Investment in Charles Street Capital plc
June 30 2010 - 2:05AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4752O
Alecto Energy PLC
30 June 2010
Alecto Energy plc / EPIC: ALO / Market: AIM / Sector: General Financial
Alecto Energy plc ('Alecto' or 'the Company')
Investment in Charles Street Capital plc
Alecto Energy plc, the AIM listed resource investment company, is pleased to
announce that it has taken a 9.73% shareholding in AIM listed Charles Street
Capital plc ('CSC') as part of Alecto's strategy of building a portfolio of
resource projects and investments in the natural resource sector.
Alecto's GBP100,000 investment in CSC comprises 100,000,000ordinary shares in
CSC at a price of 0.1 pence per share (the 'Placing Shares') plus warrants to
subscribe for a further 50,000,000 new shares in CSC, exercisable at 0.25p per
share for a period of two years from the date of admission of the Placing Shares
to trading on AIM. This investment forms part of a share placing carried out by
CSC and announced today, which raised circa GBP805,000 (before expenses) to
invest in natural resource, mineral, metal and oil & gas companies. CSC is
focused initially on mining and resource opportunities in Africa, South America,
Australasia and Central and Eastern Europe.
Alecto Executive Director Damian Conboy said, "We believe our investment in CSC
will provide Alecto with exposure to an array of potential investments in the
resources sector, with high upside potential. We have an active investment
strategy and believe that by taking a position in CSC we can leverage our funds
and reduce our project risk profile. We are already evaluating a number of
opportunities, the most advanced being the agreement with Bulgarian Mining
Corporation Ltd ("BMC") as announced on 29 April 2010 and in that regard SRK
Exploration Services are currently completing an assessment on BMC's uranium
licences, which the Board believes have the potential to provide the Company
with low entry cost access to high grade uranium assets in a stable political
jurisdiction."
As a condition of this investment, Alecto has agreed with CSC that Damian Conboy
will join the management team to assist the company during its development
phase. Greg Kuenzel, Alecto's Company Secretary, will join the board of CSC as a
Non-Executive Director.
**ENDS**
For further information, please visit www.alectoenergy.com or contact:
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| Damian | Alecto Energy plc | Tel: 020 3006 0260 |
| Conboy | | |
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| Greg Kuenzel | Alecto Energy plc | Tel: 020 3328 5670 |
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| Nick Naylor | Allenby Capital Ltd | Tel: 020 3328 5656 |
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| Alex Price | Allenby Capital Ltd | Tel: 020 3328 5656 |
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| Hugo de | St Brides Media & | Tel: 020 7236 1177 |
| Salis | Finance Ltd | |
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| Elisabeth | St Brides Media & | Tel: 020 7236 1177 |
| Cowell | Finance Ltd | |
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