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RNS Number : 3914C
Mkango Resources Limited
17 June 2019
MKANGO RESOURCES LTD.
550 Burrard Street
Suite 2900
Vancouver
BC V6C 0A3
Canada
RARE EARTHS DEVELOPER MKANGO RESOURCES RECEIVES GBP1.1 MILLION
(C$1.9 MILLION) FROM EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
London / Vancouver: June 17, 2019 - Mkango Resources Ltd.
(AIM/TSX-V: MKA) (the "Company" or "Mkango"), the rare earths
development company currently completing a Feasibility Study for
the advanced stage Songwe Hill project in Malawi, announces the
exercise of warrants over 17,226,210 common shares without par
value in the share capital of the Company ("New Shares") at an
exercise price of 6.6 pence each, for an aggregate consideration of
GBP1,136,930.
This includes 3,333,333 warrants exercised by Derek Linfield,
Chairman of the Company, following which he will hold a beneficial
interest in 5,139,561 Shares, representing approximately 3.9 per
cent. of the Company's issued share capital.
The New Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares and
application has been made for the New Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will
become effective and dealings in the New Shares will commence at
8:00am on or around June 20, 2019. The New Shares will also trade
on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
In accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby notifies the market that
immediately following Admission, its issued share capital will
consist of 133,000,721 shares. The Company does not hold any shares
in treasury. Shareholders may use this figure 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 and Transparency
Rules.
Following exercise of the above warrants, the only warrants now
outstanding are 12,000,000 held by Mkango's strategic partner,
Talaxis Limited ("Talaxis"), a subsidiary of Noble Group, and
1,200,000 held by Mr Shaun Treacy, a Director of the Company,
through Zenith Advisory Services Pty Ltd, which all expire on
December 31, 2020.
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement may have been
deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this
announcement.
About Mkango Resources Limited
Mkango's primary business is exploration for rare earth elements
and associated minerals in the Republic of Malawi, a country whose
hospitable people have earned it a reputation as "the warm heart of
Africa". The Company holds interests in three exclusive prospecting
licenses in Malawi: the Phalombe licence, the Thambani licence and
the Chimimbe Hill licence.
The main exploration target in the 51% held Phalombe licence is
the Songwe Hill rare earths deposit. This features
carbonatite-hosted rare earth mineralisation and was subject to
previous exploration in the late 1980s. Mkango completed an updated
Pre-Feasibility Study for the project in November 2015 and a
Feasibility Study is currently underway, the initial phases of
which included a 10,900 metre drilling programme and an updated
mineral resource estimate, announced in February 2019. In March
2019, the Company announced receipt of GBP7 million (C$12.3
million) investment from Talaxis to fund completion of the
Feasibility Study. Following completion of the Feasibility Study,
Talaxis has an option to acquire a further 26% interest in Songwe
by arranging financing for project development including funding
the equity component thereof.
The main exploration targets in Mkango's remaining two 100% held
licences are, in the Thambani licence, uranium, niobium, tantalum
and zircon and, in the Chimimbe Hill licence, nickel and
cobalt.
For more information, please visit www.mkango.ca.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements (within
the meaning of that term under applicable securities laws) with
respect to Mkango, its business and the Project. Generally, forward
looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as
"plans", "expects" or "is expected", "scheduled", "estimates"
"intends", "anticipates", "believes", or variations of such words
and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results
"can", "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will", occur
or be achieved, or the negative connotations thereof. Forward
looking statements in this news release include statements with
respect to the global market for products using the rare earth
metals the Company is exploring for, completion of the feasibility
study and of the transactions contemplated in the agreement with
Talaxis, as well as the use of proceeds from the investments into
the Company by Talaxis and the timing of such expenditures. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions
or expectations upon which they are based will occur. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions,
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and
specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions,
forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will
not occur, which may cause actual performance and results in future
periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of
future performance or results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, without
limiting the foregoing, market demand for the metals and associated
downstream products for which Mkango is exploring, researching and
developing, the positive results of a feasibility study on the
Project, delays in obtaining financing or governmental or stock
exchange approvals. The forward-looking statements contained in
this news release are made as of the date of this news release.
Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and
assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Additionally,
the Company undertakes no obligation to comment on the expectations
of, or statements made by, third parties in respect of the matters
discussed above.
For further information on Mkango, please contact:
Mkango Resources Limited
William Dawes Alexander Lemon
Chief Executive Officer President
will@mkango.ca alex@mkango.ca
UK: +44 207 3722 744
Canada: +1 403 444 5979
www.mkango.ca
@MkangoResources
Blytheweigh
Financial Public Relations
Tim Blythe, Camilla Horsfall, Julia Tilley
UK: +44 207 138 3204
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Jeff Keating, Caroline Rowe
UK: +44 20 3470 0470
Alternative Resource Capital
Joint Broker
Alex Wood, Rob Collins
UK: +44 20 7186 9004; +44 20 7186 9001
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved
the contents of this press release. Neither the TSX Venture
Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is
defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any equity or other securities of
the Company in the United States. The securities of the Company
will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and may not be offered
or sold within the United States to, or for the account or benefit
of, U.S. persons except in certain transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS
DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name: Derek Linfield
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2. Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status: Chairman
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b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market
participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
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a) Name: Mkango Resources Ltd
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b) LEI: 213800RPILRWRUYNTS85
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4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated
for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of
transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place
where transactions have been conducted
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a) Description of the financial Common shares without par
instrument, type of instrument: value
Identification code: CA60686A4090
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b) Nature of the transaction: Exercise of warrants
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c) Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s)
6.6 pence 3,333,333
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d) Aggregated information: Single transaction as in
Aggregated volume: 4 c) above Price(s) Volume(s)
Price: 6.6 pence 3,333,333
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e) Date of the transaction: 14 June 2019
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f) Place of the transaction: Outside a trading venue
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