MKANGO RAISES £2.34M (C$4.11M) TO ADVANCE RARE EARTH MAGNET RECYCLING IN UK AND GERMANY
CALGARY, AB, LONDON, UK, VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2025 / Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM:MKA)(TSX-V:MKA) is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £2.34million (approximately C$4.11 million) through the issuance, on a private placement basis, of 29,187,500 common shares of the Company (the "Subscription Shares") at a price per Subscription Share of 8 pence ("p") (approximately C$0.14) (the "Issue Price") (the "Subscription").
William Dawes, Chief Executive of Mkango stated: "We are delighted by the continued support and confidence from our existing shareholders, reflected in this £2.34million investment. This funding will enable Mkango to maintain momentum on achieving commercial production in the UK and the development of the Germany operation.
Concurrently, we continue to work towards execution of the proposed Business Combination Agreement in relation to the previously announced SPAC transaction, which once executed, is expected to bring us a step closer to extracting significant value from our Songwe Hill and Pulawy Rare Earths Projects.
Mkango has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £2.34million (approximately C$4.11million) through the issuance, on a private placement basis, of 29,187,500 Subscription Shares at a price per Share of 8p (approximately C$0.14). The net proceeds of the Subscription after fees is expected to be £2.22million (approximately C$3.90million). The issue price equates to a discount of 21% and 20% to the trailing five-day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of Mkango's shares on AIM and TSX-V respectively at the closing prices on 17 January 2025. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Subscription to fund ongoing recycling development costs in Germany and the UK, and to fund ongoing corporate costs.
The Subscription is expected to close on or around 31st January, 2025 and is subject to the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the TSX-V, and admission of the Subscription Shares to trading on AIM.
The Subscription Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing shares and application will be 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 on or around 31st January 2025. The Subscription Shares will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada expiring on the date that is four months and one day from issuance of the Subscription Shares, and will also be listed for trading on the TSX-V, provided that approval of such listing from the TSX-V is obtained.
In accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby notifies the market that immediately following Admission, its issued and outstanding share capital will consist of 326,266,261 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.
In connection with the Placing, Mkango has agreed to pay, at completion of the Placing, commissions of 5% in cash and 5% in non-transferable broker warrants, in each case with reference to cash raised by each of Jub Capital Management LLP ("JUB Capital") and Alternative Resource Capital, a trading name of Shard Capital Partners LLP ("ARC"). In addition, JUB Capital and ARC will be entitled to a corporate finance fee of £5,000 (approximately C$8,800) each. The broker warrants will have a term of 3 years from issue and an exercise price of 8 pence (approximately C$0.14). The total number of broker warrants to be issued on completion of the Placing is 1,459,375. Payment of the commissions (and issuance of the warrants) to the brokers is subject to acceptance of the TSX-V. The shares issuable pursuant to exercise of the broker warrants will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada expiring on the date that is four (4) months and one day from issuance of the warrants.
About Mkango
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.
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
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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, receipt of TSX-V approval for the Subscription, the availability of (or delays in obtaining) financing to develop Songwe Hill, and the various recycling plants in the UK, Germany and the US as well as the separation plant in Poland, governmental action and other market effects on global demand and pricing for the metals and associated downstream products for which Mkango is exploring, researching and developing, geological, technical and regulatory matters relating to the development of Songwe Hill, 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 and Mkango, 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 and separation plants of Mkango and 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 Mkango's, Maginito's and CoTec'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.caalex@mkango.ca
Canada: +1 403 444 5979
www.mkango.ca
@MkangoResources
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