REG - Mkango Resources Ltd - MKANGO RAISES £2.34M

Mkango ResourcesAnnouncement

20/01/2025 17:30

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RNS Number : 0192U  Mkango Resources Limited  20 January 2025

 

 

 

 

MKANGO RESOURCES LTD.

550 Burrard Street

Suite 2900

Vancouver

BC V6C 0A3

Canada

 

MKANGO RAISES £2.34M (C$4.11M) TO ADVANCE RARE EARTH MAGNET RECYCLING IN UK
AND GERMANY

 

London / Vancouver: January 20, 2025 - Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA)
is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of
£2.34million (approximately C$4.11 million) through the issuance, on a
private placement basis, of 29,187,500 common shares of the Company (the
"Subscription Shares") at a price per Subscription Share of 8 pence ("p")
(approximately C$0.14) (the "Issue Price") (the "Subscription").

William Dawes, Chief Executive of Mkango stated: "We are delighted by the
continued support and confidence from our existing shareholders, reflected in
this £2.34million investment. This funding will enable Mkango to maintain
momentum on achieving commercial production in the UK and the development of
the Germany operation.

Concurrently, we continue to work towards execution of the proposed Business
Combination Agreement in relation to the previously announced SPAC
transaction, which once executed, is expected to bring us a step closer to
extracting significant value from our Songwe Hill and Pulawy Rare Earths
Projects.

Mkango has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £2.34million (approximately
C$4.11million) through the issuance, on a private placement basis, of
29,187,500 Subscription Shares at a price per Share of 8p (approximately
C$0.14). The net proceeds of the Subscription after fees is expected to be
£2.22million (approximately C$3.90million). The issue price equates to a
discount of 21% and 20% to the trailing five-day volume weighted average price
("VWAP") of Mkango's shares on AIM and TSX-V respectively at the closing
prices on 17 January 2025. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the
Subscription to fund ongoing recycling development costs in Germany and the
UK, and to fund ongoing corporate costs.

The Subscription is expected to close on or around 31(st) January, 2025 and is
subject to the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of
the TSX-V, and admission of the Subscription Shares to trading on AIM.

The Subscription Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing
shares and application will be made for the Subscription Shares to be admitted
to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become
effective and dealings in the Subscription Shares will commence at 8:00am on
or around 31st January 2025. The Subscription Shares will be subject to a
statutory hold period in Canada expiring on the date that is four months and
one day from issuance of the Subscription Shares, and will also be listed for
trading on the TSX-V, provided that approval of such listing from the TSX-V is
obtained.

In accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R)
the Company hereby notifies the market that immediately following Admission,
its issued and outstanding share capital will consist of 326,266,261 shares.
The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Shareholders may use this
figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will 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.

In connection with the Placing, Mkango has agreed to pay, at completion of the
Placing, commissions of 5% in cash and 5% in non-transferable broker warrants,
in each case with reference to cash raised by each of Jub Capital Management
LLP ("JUB Capital") and Alternative Resource Capital, a trading name of Shard
Capital Partners LLP ("ARC"). In addition, JUB Capital and ARC will be
entitled to a corporate finance fee of £5,000 (approximately C$8,800) each.
The broker warrants will have a term of 3 years from issue and an exercise
price of 8 pence (approximately C$0.14). The total number of broker warrants
to be issued on completion of the Placing is 1,459,375. Payment of the
commissions (and issuance of the warrants) to the brokers is subject to
acceptance of the TSX-V. The shares issuable pursuant to exercise of the
broker warrants will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada expiring
on the date that is four (4) months and one day from issuance of the warrants.

 

About Mkango

Mkango is listed on the AIM and the TSX-V. Mkango's corporate strategy is to
become a market leader in the production of recycled rare earth magnets,
alloys and oxides, through its interest in Maginito Limited ("Maginito"),
which is owned 79.4 per cent by Mkango and 20.6 per cent by CoTec, and to
develop new sustainable sources of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and
terbium to supply accelerating demand from electric vehicles, wind turbines
and other clean energy technologies.

Maginito holds a 100 per cent interest in HyProMag and a 90 per cent direct
and indirect interest (assuming conversion of Maginito's convertible loan) in
HyProMag GmbH, focused on short loop rare earth magnet recycling in the UK and
Germany, respectively, and a 100 per cent interest in Mkango Rare Earths UK
Ltd ("Mkango UK"), focused on long loop rare earth magnet recycling in the UK
via a chemical route.

Maginito and CoTec are also rolling out HyProMag's recycling technology into
the United States via the 50/50 owned HyProMag USA LLC joint venture company.

Mkango also owns the advanced stage Songwe Hill rare earths project and an
extensive rare earths, uranium, tantalum, niobium, rutile, nickel and cobalt
exploration portfolio in Malawi, and the Pulawy rare earths separation project
in Poland.

For more information, please visit www.mkango.ca (http://www.mkango.ca)

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 ('MAR') which has been incorporated into UK law by the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this
announcement via Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is
now considered to be in the public domain.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of
that term under applicable securities laws) with respect to Mkango. Generally,
forward looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as
"targeted", "plans", "expects" or "is expected to", "scheduled", "estimates"
"intends", "anticipates", "believes", or variations of such words and phrases,
or statements that certain actions, events or results "can", "may", "could",
"would", "should", "might" or "will", occur or be achieved, or the negative
connotations thereof. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the plans,
intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and
unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to
the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other
forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual performance
and results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or
projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, without limiting
the foregoing, receipt of TSX-V approval for the Subscription, the
availability of (or delays in obtaining) financing to develop Songwe Hill, and
the various recycling plants in the UK, Germany and the US as well as the
separation plant in Poland, governmental action and other market effects on
global demand and pricing for the metals and associated downstream products
for which Mkango is exploring, researching and developing, geological,
technical and regulatory matters relating to the development of Songwe Hill,
the ability to scale the HPMS and chemical recycling technologies to
commercial scale, competitors having greater financial capability and
effective competing technologies in the recycling and separation business of
Maginito and Mkango, availability of scrap supplies for recycling activities,
government regulation (including the impact of environmental and other
regulations) on and the economics in relation to recycling and the development
of the various recycling and separation plants of Mkango and Maginito and
future investments in the United States pursuant to the cooperation agreement
between Maginito and CoTec, the outcome and timing of the completion of the
feasibility studies, cost overruns, complexities in building and operating the
plants, and the positive results of feasibility studies on the various
proposed aspects of Mkango's, Maginito's and CoTec's activities. The
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the
date of this news release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims
any intention and assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Additionally, the Company
undertakes no obligation to comment on the expectations of, or statements made
by, third parties in respect of the matters discussed above.

For further information on Mkango, please contact:

Mkango Resources Limited

 

William
Dawes
Alexander Lemon

Chief Executive Officer                  President

will@mkango.ca
alex@mkango.ca

Canada: +1 403 444 5979

www.mkango.ca (http://www.mkango.ca)

@MkangoResources

 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Jeff Keating, Jen Clarke, Devik Mehta

UK: +44 20 3470 0470

 

Alternative Resource Capital

Joint Broker

Alex Wood, Keith Dowsing

UK: +44 20 7186 9004/5

 

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of
this press release. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of
an offer to buy any equity or other securities of the Company in the United
States. The securities of the Company will not be registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and may
not be offered or sold within the United States to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. persons except in certain transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.

 

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