Sayona Mining Ltd.: Renounceable Issue
07.05.2018 | ABN Newswire
Brisbane - Sayona Mining Ltd. (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:DMNXF) ("Sayona" or "Company") is pleased to announce a pro rata renounceable entitlement issue to Eligible Shareholders to enable them to participate in the Company's capital raising activities.The entitlement issue is made on the basis of 1 New Share for every 22 Shares held on the Record Date, with 1 free attaching New Option to be issued for every 2 New Shares issued under the Entitlement Offer (Offer). The New Options have an exercise price of $0.078 and an exercise period ending on 30 April 2020.
If fully subscribed, the Offer will raise $3,924,790 before costs of the Offer.
The Entitlement offer will be lead managed and partially underwritten to $2 million by Patersons Securities Limited.
The funds raised, together with funds received under Sayona's placement announced on 18 April 2018, will be utilised to fund the further assessment of and the definitive feasibility study, for the Company's Authier lithium project in Canada, with the aim of completing the definitive feasibility study this year. Funds will also be directed to exploration of the Company's Tansim and Mallina lithium projects and for working capital.
Prospectus lodged
The Company lodged a Prospectus for the Offer with ASIC today that sets out detailed information regarding the Offer. A copy of the Prospectus is available on the ASX website and also on the Company's website www.sayonamining.com.au.
New Shares to be issued pursuant to the Entitlement issue
Up to 76,956,669 New Shares and 38,478,335 New Options will be issued under the Offer. The New Shares issued under the Offer will be fully paid ordinary shares ranking equally in all respects with fully paid ordinary shares in the Company already on issue.
All fractional entitlements under the Entitlement issue will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The Company has applied for official quotation of New Shares and New Options to be issued pursuant to the Offer, on ASX.
Offer is Renounceable
The Offer is renounceable, meaning that entitlements can be sold on ASX or otherwise transferred. Information on dealing with Entitlements is set out in the Prospectus.
Eligible Shareholders
The Offer is made to all the Company's shareholders on record as at 7pm (AEST) on 10 May 2018 (Record Date) with registered addresses in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Company has determined it is unreasonable to make offers to Shareholders other than those with registered addresses in those jurisdictions on the Record Date, having regard to the number of Shareholders outside those jurisdictions, the number and value of the New Shares that would be offered and the cost of complying with legal and regulatory requirements outside those jurisdictions.
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About Sayona Mining Ltd:
Sayona Mining Ltd. (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:DMNXF) is an Australian-based, ASX-listed (SYA) company focused on sourcing and developing the raw materials required to construct lithium-ion batteries for use in the rapidly growing new and green technology sectors. Sayona’s primary objective is developing the Authier lithium project in Quebec, Canada. Authier is an advanced, near term development project, construction forecast to commence in the second half of 2018 and first production in late 2019. Please visit us as at www.sayonamining.com.au
Contact:
Sayona Mining Ltd.
Paul Crawford Company Secretary
Phone: +61 (7) 3369 7058
Email: info@sayonamining.com.au