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RNS Number : 0486B Future Metals NL 08 February 2022
8 February 2022
Future Metals NL
("Future Metals" or the "Company")
Performance Rights Conversion, Issue of Securities and Total Voting Rights
Future Metals NL ("Future Metals" or the "Company", ASX|AIM: FME), a platinum
group metals ("PGM") focussed company, announces, in accordance with the
terms of the Company's Performance Rights Plan and the previous issue
of Performance Rights approved by shareholders at the Company's general
meeting held on 4 June 2021, that 2,666,666 Class A Performance Rights and
2,666,667 Class B Performance Rights have now been converted into fully paid
new ordinary shares of no par value in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the
"Conversion Shares"). The Conversion Shares issued will be held in escrow
until 22 June 2023.
Senior Management Performance Rights
As announced on 31 January 2022, the Company has finalised the issue of 4.9
million incentive Performance Rights with various vesting conditions to its
recently appointed senior managers and to the Company's Exploration Manager.
Corporate Adviser Options
Following the previously announced appointment of Barclay Wells Ltd to assist
in the marketing of the Company and to introduce potential investors on a
non-exclusive basis, the Company has also now issued the following options:
i. 3,000,000 exercisable at A$0.20 per share once the 20-day volume
weighted average market share price ("VWAP") exceeds A$0.30;
ii. 3,000,000 exercisable at A$0.20 per share once the 20-day VWAP
exceeds A$0.40; and
iii. 3,000,000 exercisable at A$0.20 per share once the 20-day VWAP
exceeds A$0.50.
All of these options have an expiry date of 22 June 2023.
Admission to Trading on AIM and Total Voting Rights
Application will be made for the admission to trading on AIM of the
abovementioned 5,333,333 Conversion Shares, which is expected to take effect
at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on or around 14 February 2022 ("Admission").
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue, and the total voting rights in the
Company, on Admission, will be 353,874,517. This figure may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine
if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of their
interest in, the Company under the provisions of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance
and Transparency Rules incorporated into the Company's constitution.
This announcement has been approved for release by Aaron Bertolatti - Finance
Director.
For further information, please contact:
Future Metals NL +61 8 9480 0414
Justin Tremain info@future-metals.com.au (mailto:info@future-metals.com.au)
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
James Harris
W H Ireland Limited (UK Broker) +44 (0) 207 220 1670
Harry Ansell/Katy Mitchell
Notes to Editors:
About Panton PGM Project
The Company's 100% owned Panton PGM project is located 60 kilometres north of
the town of Halls Creek in the eastern Kimberly region of Western Australia, a
tier one mining jurisdiction. The project is located on three granted mining
licences and situated just one kilometre off the Great North Highway which
accesses the Port of Wyndham.
The Panton PGM Project has a JORC Mineral Resource estimate of 14.32Mt @
4.89g/t PGM, 0.31g/t Au, 0.27% Ni.
The Panton mineralisation occurs within a layered, differentiated
mafic-ultramafic intrusion referred to as the Panton intrusive which is a 10km
long and 3km wide, south-west plunging synclinal intrusion. PGM mineralisation
is hosted within two stratiform chromite reefs, the Top and Middle reefs,
within the ultramafic sequence.
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