REG - Thor Mining PLC - ASX query and response

Thor EnergyAnnouncement

05/08/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 8658H
Thor Mining PLC
05 August 2019
 


5 August 2019
 
Thor Mining plc
ASX query and response
 
The Board of Thor Mining Plc ("Thor") (AIM, ASX: THR) announces that it has responded to a query from the ASX regarding the Company's Appendix 5B for the period ended 30 June 2019.
Thor confirmed  that it expects to continue operations and meet its business objective on the basis of having sufficient funding to meet expenditure commitments for at least the next two quarters, in conjunction with various options being considered to raise further funds within that timeframe.
 
The ASX query and the Company's response can be viewed on the ASX website:
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20190802/pdf/4475dl47r174vd.pdf
 
 
 
Enquiries:



Mick Billing


+61 (8) 7324 1935


Thor Mining PLC


Executive Chairman




Ray Ridge


+61 (8) 7324 1935


Thor Mining PLC


CFO/Company
Secretary




Colin Aaronson/
Richard Tonthat/ Ben Roberts


+44 (0) 207 383 5100
 


Grant Thornton UK LLP
 


Nominated Adviser




Nick Emerson
Claire Louise Noyce /
John Beresford-Peirse
 
 


+44 (0) 1483 413 500
+44 (0) 203 764 2341


SI Capital Ltd
Hybridan LLP


Joint Broker
Joint Broker




Tim Blythe/ Camilla Horsfall


+44 (0) 207 138 3222


Blytheweigh


Financial PR



 
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website  www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.
 
About Thor Mining PLC
Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) is a resources company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on ASX in Australia.
Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory of Australia, for which an updated feasibility study in August 2018¹ suggested attractive returns.
Adjacent Molyhil, at Bonya, Thor holds a 40% interest in deposits of tungsten, copper, and vanadium, including an Inferred resource for the Bonya copper deposit².
Thor also holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate³ on 2 of the 4 known deposits.  The US Department of the Interior has confirmed that tungsten, the primary resource mineral at Pilot Mountain, has been included in the final list of Critical Minerals 2018.
Thor is also acquiring up to a 60% interest Australian copper development company Environmental Copper Recovery SA Pty Ltd, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource⁴ on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine in South Australia recoverable by way of in situ recovery. 
Thor has an interest in Hawkstone Mining Limited, an Australian ASX listed company with a 100% Interest in a Lithium project in Arizona, USA.
Finally, Thor also holds a production royalty entitlement from the Spring Hill Gold project⁵ of:
•  A$6 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for up to A$1,500 per ounce; and
•  A$14 per ounce of gold produced from the Spring Hill tenements where the gold produced is sold for amounts over A$1,500 per ounce.
Notes
¹ Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 23 August 2018
² Refer ASX and AIM announcement of 26 November 2018
³ Refer AIM announcement of 13 December 2018 and ASX announcement of 14 December 2018
⁴ Refer AIM announcement of 10 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 12 February 2018
⁵ Refer AIM announcement of 26 February 2016 and ASX announcement of 29 February 2016




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