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UNITED KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE EU (WITHDRAWAL) ACT
2018.
11
December 2024
Rockfire Resources
Plc
("Rockfire" or the
"Company" or the
"Group")
Result of Retail
Offer
Result of
Fundraise
and
Total Voting
Rights
Rockfire Resources plc (LON: ROCK),
the base metal, precious metal, and critical mineral exploration
company, is pleased to confirm, further to
the announcements made on 6 December 2024, the result of its
Fundraise at the Issue Price of 0.12 pence per Ordinary
Share. The Retail Offer was
five times oversubscribed, however to satisfy shareholder demand
the Company will be issuing a total of 300,000,000 new Ordinary
Shares at the Issue Price pursuant to the Retail Offer.
Accordingly, the Company announces that it has raised aggregate
gross proceeds of £360,000 pursuant to the Retail Offer, alongside
the previously announced Placing.
In total, the Placing and the Retail
Offer have raised gross proceeds of approximately £1.02 million for
the Company, via the Placing of 550,000,000 Placing Shares and the
Retail Offer of 300,000,000 Retail Offer Shares.
The Directors intend for the net
proceeds of the Fundraise to be used, in conjunction with
Rockfire's existing available cash, to continue development of the
Company's Molaoi zinc/silver/lead/germanium project in
Greece. Proceeds will also be used to fund
on-going working capital requirements within the
Company.
Significant shareholdings
As a result of the issue of the
Fundraise Shares, the Company is aware of the following revised
interests of Significant Shareholders (as defined in the AIM Rules
for Companies) in the Company:
Shareholder
|
Number of Ordinary Shares
held following Admission
|
Percentage of share capital
held following Admission
|
Rostra
Holdings Pte Ltd
|
480,000,000
|
12.19%
|
TPM
Middle East Dubai DMCC
|
312,000,000
|
7.92%
|
The
Wonderful Group
|
308,000,000
|
7.82%
|
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Application has been made for the
850,000,000 Fundraise Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM
("Admission") and the date
on which Admission is expected to become effective is on or around
16 December 2024.
Upon Admission, the Company's issued
ordinary share capital will consist of 3,937,620,625 Ordinary
Shares with one voting right each. The Company does not hold any
Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, from Admission the total
number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in the Company will be
3,937,620,625. With effect from Admission, this figure may be used
by Shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will 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.
The new Ordinary Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Retail Offer will be issued free of all liens,
charges and encumbrances and will, on Admission, rank pari passu in
all respects with the new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to
the Placing and the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same
meaning as set out in the Company's announcements released at 07:00
on 6 December 2024.
Rockfire Resources plc:
|
info@rockfire.co.uk
|
David Price, Chief Executive
Officer
|
|
|
|
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker):
|
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
|
John Depasquale / George Payne
(Corporate Finance)
|
|
Guy McDougall / Kelly Gardiner
(Sales and Corporate Broking)
|
|
|
|
Retail Offer
|
capx@cmcmarkets.com
|
CMC CapX
|
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632
|
The Company's LEI is
213800THSZQSFKTXOI24
This announcement should be read in its entirety. In
particular, the information in the "Important Notices" section of
the announcement should be read and understood.
Important Notices
The
Retail Offer is only open to persons in the United Kingdom who fall
within Article 43 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (which includes an
existing member of the Company).
The contents of this announcement
have been prepared by and issued by the Company and is the sole
responsibility of the Company. The Board of
Directors of the Company are responsible for arranging the release
of this announcement on behalf of the Company.
This announcement is not for
publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the
United States of America. This announcement is not an offer of
securities for sale into the United States. The securities
referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered
or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable
exemption from registration. No public offering of securities is
being made in the United States.
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herein is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into or from Australia,
Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, or any other
jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of the
relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.
The distribution of this
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referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe
any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
CMC CapX is a software and
technology platform owned and operated by CMC Markets UK plc
(trading as CMC CapX) (registered address at 133 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BX).
CMC Markets UK plc ("CMC")
is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is
acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will not
regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this
announcement) as its client in relation to the Retail Offer and
will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for
providing advice in connection with the Retail Offer, Admission and
the other arrangements referred to in this announcement.
The value of Ordinary Shares and the
income from them is not guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due
to stock market movements. When you sell your investment, you may
get back less than you originally invested. Figures refer to past
performance and past performance is not a reliable indicator of
future results. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of
currency fluctuations.
Certain statements in this
announcement are forward-looking statements which are based on the
Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding its
future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters
that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements,
which may use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe",
"intend", "estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning,
include all matters that are not historical facts. These
forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations,
financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the
development of the industries in which the Company's businesses
operate to differ materially from the impression created by the
forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Given those risks and uncertainties,
prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements
speak only as at the date of this announcement and cannot be relied
upon as a guide to future performance. The Company and CMC
expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or
revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect
actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statements are based unless
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therewith.
Any indication in this announcement
of the price at which the Ordinary Share have been bought or sold
in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.
Persons needing advice should consult an independent financial
adviser. No statement in this announcement is intended to be a
profit forecast and no statement in this announcement should be
interpreted to mean that earnings or target dividend per share of
the Company for the current or future financial years would
necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or
dividends per share of the Company.
Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.
The Retail Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the Retail
Offer will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other
than the London Stock Exchange.
UK Product
Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook
Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the
"UK MiFIR Product Governance
Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability,
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any
"manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK MiFIR Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Retail
Offer Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which
has determined that the Retail Offer Shares are: (i) compatible
with an end target market of retail investors and investors who
meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible
counterparties, each as defined in paragraphs 3.5 and 3.6 of COBS;
and (ii) eligible for distribution through all permitted
distribution channels (the "Target
Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Retail
Offer Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of
their investment; the Retail Offer Shares offer no guaranteed
income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Retail
Offer Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a
guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in
conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment
and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses
that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without
prejudice to any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Retail Offer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of Chapters 9A or
10A respectively of COBS; or (b) a recommendation to any investor
or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other
action whatsoever with respect to the Retail Offer Shares. Each
distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market
assessment in respect of the Retail Offer Shares and determining
appropriate distribution channels.