Kibo Mining Plc
(Incorporated in Ireland)
(Registration Number: 451931)
(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)
Share code on the JSE Limited:KBO
Share code on the AIM: KIBO
ISIN:IE00B97C0C31
("Kibo" or "the Company")
21 April 2015
Kibo Mining raises £1,500,000 in Share Placing
Kibo Mining plc ("Kibo" or the "Company") (AIM: KIBO; AltX: KBO), the Tanzania focussed mineral exploration and development Company is pleased to announce it has received commitments to a share placing of 25,000,000 new ordinary shares of Eur. 0.015 in the capital of the Company with clients of Kibo's UK Broker, Beaufort Securities Limited, at a placing price of 6p per share (the "Placing Shares"), to raise gross proceeds of £1,500,000 before expenses (the "Placing").
Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to tradingon AIM and the JSE AltX markets.Trading
in the Placing Shares is expected to commenceon AIM and the JSE on or around 27 April 2015 ("Admission").
On completion of Admission the Company will have 328,238,757 shares in issue.
Louis Coetzee, CEO of the Company,commented today: "We are very pleased to undertake this placing primarily because of the strategic advantage of bolstering our cash position at this key time in the company's development. This funding provides the Company with a robust working capital position and will allow us to accelerate work on the Company's exciting Imweru Gold project where a pre-feasibility study is underway as well as our Haneti nickel project, where we are keen to follow up on the exciting geochemical results we received during February this year. We are determined to sustain parallel momentum on all of the Company's projects as we have consistently done over the past two years, while we continue to advance the Rukwa Coal to Power Project up the value curve."
We continue to work proactively to progress various elements of the Company's strategy and look forward to reporting further significant progress to shareholders in the near future."
Contacts
Louis Coetzee |
+27 (0) 83 2606126 |
Kibo Mining plc |
Chief Executive Officer |
Andreas Lianos |
+27 (0) 83 4408365 |
River Group |
Corporate Adviser and Designated Adviser on JSE |
Elliot Hance |
+44 (0) 207 382 8300 |
Beaufort Securities Limited |
Broker |
Oliver Morse |
+61 8 9480 2500 |
RFC Ambrian Limited |
Nominated Adviser on AIM |
Daniel Thöle Lucinda Alderson |
+44 (0) 203 772 2500 |
Bell Pottinger |
Investor and Media Relations |
Kibo Mining - Notes to editors
Kibo Mining is listed on the AIM market in London and the AltX in Johannesburg. The Company is focused on exploration and development of mineral projects in Tanzania, and controls one of Tanzania's largest mineral right portfolios. Tanzania provides a secure and stable operating environment for the mineral resource industry and Kibo Mining therein.
Kibo Mining holds a thermal coal deposit at Rukwa, which has a significant JORC compliant defined resource (See Table 1 below), and is developing a 250-350MW mouth-of-mine thermal power station with an established management team that includes Standard Bank as Financial Advisor. Kibo is undertaking a Coal Mining Definitive Feasibility Study and a Power Pre-Feasibility Study for Rukwa with an integrated Coal-Power interim study report to be released in the near term. On 20th April 2015, Kibo signed a Joint Development Agreement for the completion of the Definitive Feasibility Studies and development of the RCPP with China based EPC contractor SEPCO III.
The Company also has extensive gold focused interests including Lake Victoria Goldfields and Morogoro projects. At Lake Victoria, the Company has projects with a 550,000oz JORC compliant gold Mineral Resource at Imweru Project (See Table 2 below) and a 168,000oz NI 43-101 compliant gold Mineral Resource at the Lubando Project (See Table 3 below) in which the Company holds a 90% attributable interest. The Company is currently undertaking a Definitive Feasibility Study on its Imweru Project.
Kibo also holds the Haneti Project on which the latest technical report confirms prospectivity for nickel, PGMs, gold and strategic metals including Lithium.
Kibo Mining further holds the Pinewood (coal & uranium) project where the company has entered into a 50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.
Finally the Company also holds the Morogoro (gold) project where the company has entered into a 50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.
The Company's projects are located in the established and gold prolific Lake Victoria Goldfields, the emerging goldfields of eastern Tanzania and the Mtwara Corridor in southern Tanzania where the Government has prioritised infrastructural development attracting significant recent investment in coal and uranium. The Company has a positive working relationship with the Tanzanian government at local, regional and national levels and works hard to maintain positive relationships with all communities where company interests are held. The Company recognises the potential to enhance the quality of life and opportunity for Tanzanian citizens through careful development of its projects.
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com
Johannesburg
21 April 2015
Corporate and Designated Adviser
River Group
