REG - Bluebird Merchant - TR-1 Notification
29/08/2023 07:00
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RNS Number : 5354K Bluebird Merchant Ventures Limited 29 August 2023
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd / EPIC: BMV.L / Market: FTSE / Sector: Mining
29 August 2023
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd ('Bluebird' or 'the Company')
TR-1 Notification
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd, a gold company primarily focused on bringing
historic mines back into production, has received a TR-1 Notification relating
to a sale of shares that took place this week. The TR-1 Notification is set
out below.
The Company wishes to remind shareholders that it is a non-UK issuer for the
purposes of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. As such, a person
must notify the issuer of the percentage of its voting rights he holds as a
shareholder if the percentage of voting rights reaches, exceeds, or falls
below 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 75%.
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to Bluebird Merchant Ventures PLC
which voting rights are attached(ii):
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an
"X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with
an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)(iii): Warrant exercise
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv)
Name Catalyse Capital Ltd & related parties RS & CA Jennings
City and country of registered office (if applicable) York, United Kingdom
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi): 29 August 2022
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 29 August 2023
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A) % of voting rights through financial instruments Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) Total number of voting rights of issuer(vii)
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached 7.10% 3.62% 10.72% 689,865,042
Position of previous notification (if
applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
threshold was crossed or reached(viii)
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rights(ix) % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
48,915,000 N/A 7.10% N/A
SUBTOTAL 8. A 48,915,000 7.10%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is % of voting rights
date(x)
Conversion Period(xi)
exercised/converted.
Spreadbet N/A 25,000,000 3.62%
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art.
13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument Expiration Exercise/ Physical or cash Number of voting rights % of voting rights
date(x)
Conversion Period (xi)
settlement(xii)
SUBTOTAL 8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer(xiii)
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as
necessary)
Name(xv) % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
than the notifiable threshold
N/A
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder n/a
The number and % of voting rights held n/a
The date until which the voting rights will be held n/a
11. Additional information(xvi)
n/a
Place of completion N/A
Date of completion N/A
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of
the market abuse regulation EU 596/2014 ("MAR").
**ENDS**
For further information please visit https://bluebirdmv.com or contact:
Colin Patterson
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd Email:
colin@bluebirdmv.com
Nick Emmerson SI Capital
Tel: 01483413500
About Bluebird
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd (BMV.L) is a London listed South Korea-focused
resources company centred on bringing historically producing gold mines back
into production. The Company, led by a team of proven mine rehabilitation
experts, currently has two 100% owned licensed high grade narrow vein mining
projects, the Kochang Gold and Silver Project ('Kochang') and the Gubong Gold
Project ('Gubong'), which each have a defined route to low cost/ low capex
production with a cumulative target of producing 100,000 oz + Au per annum.
The management team has invested cUS$2 million personally into the Company and
believe, following analysis of historic production and exploration data, as
well as extensive sampling, geological, geophysical, and engineering studies,
there is potential for in excess of 1.5 million oz of mineable gold in its
Korean projects alone.
Kochang is an epithermal vein deposit with parallel vertical ore bodies
covering 8.3 sq km that reportedly produced 110,000 oz of gold and 5.9 million
oz of silver between 1961 and 1975. Consisting of a gold and silver mine,
there are currently four main veins and a number of parallel subsidiary veins
vein which have been identified, as well as a newly identified cross-cutting
vein. Historic drilling indicates the veins continue to depth below the
current 150m mine and mapping shows the veins on surface providing potential
above and below the old workings. The veins extend to the NE providing a
strike length of 2.5km with 600m between the two mines not exploited. There
is potential to expand operations to the southwest/northeast and to depth, as
well as exploit the already mined areas. The total resource potential is
between 550,000 and 700,000 tonnes, with a range of grades between 5.2 g/t to
6.6 g/t gold, and 27.3 g/t to 34.8 g/t silver. Following the granting of a
Mountain Use permit, there is an estimated 6-to-9-month development time to
trial mining.
Gubong, which was historically the second largest gold mine in South Korea has
9 granted tenements covering c.25 sq km. Gubong is moderately dipping with 9
veins extending 500m below surface and known to extend at least a further
250m. However, the production opportunity for Bluebird prior to looking at
deepening the mine is the 25 levels already developed with all the remnants
and unmined areas left by the original miners. The 25 levels extend over
120km in total length which indicates the size of the opportunity. The Korea
Resources Corporation ('KORES') estimated 2.34M tonnes at some 7.3g/t Au
garnered from 57 drill holes over 17,715.3 metres. With additional sampling,
mapping, pit modelling and grade analysis, plus the fact that Gubong is an
orogenic deposit, which typically have a depth of 2km compared to the current
depth of 500m, the Board believe it has a geological potential of 1 million +
oz Au in-situ, plus an estimated additional 300,000 oz Au from satellite ore
bodies.
Additionally, the Company has the highly prospective Batangas Gold Exploration
Project in the Philippines, where it has an agreement with a Philippine
company, whose owners have decades of experience in mining, to develop the
Project. The JV covers the entire Batangas Project area, which has a current
JORC compliant resource of 440,000 ounces, including a maiden ore reserve of
128,000 ounces (including silver credits). Exploration expenditure to the tune
of c.$20m has already been invested. Work is focused on completing
Exploration and Environmental Work Programmes initially targeting the
high-grade Lobo area, although there is excellent exploration potential across
the licence with high-grade targets already identified and 14km of identified
mineralised structures. The staged agreement is based on the JV partner
achieving defined development goals and provides Bluebird with a free carry on
the development of Batangas with a view to advancing to construction.
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