Honduras Street, London EC1Y 0TH, and will be made available online at www.pembridgeresources.com (subject to applicable securities laws).
An electronic copy of the Prospectus will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and should be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Pembridge stated:
"The Placing enables the Company, together with its partners, to move forward and develop the Minto mine, which has been back in production for over two months and is receiving cash payments for the concentrate it has produced. I wish to thank our Shareholders for their patience, who have endured a long period of suspension from trading and uncertainty. We now look forward to building value through delivering on our business plan and we will keep the market updated as we progress."
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The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Pembridge Resources plc
Pembridge is a mining company that is currently seeking re-admission to listing on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. Minto, a subsidiary of Pembridge, is a British Columbia incorporated business operating the Minto mine in Yukon, Canada.
About Minto Explorations Limited
Minto operates the underground copper-gold-silver mine located in central Yukon, approximately 240 kilometres north of the capital Whitehorse along the Klondike Highway. In excess of US$350 million of capital expenditure has been invested into Minto operations since site construction began in 2006. The Minto mine was in continuous production between 2007 and 2018, when the mine was placed onto temporary care and maintenance. Pembridge acquired Minto from Capstone Mining Corporation in June 2019 and restarted operations in October 2019.
Enquiries:
Pembridge Resources plc: +44 20 7917 2968
Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Paul Fenby, Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Horton, Vice President Corporate Development
Brandon Hill Capital Limited - UK: +44 20 3463 5016
Jonathan Evans
SI Capital Limited - United Kingdom: +44 14 8341 3500
Nick Emerson
Tavistock Communications - United Kingdom: +44 20 7920 3150
Charles Vivian
Gareth Tredway
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