REG - KEFI Minerals plc - Change of Company Name

KEFI Gold and CopperAnnouncement

18/08/2020 09:00

RNS Number : 4426W
  
KEFI Minerals plc
  
18 August 2020
  
 

18 August 2020
KEFI Gold and Copper plc
("KEFI" or the "Company")
 
Change of Company Name
 
KEFI (AIM: KEFI), the gold exploration and development company with projects in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce the Company's name has been changed to KEFI Gold and Copper plc with immediate effect.
As previously announced on 13 August 2020 a special resolution for the Company's name to be changed was passed by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of the Company.
The Company has retained its existing ticker (KEFI.L), SEDOL (BD8GP61) and ISIN (GB00BD8GP619) following the change of name.
Shareholdings will be unaffected by the change of name and existing share certificates should be retained as they will remain valid for all purposes.  Any new share certificates issued will bear the new name.
Enquiries




KEFI Gold and Copper plc


 




Harry Anagnostaras-Adams (Managing Director)


+357 99457843




John Leach (Finance Director)


+357 99208130




SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)


+44 (0) 20 3470 0470




Jeff Keating, Soltan Tagiev


 




Brandon Hill Capital Ltd (Joint Broker)


+44 (0) 20 7936 5200




Oliver Stansfield, Jonathan Evans


 




IFC Advisory Ltd (Financial PR and IR)


 




Tim Metcalfe, Florence Chandler


+44 (0) 20 3934 6630




 
Notes to Editor
KEFI Gold and Copper plc
KEFI is focused primarily on the development of the Tulu Kapi Gold Project in Ethiopia and its pipeline of highly prospective  exploration projects  in the  Arabian-Nubian Shield. KEFI targets that production at Tulu Kapi will generate cash flows for capital repayments, further exploration and dividends to shareholders.
KEFI Gold and Copper in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is currently undergoing a remarkable transformation both politically and economically.
The Tulu Kapi gold project in western Ethiopia is being progressed towards development, following a grant of a Mining Licence in April 2015.
The Company has now refined contractual terms for project construction and operation. Estimates include open pit gold production of c. 140,000oz pa for a 7-year period. All-in Sustaining Costs (including operating, sustaining capital and closure but not including leasing and other financing charges) remain c. US$800/oz. Tulu Kapi's Ore Reserve estimate totals 15.4Mt at 2.1g/t gold, containing 1.1Moz.
All aspects of the Tulu Kapi (open pit) gold project have been reported in compliance with the JORC Code (2012) and subjected to reviews by appropriate independent experts.
A Preliminary Economic Assessment has been published that indicates the economic attractiveness of mining the underground deposit adjacent to the Tulu Kapi open pit, after the start-up of the open pit and after positive cash flows have begun to repay project debts. An area of over 1,000 square kilometres adjacent to Tulu Kapi has been reserved for exploration by KEFI upon commencement of development, with a view to adding satellite deposits to development and production plans.
KEFI Gold and Copper in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
In 2009, KEFI formed Gold & Minerals Limited ("G&M") in Saudi Arabia with local Saudi partner, ARTAR, to explore for gold and associated metals in the Arabian-Nubian Shield. KEFI has a 34% interest in G&M and is the operating partner.
ARTAR, on behalf of G&M, holds over 16 Exploration Licence (EL) applications pending the introduction of the new Mining Law. ELs are renewable for up to three years and bestow the exclusive right to explore and to obtain a 30-year exploitation (mining) lease within the area.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced policies to encourage minerals exploration and development, and KEFI Minerals supports this priority by serving as the technical partner within G&M. ARTAR also serves this government policy as the major partner in G&M, which is one of the early movers in the modern resurgence of the Kingdom's minerals sector.


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