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4 June 2024
ALIEN METALS
LIMITED
("Alien Metals" or the
"Company")
Placing to raise
£630,000,
Appointment of Joint Broker and West Australian Project
Update
Alien Metals Ltd (AIM: UFO), a global minerals
exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that
the Company has raised gross proceeds of £630,000 (before expenses)
though a placing ("the Placing") of 466,666,667 new common shares
of no par value in the Company ("Common Shares") at a price of
0.135 pence per share (the "Placing Shares"). The Placing Shares
equate to approximately 6.7% of the Company's issued share capital
as enlarged by the Placing.
The net proceeds of the Placing will be principally used to advance the Company's iron ore
project, silver and precious metals project in Western Australia
and for general working capital purposes.
Appointment of Joint
Broker
CMC Markets UK Plc ("CMC Markets"), trading as CapX,
acted as the Company's sole placing agent in respect of the Placing
and has been appointed as joint broker to the Company.
Hancock Iron Ore
Update
·
Work continues by the management team to advance the Hancock
Iron Ore Project towards obtaining all mining approvals necessary
to secure funding and ultimately moving towards development and
construction
·
Further in-country heritage surveys are planned for H2
2024
·
Company is advancing engineering and transport logistics for
mining, crushing, road haulage and port loading
·
Actively progressing strategic project funding options
including possible funding by way of joint venture and or debt
funding
Pinderi Hills - Silver, Base &
Precious Metals Update
·
Field work has commenced on site including soil sampling with
approximately 1,000 samples expected to be taken.
·
Further geochemical surveys are planned to commence over the
main Ni-Cu target areas
·
Rock chip sampling being undertaken over the Pinderi Hills
project area, together with on ground surface mapping and
determination of locations for future geophysical and drilling
programmes
·
Exploration work underway to target larger silver ore bodies
at depth and along strike from the known silver deposit/mine zone
at Elizabeth Hill
Updates on the exploration and field work at
Pinderi Hills and Elizabeth Hill will be announced as
appropriate.
Figure 1:
Geology and location of PGM Reef locations and Ni/Cu target areas
Munni Munni, Pinderi Hills, WA
Figure 2: Sampling Program
plan at Pinderi Hills
Admission and Total Voting Rights
The Placing has been conducted utilising the
Company's existing share authorities. The Placing Shares will rank
pari passuin all respects
with the Company's existing Common Shares. The Placing Agreement
includes customary terms and conditions. The Placing is
conditional, inter alia,
on there being no breach of the obligations under the Placing
Agreement entered into between CMC Markets and the Company prior to
admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM becoming
effective ("Admission").
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange
for Admission of the 466,666,667 Placing Shares to trading on AIM.
It is expected that Admission will become effective and that
dealings in the Placing Shares on AIM will commence at 8.00 a.m. on
or around 10 June 2024, (or such later date as may be agreed
between the Company and CMC Markets, but no later than 12 July
2024).
On Admission, the Company's issued share capital will
consist of 6,958,460,841 Common Shares,
each with voting rights. Therefore, the Company's
total number of Common Shares and voting rights will be
6,958,460,841. This figure may be used by shareholders 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's issued share capital following Admission under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
Guy Robertson Chairman, commented:
"This is an
exciting time for Alien metals. With the new project team in place
we are expediting development and the approvals work at the Hancock
Iron Ore Project.
Hancock has direct
shipping ore at 60% plus iron ore grade close to existing
infrastructure surrounded by all the major iron ore producers in
the Pilbara.
It is encouraging
to see that the iron ore price continues to remain strong. We have
seen many iron ore junior companies successfully move into
production in Western Australia and this gives us a lot of
encouragement for our project.
We look forward to
actively progressing our financing discussions on the Hancock
Project and to driving forward exploration work across our
portfolio".
For further
information on the Company, please visit the Company's website
at www.alienmetals.uk
or contact:
Alien Metals
Limited
Guy Robertson
T: +44 (0)20 7983 521488 (c/o Yellow
Jersey)
Strand Hanson
Limited (Financial and Nominated Adviser)
James Harris / James Dance / Robert Collins
T: +44 (0)20 7409 3494
WH Ireland
Limited (Joint Broker)
Harry Ansell / Katy Mitchell
T: +44 (0)20 7220 1666
CMC
Markets (Joint Broker)
Douglas Crippen
T: +44 (0)20 3003 8632
Yellow Jersey
(Financial PR)
Charles Goodwin / Shivantha Thambirajah / Zara
McKinlay
Tel: +44 (0)20 3004 9512