ASP Isotopes tumbles on stock offering launch

ASP Isotopes

12/07/2024 12:26

** Shares of  ASP Isotopes  ASPI.O  down 18.5% premarket to
$2.90, nearly 5-mth low, as advanced materials firm looks to
raise equity
    ** Washington, D.C.-based co late Thurs commenced stock
offering without disclosing deal size
    ** Canaccord Genuity sole bookrunner
    ** Co plans to use net offering proceeds for working
capital, opex and capex, including accelerating construction of
enrichment facilities in South Africa and Iceland, per the SEC
prospectus
    ** With ~52.1 mln shares outstanding, co has ~$182 mln
market cap. It has ~27.6 mln shares of public float, per LSEG
data
    ** ASPI shares ended 2023 at $1.79 and were trading around
60 cents a yr ago

 (Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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