Sierra Rutile Limited Full Exercise of Bookrunner Option (3851V)
April 15 2016 - 9:08AM
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RNS Number : 3851V
Sierra Rutile Limited
15 April 2016
Sierra Rutile Limited
Full Exercise of Bookrunner Option
London, UK, 15 April 2016: Sierra Rutile Limited (AIM: SRX)
("Sierra Rutile" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that,
further to the successful placing of 70,052,539 new ordinary shares
in the Company ("Placing Shares") announced on 14 April 2016 (the
"Placing"), the option granted to the bookrunners to issue an
additional 3,502,627 ordinary shares at a price of 20.0 pence per
share (the "Option Shares"), in connection with the Placing, has
been exercised in full. The issue of the Option Shares has raised a
further $1.0 million and, therefore, the Company has raised an
aggregate gross proceeds of $21.0 million (GBP14.7 million)(1) from
the Placing.
John Sisay, CEO of Sierra Rutile, said: "We are delighted with
the continued support of our existing shareholders and welcome our
new institutional shareholders, including Legal & General, to
Sierra Rutile as we continue to implement our strategy of
increasing production through expansion of our dry mining
operations in a way that aligns production with anticipated
customer demand."
The Option Shares will be issued on the terms and conditions set
out in the Company's announcement dated 14 April 2016, and dealings
in the Option Shares are expected to commence on AIM at 8.00am on
19 April 2016. Following the issue of the Placing Shares and the
Option Shares, the Company confirms there will be 595,786,674
ordinary shares of no par value in issue.
(1) Exchange rate of 1.4275 USD:GBP at close 12 April 2016
For Further Information:
Sierra Rutile Limited
John Sisay, Chief Executive
Officer
Matthew Hird, Chief Financial +44 (0)20
Officer 7074 1800
Investec Bank
Nominated Adviser and
Joint Corporate Broker
Chris Sim / George Price +44 (0)20
/ Jeremy Ellis 7597 4000
Numis Securities Limited
Joint Corporate Broker
John Prior / James Black +44 (0)20
/ Paul Gillam 7260 1000
RBC Capital Markets
Joint Corporate Broker +44 (0)20
Jonny Hardy / Elliot Thomas 7653 4000
Kreab
Marc Cohen / Christina +44 (0)20
Clark 7074 1800
About Sierra Rutile Limited
Sierra Rutile is a leading, multi-mine mineral sands company,
operating world-class assets and developing a portfolio of growth
projects in the south west of Sierra Leone, with its primary
commodity mined being natural rutile, a titanium feedstock. The
Company has an established operating history spanning approximately
50 years and a resource mine life of another 50 years with one of
largest natural rutile deposits in the world and a JORC-Compliant
Mineral Resource for measured, indicated and inferred resources for
the Sierra Rutile mine of over 866 million tonnes (as at 30
September 2015). Sierra Rutile expects to be the world's largest
primary producer of natural rutile in 2016.
www.sierra-rutile.com
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