REG - Scotgold Resources - Fern Wealth Debt Funding – £2.015 million received

Scotgold ResourcesAnnouncement

21/06/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 5539P  Scotgold Resources Ltd  21 June 2022

21 June 2022

 

 

Scotgold Resources Limited ("Scotgold" or the "Company")

Fern Wealth Debt Funding - £2.015 million received - Tranche 2 of £3 million
Loan Complete

 

Scotgold Resources Limited (AIM: SGZ), Scotland's and the UK's first
commercial gold producer, announced on 7 April 2022 that it had entered into a
loan procurement agreement with Fern Wealth GmbH ("Fern Wealth") from a
syndicate of high-net-worth investors for an amount up to £3 million (the
"New Loans") (the "Agreement").  The Company is pleased to announce that,
under the terms of the Agreement, it has now received and completed the second
tranche of the New Loans drawn down for a total of £2.015 million as of 20
June 2022.  It is anticipated that the remaining £0.985 million of the £3
million New Loans will be received and fully drawn down on or before 30 June
2022.

As announced on 7 April and 23 May 2022, subject to the receipt of the full
amount of £3m under the New Loans, the Company intends to use the proceeds
received to fast-track the Company's Optimisation Initiatives to achieve a
gold production run rate of c.23,500oz p.a. by the end of Q1 2023.

The core Optimisation Initiatives planned for 2022 include:

·    Design, construct, and commission a tailings thickener, a
cost-effective technology to improve the throughput and recoveries of
concentrate product in the processing plant to achieve a monthly run rate of
c. 4,000 feed tonnes to the process plant which equates to c. 16,000 - 17,500
ounces p.a. run rate of gold.

·    Enhancing mining efficiencies of the underground mine to ensure
continuous operations; and

·    Design, construct, and commission an ore sorter at the processing
plant between the existing crushing unit and the Mill to realise an increase
in ounces of gold processed per tonne at lower tonnages and potentially lower
CAPEX and OPEX. Due diligence to be completed by the end of Q2 2022 and the
sorter, if approved, to be operational by the end of Q1 2023.

 

Terms of the New Loans

 

Tranches 1 and 2, totalling £2.015 million of the New Loans have been
received and drawn down by the Company. The remainder of the New Loans will be
provided to SGZ Cononish Ltd (SC569264), a 100% owned subsidiary of the
Company ("Borrower") by a syndicate of private individuals. The principal
terms of the New Loans are as follows:

 

 Principal:

 Up to £3,000,000.00, which can be drawn in up to three amounts of at least
 £1,000,000 (or such other amounts as Scotgold and Fern Wealth agree in
 writing).

 Borrower:

 SGZ Cononish Ltd, a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company.

 Lender:

 A syndicate of private individuals.

 Term:

 2 Years from date of drawdown

 Interest:

 7% annual interest

 Warrant:

 Up to 450,000 warrants over new ordinary shares of no par value each in the
 Company to be issued (300,000 to the Lender and 150,000 to Fern Wealth) on a
 pro rata basis (0 warrants if no New Loans advanced and 450,000 if £3,000,000
 is drawn down).

 Each warrant entitles the holder to be issued with one new ordinary share of
 no par value each in the Company at an exercise price of 78.83p per share and
 expires 3 years from the date of issue.

 Security:

 Parent Company guarantee provided by the Company
 Fees:

 In addition to the up to 150,000 warrants referred to above, Fern Wealth is
 also entitled to an arrangement fee of 3% of the gross amount of the New Loans
 which are drawn down.

 

Fern Wealth is a sophisticated wealth management company based in Zug,
Switzerland whose focus is to seek out and manage quality investment
opportunities for their Investors.

The information contained within this Announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under Article 7 of the Market
Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as amended) as it forms part of the
domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended). Upon the publication of this Announcement
via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.

 

**ENDS**

 

 Scotgold Resources Limited  SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP   Celicourt Communications

 Chief Executive Officer     Nomad and Broker                 Financial PR

 Phil Day                    Ewan Leggat / Charlie Bouverat   Felicity Winkles/ Josh Funnell

                             Tel +44 (0) 20 3470 0470         Tel +44 (0) 208 434 2643

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Notes

 

Scotgold Resources Ltd (AIM: SGZ), is Scotland's first commercial gold
producer. The Company poured first gold in November 2020 at its Cononish Gold
and Silver Mine ('Cononish) in Tyndrum, Scotland and is developing it into a
+23,500-ounce gold mine per annum. Cononish is a high-grade underground mining
operation with a central processing plant producing gold concentrate for
off-take and gold doré for the Scottish Jewellery industry.  Once in full
production, the mine has anticipated forecast operating costs of c.£544/oz
AISC, which will place Cononish in the lowest quartile of gold mining
operations globally.

 

It is Scotgold's vision to build a mid-tier gold mining company in Scotland
with multiple operations in the country that enhance the local environment and
economy in ways that have an enduring positive impact.

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