REG - Phoenix Copper Ltd - Update re Proposed Fundraising

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30/03/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 4554G  Phoenix Copper Limited  30 March 2022

Phoenix Copper Limited / Ticker: PXC / Sector: Mining

30 March 2022

Phoenix Copper Limited

('Phoenix' or the 'Company')

 Update re Proposed Fundraising

Phoenix Copper Ltd (AIM: PXC, OTCQX ADR: PXCLY), the AIM quoted USA focused
base and precious metals emerging producer and exploration company, provides a
further update regarding the proposed fundraising the Company first referred
to in the announcement dated 11 February 2022.

The Company confirms it is in the process of engaging a syndicate of US based
broker-dealers to work with the Company and its existing brokers and advisers
to execute a proposed placement of non-dilutive loan notes (the "Loan Notes")
to finance the construction and development of the Empire Open Pit Copper Mine
in Idaho, USA ("Empire") (the "Proposed Fundraise").

The Company expects to raise a minimum of $60 million via the issue of Loan
Notes to institutional and other investors.

It is intended that the Loan Notes will be US dollar denominated, will be
non-convertible and be repayable after 10 years. It is also proposed that the
Loan Notes will pay a semi-annual coupon equivalent to the higher of a fixed
interest coupon or a coupon calculated as a royalty on the net smelter return
revenue received from production and sales at Empire. The Company also
proposes to seek admission to trading of the Loan Notes on a recognised
securities market.

There can be no certainty that the Proposed Fundraise will proceed, or that
the final terms agreed with investors will be consistent with those set out in
this announcement. However, upon publication of this announcement the
Directors consider the Company to have exited the previously announced "close
period".

Further announcements regarding the Proposed Fundraise will be made as soon as
practicable.

Contacts

For further information please visit https://phoenixcopperlimited.com
(https://phoenixcopperlimited.com/)    or contact:

 Phoenix Copper Limited                              Ryan McDermott                                Tel: +1 208 954 7039

                                                     Brittany Lock                                 Tel: +1 208 794 8033

                                                     Richard Wilkins                               Tel: +44 7590 216 657
 SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser)  David Hignell / Caroline Rowe                 Tel: +44 20 3470 0470
 Tavira Securities Ltd (Joint Broker)                Jonathan Evans / Oliver Stansfield            Tel: +44 20 7100 5100

 WH Ireland (Joint Broker)                           Harry Ansell / Adam Pollock / Katy Mitchell   Tel: +44 20 7220 1666
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Joint Broker)          John Prior / Hugh Rich / Ailsa Macmaster      Tel: +44 20 7886 2500
 EAS Advisors (US Corporate Adviser)                 Matt Bonner / Rogier de la Rambelje           Tel: +1 (646) 495-2225
 BlytheRay                                           Tim Blythe / Megan Ray                        Tel: +44 20 7138 3204

(Financial PR)

 

Notes

Phoenix Copper Limited is a USA focused, base and precious metals emerging
producer and exploration company, initially targeting copper and zinc
production from an open pit mine.

Phoenix's primary operations are focused near Mackay, Idaho in the Alder
Creek mining district, at the 80% owned Empire Mine property, which
historically produced copper at grades of up to 8%, as well as gold, silver,
zinc and tungsten, from an underground mine.

Since 2017, Phoenix has carried our extensive drill programmes which have
defined a NI 43-101 compliant PEA (preliminary economic assessment) for an
open pit heap leach solvent extraction and electrowinning ("SX-EW") mine,
which was updated in October 2020. The contained metal in all NI 43-101
compliant categories of resources, Measured, Indicated and Inferred, stand at
129,641 tonnes of copper, 355,523 ounces of gold, 10,133,772 ounces of silver
and 58,440 tonnes of zinc. Phoenix updated its economic model in February
2021 to include the processing of all contained metals through a two phased
approach.

In addition to Empire, the district includes the historic Horseshoe, White
Knob and Blue Bird Mines, past producers of copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead
and tungsten from underground mines. A new discovery at Red Star, 330 metres
northwest of the Empire Mine proposed open pit, has revealed high grade
silver / lead sulphide ore, and from three shallow exploration drill holes a
maiden resource of 103,000 tonnes containing 173.4 g/tonne silver, 0.85
g/tonne gold and 3.85% lead (1.6 million ounces silver equivalent) was
reported in an NI 43-101 technical report published in May 2019. Additionally,
the district includes Navarre Creek, a volcanic hosted precious metals
target in a 14.48 sq km area. The Company's total land package at Empire
comprises 8,034 acres (32.51 sq kms).

At Empire, it is estimated that less than 1% of the potential ore system has
been explored to date and, accordingly, there is significant opportunity to
increase the resource through phased exploration. The stated aim of the
Company is to fund this phased exploration through free cashflow generated by
its initial mine. A Plan of Operations in respect of the initial open pit mine
was filed with the relevant regulatory authorities in June 2021.

Phoenix also has two wholly owned cobalt properties on the Idaho Cobalt Belt
to the north of Empire. An Earn-In Agreement has been signed with Electra
Battery Metals (formerly First Cobalt Corporation), Toronto, in respect of one
of those properties.

Phoenix is listed on London's AIM (PXC), and trades on New York's OTCQX Market
(PXCLF and PXCLY (ADRs)). More details on the Company, its assets and its
objectives can be found on PXC's website at https://phoenixcopperlimited.com
(https://phoenixcopperlimited.com) .

 

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