REG - East Star Resources - Proposed Subscription & WRAP Retail Offer

East Star ResourcesAnnouncement

05/06/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 5858L  East Star Resources PLC  05 June 2025

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SECURITIES OF EAST STAR RESOURCES PLC.

 

 

5 June 2025

 

East Star Resources

("East Star Resources" or the "Company")

 

Proposed Subscription for £250,000

&

 WRAP Retail Offer for up to £200,000

 

East Star Resources Plc (LSE:EST), which is exploring for copper and gold in
Kazakhstan, provides the following updates. The Company expects to mobilise
the drill rig in the East Region of Kazakhstan within the next week to
commence a drilling programme focusing on several volcanogenic massive sulfide
("VMS") targets which the Company considers are prospective for high-grade
base and precious metals including copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.

 

In order to provide cost-effective optionality to immediately expand the
current drilling programme at Rulikha, Talovskoye and Verkhuba, subject to
drill results from each target, the Company has received investor demand and
is proposing to raise £250,000 via a subscription (the "Subscription") for
19,230,769 new Ordinary shares (the "Subscription Shares") at a price of 1.3
pence per Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price"). The Issue Price represents a
3.8% discount to the closing price of the Company's shares on 4 June 2025
being the last practicable date prior to this announcement.

 

The Company also intends to conduct a retail offer via the Winterflood Retail
Access Platform ("WRAP ") to existing shareholders for up to a further
£200,000 at 1.3 pence per share for up to 15,384,615 new Ordinary shares
("WRAP Shares") to participate on similar terms, with details set out below
("WRAP Retail Offer"). The proceeds of the WRAP Retail Offer will be used in
the same way as the proceeds of the Subscription as stated above.

 

The Subscription and the WRAP Retail Offer are independent and conditional,
respectively, on the Subscription Shares and the WRAP Shares (together the
"New Ordinary Shares") being admitted to trading on the Main Market of the
London Stock Exchange and to listing to the equity shares (transition)
category of the FCA's Official List ("Admission"). It is anticipated that
Admission will become effective and that dealings in the New Ordinary shares
will commence at 8 a.m. on or around 13 June 2025 (following closing of the
WRAP Retail Offer). The Company reserves the right to amend the size of the
WRAP Retail Offer and the Subscription at its discretion. The Company reserves
the right to scale back any order and to reject any application for
subscription under the WRAP Retail Offer without giving any reason for such
rejection. A further announcement will be made in due course with respect to
the final results of the WRAP Retail Offer and the Subscription.

 

WRAP Retail Offer

 

The Company values its retail shareholder base and believes that it is
appropriate to provide its existing retail shareholders in the United Kingdom
the opportunity to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer.

 

Therefore, the Company is making the WRAP Retail Offer open to eligible
investors in the United Kingdom, being existing shareholders of East Star,
through certain financial intermediaries. Existing shareholders can contact
their broker or wealth manager to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer.

 

The WRAP Retail Offer is expected to close at 4.30 p.m. on 9 June 2025.
Eligible shareholders should note that financial intermediaries may have
earlier closing times.

 

Retail brokers wishing to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer on behalf of
existing retail shareholders, should contact wrap@winterflood.com.

 

To be eligible to participate in the WRAP Retail Offer, applicants must be a
customer of a participating intermediary and, prior to the release of this
announcement, shareholders in the Company which may include individuals aged
18 years or over, companies and other bodies corporate, partnerships, trusts,
associations and other unincorporated organisations. Participating
intermediaries may also have further requirements for participation in the
retail offer.

 

There is a minimum subscription of £500 per investor under the WRAP Retail
Offer. The terms and conditions on which investors subscribe will be provided
by the relevant financial intermediaries including relevant commission or fee
charges.

 

It is vital to note that once an application for WRAP Retail Offer Shares has
been made and accepted via an intermediary, it cannot be withdrawn.

 

The New Ordinary Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and will
rank pari passu in all respects with existing Ordinary Shares including the
right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid
after their date of issue.

 

It is a term of the WRAP Retail Offer that the total value of the WRAP Retail
Offer Shares available for subscription at the Issue Price does not exceed
£200,000, or such size as agreed by the Company.

 

The WRAP Retail Offer is offered in the United Kingdom under the exemption
from the requirement to publish a prospectus in section 86(1)(e) of FSMA. As
such, there is no need for publication of a prospectus pursuant to the
Prospectus Regulation Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, or for
approval of the same by the Financial Conduct Authority. The WRAP Retail Offer
is not being made into any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom.

 

No offering document, prospectus or admission document has been or will be
prepared or submitted to be approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (or
any other authority) in relation to the WRAP Retail Offer, and investors'
commitments will be made solely on the basis of the information contained in
this announcement and information that has been published by or on behalf of
the Company prior to the date of this announcement by notification to a
Regulatory Information Service in accordance with the Financial Conduct
Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU Regulation No. 596/2014) ("MAR") and MAR as it forms part of
United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as
amended).

 

Investors should make their own investigations into the merits of an
investment in the Company. Nothing in this announcement amounts to a
recommendation to invest in the Company or amounts to investment, taxation or
legal advice.

 

It should be noted that a subscription for WRAP Retail Offer Shares and
investment in the Company carries a number of risks. Investors should take
independent advice from a person experienced in advising on investment in
securities such as the WRAP Retail Offer Shares if they are in any doubt.

 

An investment in the Company will place capital at risk. The value of
investments, and any income, can go down as well as up, so investors could get
back less than the amount invested.

 

Neither past performance nor any forecasts should be considered a reliable
indicator of future results.

 

East Star Resources Plc

Alex Walker, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0)20 7390 0234 (via Vigo Consulting)

 

SI Capital (Corporate Broker)

Nick Emerson

Tel: +44 (0)1483 413 500

 

Vigo Consulting (Investor Relations)

Ben Simons / Peter Jacob

Tel: +44 (0)20 7390 0234

 

Winterflood Retail Access Platform

Kaitlan Billings / Sophia Bechev

WRAP@winterflood.com

Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 0286

 

 

About East Star Resources Plc

 

East Star Resources is focused on the discovery and development of copper and
gold in Kazakhstan. East Star's management are based permanently on the
ground, supported by local expertise. The Company is pursuing three
exploration strategies:

 

·    Volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) exploration, which to date
includes a deposit with a maiden JORC MRE of 20.3Mt @ 1.16% copper, 1.54% zinc
and 0.27% lead, in an infrastructure-rich region, amenable to a low capex
development

·    Copper porphyry and epithermal gold exploration, with multiple
opportunities for Tier 1 deposits, initially supported by an initial US$500k
grant from BHP Xplor in 2024

 

·    Sediment-hosted copper exploration with Getech where the initial
targeting strategy is at no cost to East Star

 

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The person who arranged for the release of this announcement was Alex Walker,
CEO of the Company.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation 2014/596/EU which is part of domestic UK law pursuant to the Market
Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (SI 2019/310) ("UK MAR"). Upon the
publication of this announcement, this inside information (as defined in UK
MAR) is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

The Company's LEI number is: 2138001Y6SMQC8DX2B40

 

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The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act") or under the
applicable state securities laws of the United States and may not be offered
or sold directly or indirectly in or into the United States. No public
offering of the New Ordinary Shares is being made in the United States. The
New Ordinary Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States in
"offshore transactions", as defined in, and in compliance with, Regulation S
under the US Securities Act ("Regulation S") to non-US persons (within the
meaning of Regulation S). In addition, the Company has not been, and will not
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This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or a
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not an offer of securities for sale into the United States.  The securities
referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US
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pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.  No public offering of
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WRAP is a proprietary technology platform owned and operated by Winterflood
Securities Ltd (registered address at Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London
EC4R 3GA; FRN 141455). Winterflood Securities Ltd ("Winterflood") is
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct
Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will
not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement)
as its client in relation to the WRAP Retail Offer and will not be responsible
to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its
clients, nor for providing advice in connection with the WRAP Retail Offer,
Admission and the other arrangements referred to in this announcement.

 

The value of Ordinary shares and the income from them is not guaranteed and
can fall as well as rise due to stock market movements. When you sell your
investment, you may get back less than you originally invested. Figures refer
to past performance and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future
results. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of currency
fluctuations.

 

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements which
are based on the Company's expectations, intentions and projections regarding
its future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
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words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect"
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uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Company's businesses operate to differ materially from the
impression created by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Given those risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

 

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announcement and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The
Company and Winterflood expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to
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actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or circumstances
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or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical
published earnings or dividends per share of the Company.

 

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not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the London Stock
Exchange.

 

It is further noted that the WRAP Retail Offer is only open to investors in
the United Kingdom who fall within Article 43 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (which includes
an existing member of the Company).

 

 

 

 

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