LONDON, Oct. 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Horizonte Minerals Plc,
(AIM: HZM, TSX: HZM) ('Horizonte', 'HZM' or 'the Company') the
nickel development company focused in Brazil, provides an update regarding the
Placing announced on 28 September. Unless specified otherwise,
capitalized terms in this announcement shall have the same meaning
as defined in the announcement of 28 September.
The Company has applied for 112,500,000 HZM Shares to be
admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
as of today ("Admission"). These 112,500,000 HZM Shares represent
the first tranche of the Placing Shares and have been issued to
certain existing shareholders in the Company at a price of 1p per
Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price"). Accordingly, the Company has
received £1,125,000 in respect of the Placing.
The remaining 42,500,000 HZM Shares to be allotted pursuant to
the Placing are expected to be issued, with the remaining £425,000
to be received by the Company, upon admission of the remaining
Placing Shares to trading on AIM following satisfaction of certain
conditions of the Toronto Stock Exchange, which pursuant to the
terms of the Placing agreed between the Company and finnCap, must
occur by 31 December 2015. The
Company has received conditional approval of the Placing from the
Toronto Stock Exchange, with reliance upon the exemption in Section
602.1 of the TSX Company Manual.
Following Admission of the first tranche of the Placing Shares,
there will be 604,927,105 HZM Shares in issue.
About Horizonte Minerals:
Horizonte Minerals plc is an AIM and TSX-listed nickel
development company focused in Brazil, which wholly owns the advanced
Araguaia nickel laterite project located to the south of the
Carajas mineral district of northern Brazil.
The Company is developing Araguaia as the next major nickel mine
in Brazil, with targeted
production by 2019.
The Araguaia Project, which has excellent infrastructure in
place including rail, road, water and power, has a current NI
43-101 Mineral Resource of 71.98Mt grading 1.33% Ni (Indicated) and
25.4Mtat 1.21% Ni (Inferred) at a 0.95% nickel cut-off; included in
Resources is a Probable Reserve base of 21.2Mt at 1.66%Ni.
The Prefeasibility Study has been completed which underpins the
robust economics of developing a mine with a targeted 15,000tpa
nickel in ferro-nickel output with a 20% Fe-Ni product over a 25
year mine life utilising the proven pyrometallurgical process of
Rotary Kiln Electric Furnace technology. At these production
rates, the project has a post-tax NPV of US$519m at a discount rate of 8% and an IRR of
20%, with a capital cost of US$582m
which puts this project in the lowest quartile of the cost
curve.
PUBLICATION,
RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE
OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
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The distribution
of this Announcement and the Placing of the Placing Shares in
certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been
taken by the Company that would permit an offering of such shares
or possession or distribution of this Announcement or any other
offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons
into whose possession this announcement comes are required by the
Company to inform themselves about, and to observe, such
restrictions.
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The information in
this Announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of,
the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would require preparation of any
prospectus or other offer documentation, or be unlawful prior to
registration, exemption from registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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No public offer of
securities of the Company is being made in the United Kingdom, the
United States, Canada or elsewhere. The information in this
Announcement does not constitute or form a part of any offer or
solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United
States. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not
be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act") nor the security laws of any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States. The securities mentioned herein
may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to
Regulation S under the Securities Act or another exemption from, or
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. There will be no public offer of securities in the
United States.
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
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Except for
statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain
information contained in this announcement constitutes
"forward-looking information" under Canadian and other securities
legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not
limited to, statements with respect to the expected date of issue
of the remaining 42,500,000 HMZ Shares to be allotted
pursuant to the Placing, potential of the Company's current
or future property mineral projects; the success of exploration and
mining activities; cost and timing of future exploration,
production and development; the estimation of mineral resources and
reserves and the ability of the Company to achieve its goals in
respect of growing its mineral resources; and the realization of
mineral resource and reserve estimates. Generally, forward-looking
information can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is
expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts",
"intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes",
or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain
actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or
"will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking
information is based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates,
analysis and opinions of management made in light of its
experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and
expected developments, as well as other factors that management
believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the
date that such statements are made, and are inherently subject to
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including
but not limited to risks related to: the final approval of the
Toronto Stock Exchange not being obtained, exploration and mining
risks, competition from competitors with greater capital; the
Company's lack of experience with respect to development-stage
mining operations; fluctuations in metal prices; uninsured risks;
environmental and other regulatory requirements; exploration,
mining and other licences; the Company's future payment
obligations; potential disputes with respect to the Company's title
to, and the area of, its mining concessions; the Company's
dependence on its ability to obtain sufficient financing in the
future; the Company's dependence on its relationships with third
parties; the Company's joint ventures; the potential of currency
fluctuations and political or economic instability in
countries in which the Company operates; currency exchange
fluctuations; the Company's ability to manage its growth
effectively; the trading market for the ordinary shares of the
Company; uncertainty with respect to the Company's plans to
continue to develop its operations and new projects; the
Company's dependence on key personnel; possible conflicts of
interest of directors and officers of the Company, and various
risks associated with the legal and regulatory framework within
which the Company operates.
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Although
management of the Company has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove
to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. The
Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements
or forward-looking information that is included herein, except in
accordance with applicable securities laws.
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SOURCE Horizonte Minerals plc