Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM
/ Index: AIM / Sector: Mining
For immediate
release
11 April
2024
Premier African Minerals
Limited
Funding of Zulu Project and
Update
Premier African Minerals Limited
("Premier" or the
"Company") is pleased to
announce a subscription today for 1,212,121,212 new ordinary shares
to raise approximately £2 million before expenses at an issue price
of 0.17 pence per new ordinary share primarily for the Zulu Lithium
and Tantalum Project ("Zulu").
George Roach, CEO, commented,
"The final step in commissioning Zulu looks to be the changes to be
made to the material flow through the floatation plant as described
in our announcement of 10 April 2024. These changes expect to see
the floatation plant able to accept the design tonnage and to
remove the restrictions on potential spodumene concentrate
production.
The required piping and valves are
expected to load for site by Tuesday 16 April, and the expectation
is that fitment could be complete as early as the week commencing
22 April 2024. A further update will be made in due
course".
Funding and
Subscription
Premier has today issued by way of a
direct subscription ("Subscription"), conditional on
admission, 1,212,121,212 new ordinary shares of nil par value
("Subscription Shares") at
a Subscription price of 0.17 pence per Subscription Share. The
Subscription Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the
existing ordinary shares. CMC Markets UK Plc trading as CMC CapX,
acted as the Company's placing agent in respect of the
placing.
Premier continues to engage with
Zimbabwean based lenders for working capital facilities and Zulu
has now secured an interim working capital facility of US$300,000
in Zimbabwe. An extended and larger term facility from potential
lenders will only be potentially available once Zulu can
demonstrate a steady state of production.
Premier believes that securing
funding through the Subscription is the best immediate solution to
securing further project funding. Premier continues to believe that
once a steady state of production has commenced at Zulu, Premier
should be able to secure further working capital in
Zimbabwe.
Application will be made for the
Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission
is expected to take place on or around 17 April
2024.
The Subscription has been arranged
within the Company's existing share authorities. Premier intends to
use the proceeds of the Subscription principally to assist with the
ongoing mining operations at Zulu and general working
capital.
Total Voting Rights
Following the issue of the
Subscription Shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of
29,028,702,917 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights.
This figure may be used by
shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of
the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
Market Abuse Regulations
The information contained within
this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU)
No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").
The person who arranged the release
of this announcement on behalf of the Company was George
Roach.
A copy of this announcement is
available at the Company's website, www.premierafricanminerals.com.
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Enquiries:
George Roach
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Premier African Minerals Limited
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Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281
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Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish
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Beaumont Cornish Limited
(Nominated Adviser)
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
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Douglas Crippen
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CMC
Markets UK Plc
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632
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Toby Gibbs/Rachel Goldstein
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Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
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Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish"), which is authorised
and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in
connection with the Subscription and will not regard any other
person as its client and will not be responsible to anyone else for
providing the protections afforded to the clients of Beaumont
Cornish or for providing advice in relation to such proposals.
Beaumont Cornish has not authorised the contents of, or any part
of, this announcement and no liability whatsoever is accepted by
Beaumont Cornish for the accuracy of any information or opinions
contained in this announcement or for the omission of any
information. Beaumont Cornish as nominated adviser to the Company
owes certain responsibilities to the London Stock Exchange which
are not owed to the Company, the Directors, shareholders or any
other person.
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
•rases 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. A number of 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.
Notes to
Editors:
Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is
a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company
focused on Southern Africa with its RHA Tungsten and Zulu Lithium
projects in Zimbabwe.
The Company has a diverse portfolio of
projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, lithium and
tantalum in Zimbabwe and lithium and gold in Mozambique,
encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production
potential to grass-roots exploration. The Company has accepted a
share offer by Vortex Limited ("Vortex") for the exchange of Premier's
entire 4.8% interest in Circum Minerals Limited ("Circum"), the owners of the Danakil
Potash Project in Ethiopia, for a 13.1% interest in the enlarged
share capital of Vortex. Vortex has an interest of 36.7% in
Circum.
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