REG-China Nonferrous Gold Limited Execution of Short-term Loan Agreement

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12/06/2023 07:00

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Execution of Short-term Loan Agreement

 

China Nonferrous Gold Limited 中国有色黄金有限公司

(“CNG” or the “Company”)

Execution of Short-term Loan Agreement

China Nonferrous Gold Limited 中国有色黄金有限公司 (AIM: CNG), the
mineral exploration and mining company currently mining the Pakrut gold
project in the Republic of Tajikistan, is pleased to provide the following
update:

Short-term Loan from CNMC Trade Company Limited

On 9 June 2023, the Company executed a loan agreement with CNMC Trade Company
Limited (“CNMC Trade”) for a loan of up to USD $65 million (the “CNMC
Loan”). The CNMC Loan will be used to repay the existing Bank of Shanghai
(Hong Kong) Limited (“BOS”) loan facility of USD $65m, which is due for
repayment on 09(th) June 2023 (see announcement dated 23 June 2021 for further
details).

The CNMC Loan is repayable within 3 months from the date of drawdown. The key
terms of the CNMC Loan are that it is unsecured and interest is charged
monthly at 0.5% over 3 month US LIBOR. There are no extra fees payable to CNMC
Trade for this arrangement.

Approximately US$65 million (all) of the CNMC Loan was drawn down immediately.

Summary of Current Financial Position

At the current time, excluding the new loan outlined above, loans drawn down
by the Company amount to c. USD$316.08 million, this includes US$65m of
banking facilities (unaudited).

Related Party Transaction

The Company’s major shareholder is China Nonferrous Metals International
Mining Co., ltd (“CNMIM”), which holds 38% of the issued share capital of
the Company and China Non-ferrous Mining Corporation (“CNMC”) is the major
shareholder of CNMIM and CNMC Trade. Accordingly, CNMC Trade is deemed to be a
related party of the Company under the AIM Rules for Companies.

The directors of the Company with the exception of (i) Yu Lixian who is a
director of certain CNMC subsidiaries; (ii) Feng Zhishuo who is the vice
director of Enterprise Development of CNMIM, and (iii) Wang Xiaohua who is a
director within the Finance Department of CNMIM, consider that having
consulted with WH Ireland, the Company’s nominated adviser, the terms of the
CNMC Loan agreement are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company’s
shareholders are concerned.

For further information please visit the Company’s website (www.cnfgold.com
(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnfgold.com&esheet=53418291&newsitemid=20230611706238&lan=en-US&anchor=www.cnfgold.com&index=1&md5=7c139bf146bbddf1ab77d18fbb353076)
) or contact:

China Nonferrous Gold Limited

Feng Zhishuo, Managing Director

Tel: +86 10 8442 6627

WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD & Broker)

Katy Mitchell (mailto:Katy.Mitchell@whirelandcb.com) , Andrew de Andrade

Tel: +44 (0)207 220 1666

BlytheRay (PR)

Tim Blythe, Megan Ray

Tel: +44 (0)20 7138 3224

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014



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