REG - Hummingbird Res. - Block Listing Six Monthly Return

Hummingbird ResourcesAnnouncement

12/09/2018 07:06

RNS Number : 4577A
Hummingbird Resources PLC
12 September 2018
 


Hummingbird Resources plc / Ticker: HUM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining
 
Hummingbird Resources plc
("Hummingbird" or the "Company")
 
Block Listing Six Monthly Return
 
Hummingbird Resources plc (AIM: HUM), announces the following update relating to its block admission of shares to be issued to certain option holders upon the exercise by such option holders of options granted pursuant to the Company's share option schemes.
 
On 10 August 2018 the Company granted 156,250 options over shares in the Company under the existing HIPPO2018 scheme.  Application has been made for these additional ordinary shares to be admitted to the block admission tomorrow pursuant to the issue of options during the period in review.
 



Name of company:


Hummingbird Resources plc
 




Name of schemes:


The Hummingbird Resources plc - Unapproved Share Option Scheme, the Hummingbird Resources Limited EMI Share Option Plan 2010, and other share options
 




Period of return:


From: 13 March 2018
To:  11 September 2018
 




Balance under the schemes of securities not issued at the beginning of the period subject to the block admission:
 


13,630,204 ordinary shares




Number of securities issued under the schemes during the period:
 


888,296 ordinary shares




Number of securities lapsed under the schemes during the period:
 


70,000 ordinary shares




Balance under the schemes of securities not yet issued at the end of the period subject to the block admission:
 


12,828,158 ordinary shares




Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission:


4,385,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 21 March 2012. A further: 2,349,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 21 March 2014, 250,000 ordinary shares were admitted on 12 March 2015, 7,772,568 ordinary shares were admitted on 13 March 2017,  363,636 ordinary shares were admitted on 13 March 2018, and  156,250 ordinary shares are to be admitted on 13 September 2018.  The total number of ordinary shares admitted to date in respect to its block admission as detailed above is therefore 15,276,454.
 




Name of contact:
 


Thomas Hill, Company Secretary




Telephone number of contact:


+44 (0)207 409 6660
 



**ENDS**
 
For further information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk or contact: 



Daniel Betts, CEO
Thomas Hill, FD
Robert Monro, IR


Hummingbird Resources plc


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 6660


















James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
James Bellman


Strand Hanson Limited
Nominated Adviser
 


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494


















Martin Davison
James Asensio


Canaccord Genuity Limited
Broker


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000


















Gordon Poole
Owen Roberts
James Crothers


Camarco
Financial PR/IR


Tel: +44 (0) 20 3 757 4997



 
About Hummingbird Resources Plc
 
Notes to Editors
Hummingbird Resources (AIM: HUM) is a leading gold production, development and exploration company.  The Company has two core gold projects, the Yanfolila Gold Mine in Mali and the Dugbe Gold Project in Liberia. 
 
Yanfolila produced its first gold pour on time and budget in December 2017 and is expected to produce approximately 107,000oz gold/year on average over the Life of Mine.  Yanfolila holds pre-production Probable Reserves of 709,800oz @ 3.14g/t, total Resources of 1.8Moz of gold and an additional 390,700oz of non-compliant exploration potential. 
 
The Dugbe Gold Project has Resources currently totalling 4.2Moz of gold and a completed NI 43-101 compliant PEA on the project showing a 29% IRR and US$186m NPV at a US$1,300 gold price. 
 
In addition to Hummingbird's production and development assets, the Company also has an exploration footprint of ~4,000km2 and a 34% interest in AIM listed Cora Gold, which is advancing a portfolio of prospects in Mali and Senegal.
 




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