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Premier African MineralsAnnouncement

24/01/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 5996U  Premier African Minerals Limited  24 January 2025

24 January 2025

Premier African Minerals Limited

 

 Interim Funding

 

Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce a subscription today for 2,700,000,000 new ordinary shares to raise
approximately £540,000 before expenses at an issue price of 0.02 pence per
new ordinary share ("Issue Price").

 

Following the announcement on 21 January 2025, it remains of fundamental
importance that Premier continues to support all essential operational
requirements at both Premier and Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project ("Zulu").

 

Premier remains actively engaged with its prepayment and offtake partner,
whose reaffirmation of its intentions in relation to Zulu were announced on 20
January 2025, and Premier is looking to address in consultation with its
prepayment and offtake partner any factors that might still cause
uncertainty. The Company's financial position remains as previously
disclosed. Investors should note that this is an interim measure and does not
fully address the Group's short-term funding requirements.

 

George Roach, CEO, commented, "This subscription will provide working capital
to both support essential operational requirements at Zulu and also allow an
initial start to the infrastructure and other associated requirements for the
installation of the additional float cells and assist in plant readiness for
the limited test run that has been planned.

 

I would also like to take this opportunity to confirm that the planned
management and board changes discussed in our previous announcements are
expected to proceed and a further announcement in this regard will be made at
the appropriate time."

 

Subscription
Premier has today issued by way of a direct subscription ("Subscription") with
its broker, Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, conditional on admission,
2,700,000,000 new ordinary shares of nil par value ("Subscription Shares") at
the Issue Price per Subscription Share. The Subscription Shares will, when
issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares.

 

The Subscription has been arranged within the Company's existing share
authorities. Premier intends to use the proceeds of the Subscription
principally to assist with the essential consumables at Zulu's camp and
provide general working capital for Premier.

 

Admission

Application is being made for 2,700,000,000 Subscription Shares, to be
admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to take place on or
around 30 January 2025.

 

Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the Subscription Shares, the Company's issued share
capital consists of 38,727,719,957 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights.

This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for
the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the
Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.

 

Market Abuse Regulations

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 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").

The person who arranged the release of this announcement on behalf of the
Company was George Roach.

A copy of this announcement is available at the Company's
website, www.premierafricanminerals.com
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Enquiries:

 

 George Roach                        Premier African Minerals Limited    Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281
 Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish    Beaumont Cornish Limited            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

                                     (Nominated Adviser)
 Douglas Crippen                     CMC Markets UK Plc                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632
 Toby Gibbs/ Harry Davies-Ball       Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
 Andrew Monk / Andrew Raca           VSA Capital Limited                 Tel: +44 (0)20 3005 5000

 

Nominated Adviser Statement

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish"), which is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is
acting as nominated adviser to the Company in connection with this
announcement and will not regard any other person as its client and will not
be responsible to anyone else for providing the protections afforded to the
clients of Beaumont Cornish or for providing advice in relation to such
proposals. Beaumont Cornish has not authorised the contents of, or any part
of, this document and no liability whatsoever is accepted by Beaumont Cornish
for the accuracy of any information, or opinions contained in this document or
for the omission of any information. Beaumont Cornish as nominated adviser to
the Company owes certain responsibilities to the London Stock Exchange which
are not owed to the Company, the Directors, Shareholders, or any other person.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement are or may be deemed to be forward
looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of
terms and phrases such as ''believe'' ''could'' "should" ''envisage''
''estimate'' ''intend'' ''may'' ''plan'' ''will'' or the negative of those
variations or comparable expressions including references to assumptions.
These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather
on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's
future growth results of operations performance future capital and other
expenditures (including the amount. Nature and sources of funding thereof)
competitive advantages business prospects and opportunities. Such forward
looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and
are based on information currently available to the Directors. A number of
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks associated with
vulnerability to general economic and business conditions competition
environmental and other regulatory changes actions by governmental authorities
the availability of capital markets reliance on key personnel uninsured and
underinsured losses and other factors many of which are beyond the control of
the Company. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable
assumptions. The Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be
consistent with such forward looking statements.

Notes to Editors:

Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and
natural resource development company focused on Southern Africa with its RHA
Tungsten and Zulu Lithium projects in Zimbabwe.

 

The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare
earth elements, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe and lithium and gold
in Mozambique, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production
potential to grass-roots exploration. The Company has accepted a share offer
by Vortex Limited ("Vortex") for the exchange of Premier's entire 4.8%
interest in Circum Minerals Limited ("Circum"), the owners of the Danakil
Potash Project in Ethiopia, for a 13.1% interest in the enlarged share
capital of Vortex. Vortex has an interest of 36.7% in Circum.

 

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