MKANGO RESOURCES LTD.
550 Burrard Street
Suite 2900
Vancouver
BC V6C 0A3
Canada
MKANGO CLOSES £1.25M (C$2.19M) PRIVATE
PLACEMENT
London / Vancouver: September 5, 2024
- Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) is
pleased to announce that further to the Company's announcement of
August 21, 2024, it has closed a private placement to raise gross
proceeds of £1,250,000 (approximately C$2.2 million) through the
issuance of 25,000,000 common shares of the Company (the
"Subscription Shares") at a price per Subscription Share of 5 pence
("p") (approximately C$0.088) (the "Subscription").
Accordingly, 25,000,000 Subscription
Shares have now been issued pursuant to the private placement. The
Subscription Shares are subject to a statutory hold period in
Canada expiring on January 5, 2025.
Furthermore 25,000,000 warrants
("Warrants") (one Warrant for each Subscription Share) have been
issued. Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common
share at a price of £0.07 per common share ("Mkango Share") for a
period of 3 years following the closing of the Subscription (i.e.
up until September 4, 2027)
In addition to the Subscription
Shares and Warrants, the Company has issued an aggregate of
1,250,000 warrants ("Broker Warrants") to Jub Capital Management LLP ("Jub
Capital"). Each Broker Warrant is exercisable for
a period of three years with an exercise price of 5p per Broker
Warrant. The Warrants and Broker Warrants (and the underlying
shares) are subject to a statutory hold period in Canada expiring
on January 5, 2025.
The net proceeds of the
Subscription, after fees, is £1,187,500 (approximately C$2.1
million). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the
Subscription to acquire additional equipment for the 2025
commercial development of rare earth magnet recycling operations at
Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham, UK and at Pforzheim, Germany, by
HyProMag Limited and HyProMag GmbH, in addition to working
capital.
Admission to trading on AIM and Total Voting
Rights
The Subscription Shares will rank
pari passu with the Company's existing shares and application has
been 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 today, on 5th September, 2024.
In accordance with the Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby
notifies the market that immediately following Admission of the
Subscription Shares, its issued and outstanding share capital will
consist of 293,453,574 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.
The Subscription Shares will also be
listed for trading on the TSX-V and will be subject to a statutory
hold period in Canada expiring on January 5, 2025.
About Mkango Resources Ltd.
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.
HyProMag is also evaluating other jurisdictions,
and recently launched a collaboration with Envipro on rare earth
magnet recycling in Japan.
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
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, the availability of (or delays in
obtaining) financing to develop the various recycling plants in the
UK, Germany, governmental action and other market effects on global
demand and pricing for the metals and associated downstream
products for which Mkango is researching and developing, , 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, 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
plants of 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 Maginito'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
@MkangoResources
SP Angel
Corporate Finance LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Jeff Keating, Caroline Rowe
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.