Argent Minerals Limited: Cash $2.6M Following Completion of Private Placement
20.12.2017 | ABN Newswire
Sydney - Argent Minerals Ltd. (ASX:ARD) (Argent, or the Company) is pleased to report the completion of the heavily oversubscribed private placement announced on 13 December 2017. The private placement to sophisticated investors raised $1.2 million before costs (Placement).Highlights:
- Argent cash at bank boosted to approximately $2.6M following completion of heavily oversubscribed placement and receipt of $693,748 R&D claim funds.
- Private placement at 3.0 cents per share raised $1.2 million before costs.
- Placement includes $0.10 ASX ARDO listed options expiring 27 June 2019.
- Proceeds to fund advancement of Argent's top three projects and provide working capital as the new board also pursues the potential for value accretive acquisitions.
Argent's cash at bank has been boosted to $2,590,434 following the receipt of $693,748 in R&D claim funds announced 14 December 2017 and the addition of Placement funds before costs.
40,000,000 new fully paid ordinary shares will be issued today (Placement Shares) and 40,000,000 attaching listed ASX ARDO options on a 1:1 basis (Placement Options).
Each Placement Option will be exercisable at 10.0 cents at any time on or before 5 pm AEST (3pm AWST) on Thursday 27 June 2019 to acquire 1 fully paid ordinary share in the Company.
The Placement Shares and Placement Options will be issued under the Company's existing capacity under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A as follows:
Under LR 7.1 capacity - 21,971,561 ordinary shares and 40,000,000 listed options;
Under LR 7.1A capacity - 18,028,439 ordinary shares.
Purpose of the Issue
Proceeds of the Placement will boost Argent's cash position as the Company advances exploration work throughout its Kempfield silver/gold/lead/zinc project (Argent 100%), the West Wyalong porphyry copper-gold project (Argent 77%, right to earn up to 90%) and the Loch Lilly porphyry copper-gold project (51% imminent, right to earn up to 90%).
New projects
Together with the management team, the new board will leverage its expertise to pursue other projects to complement its significant existing base and precious metal project portfolio, and to re-evaluate and adjust project priorities to enhance Company value.
About Argent Minerals Limited:
Argent Minerals Ltd. (ASX:ARD) is an Australian publicly listed company with a 100% interest in a silver/gold project at Kempfield NSW. Work is underway on the preparation of an EIS and a feasibility study for the first stage of the project which will involve heap leaching some 8.8 million tonnes of mainly oxide and transitional material to produce over 9.5 million ounces of silver and 15,000 ounces of gold over a 5 year mine life. Argent is also earning up to a 70% interest in two other NSW projects - gold at West Wyalong and base metals at Sunny Corner.
Contact:
David Busch Chief Executive Officer
Argent Minerals Ltd.
M: +61-415-613-800
E: david.busch@argentminerals.com.au