Premier African Minerals Limited Issue of Equity

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Premier African Minerals Limited

08 August 2024

 

8 August 2024

Premier African Minerals Limited

 

 Issue of Equity

Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") has issued today, conditional on admission, 2,000,000,000 new Ordinary Shares of no-par value in the Company to be held on trust for China Zenith Capital Ltd ("Settlement Shares").

The Settlement Shares will be sold under orderly market conditions over a period of time with the proceeds applied in settlement of the £1,383,092.27 liability (excluding interest) owed by the Company to China Zenith Capital Ltd ("Zenith"), as reported on 28 June 2024 in Premier's Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ending December 2023 (the "Zenith Liability"). The share authority for the issue of the Settlement Shares was approved by Premier shareholders at the General Meeting of the Company held on 29 July 2024.

To the extent net proceeds from the sale of the Settlement Shares are insufficient to meet the Zenith Liability, either additional ordinary shares will need to be issued by the Company (and sold for the account of Zenith), or the Company will make a payment in cash of any outstanding balance. Any proceeds from the sale of the Settlement Shares in excess of the Zenith Liability shall be retained by the Company.

The Settlement Shares will, when issued, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares and any sales of the Settlement Shares will be handled under the guidance of the Company under orderly market conditions.

Premier will announce once full and final settlement of the Zenith Liability has occurred.

Admission

 

Application is being made for the Settlement Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and admission is expected to take place on or around 14 August 2024.

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the issue of the Settlement Shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of 34,281,688,211 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights.

 

This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Market Abuse Regulations

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").

The person who arranged the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company was George Roach.

A copy of this announcement is available at the Company's website, www.premierafricanminerals.com.

Enquiries:

 

George Roach	Premier African Minerals Limited	Tel: [phone]
Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish	Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)	Tel: [phone]
Douglas Crippen	CMC Markets UK Plc	Tel: [phone]
Toby Gibbs/Rachel Goldstein	Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited	Tel: [phone]

 

Nominated Adviser Statement

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in connection with this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client and will not be responsible to anyone else for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Beaumont Cornish or for providing advice in relation to such proposals. Beaumont Cornish has not authorised the contents of, or any part of, this document and no liability whatsoever is accepted by Beaumont Cornish for the accuracy of any information, or opinions contained in this document or for the omission of any information. Beaumont Cornish as nominated adviser to the Company owes certain responsibilities to the London Stock Exchange which are not owed to the Company, the Directors, Shareholders, or any other person.

Notes to Editors:

Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused on Southern Africa with its RHA Tungsten and Zulu Lithium projects in Zimbabwe.

 

The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe and lithium and gold in Mozambique, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots exploration. The Company has accepted a share offer by Vortex Limited ("Vortex") for the exchange of Premier's entire 4.8% interest in Circum Minerals Limited ("Circum"), the owners of the Danakil Potash Project in Ethiopia, for a 13.1% interest in the enlarged share capital of Vortex. Vortex has an interest of 36.7% in Circum.

 

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