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Equity Placing to Raise GBP900,000
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ECR MINERALS plc
(“ECR Minerals”, “ECR” or the “Company”)
Equity Placing to Raise GBP900,000
ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the exploration and development company focused
on gold in Australia, is pleased to announce that the Company has today raised
£900,000 by way of a placing and direct subscription.
SI Capital Limited has today placed on behalf of the Company 66,666,653 new
ordinary shares in the Company (“Placing Shares”) at a price of 0.9 pence
per share to raise gross proceeds of c.£600,000 (the "Placing"), subject only
to Admission; and the Company has also raised a further c£300,000 by way of
the issue of 33,333,333 new ordinary shares (“Subscription Shares”) at a
price of 0.9p per share, subject only to receipt of the funds and Admission.
Both the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares were also accompanied by
the issue of one warrant to subscribe for one ordinary share in the Company
for each new share issued (the “New Warrants”). When issued, the New
Warrants will be exercisable at any time, for a period of 2 years from the
date of admission of the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares (as
applicable) at an exercise price of 1.5p each.
The monies raised in this fundraise will be used by the Company as follows:
Victoria assets:
* Progress work on the Blue Moon project and other Bailieston assets.
* Progress work on the Creswick project following the results of the re-assay of
diamond drill core announced recently.
* Commence initial studies at the Tambo project.
North Queensland assets:
* Progress work on the Lolworth Project, where an extensive sampling campaign
has recently been completed.
* Progress work at the Hurricane Project following the recent announcement of a
conditional option to acquire 100% of Placer Gold, owner of the Hurricane
Project located west of Cairns in the Hodgkinson Province, NE Queensland.
And for general working capital
Application will be made for the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares to
be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission
will become effective on or around 19 December 2022. The Placing Shares and
the Subscription Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary
shares. Upon Admission, ECR’s issued ordinary share capital will comprise
1,167,737,145 ordinary shares of 0.001p. This number will represent the total
voting rights in the Company, and, following admission may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they can
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to
their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
ECR CEO Andrew Haythorpe commented: “I am delighted to announce that we have
received strong support from new and existing investors following my recent
visit to London to attend the 121 Mining Investment and Mines and Money
events. As outlined above, the funds raised will be used to progress our
projects at Victoria and Queensland and also to explore new opportunities.”
“I look forward to reporting further progress on our project portfolio very
shortly.”
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
ECR Minerals plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7929 1010
David Tang, Non-Executive Chairman
Andrew Haythorpe, CEO
Email:
info@ecrminerals.com (mailto:info@ecrminerals.com)
Website: www.ecrminerals.com
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WH Ireland Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666
Nominated Adviser
Katy Mitchell / Andrew de Andrade
SI Capital Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1483 413500
Broker
Nick Emerson
Novum Securities Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7399 9425
Broker
Jon Belliss
Brand Communications Tel: +44 (0) 7976 431608
Public & Investor Relations
Alan Green
ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC
ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR’s wholly
owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia Pty Ltd (“MGA”) has
100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick gold projects in central
Victoria, Australia, has six licence applications outstanding which includes
one licence application lodged in eastern Victoria. (Tambo gold project). MGA
is currently drilling at the Bailieston Blue Moon Project (EL5433) and
undertaking geochemical exploration on the Creswick (EL6148) project and has
an experienced exploration team with significant local knowledge in the
Victoria Goldfields and wider region.
ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary LUX Exploration Pty Ltd
(“LUX”) which has three approved exploration permits covering 946 km(2)
over a relatively unexplored area in Queensland, Australia.
Following the sale of the Avoca, Moormbool and Timor gold projects in
Victoria, Australia to Fosterville South Exploration Ltd (TSX-V: FSX) and the
subsequent spin-out of the Avoca and Timor projects to Leviathan Gold Ltd
(TSX-V: LVX), Mercator Gold Australia Pty Limited has the right to receive up
to A$2 million in payments subject to future resource estimation or production
from projects sold to Fosterville South Exploration Limited.
ECR holds a 70% interest in the Danglay gold project; an advanced exploration
project located in a prolific gold and copper mining district in the north of
the Philippines, which has a 43-101 compliant resource. ECR also holds a
royalty on the SLM gold project in La Rioja Province, Argentina and can
potentially receive up to US$2.7 million in aggregate across all licences
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