Capital Resource Funding Enters Into Contract to Acquire the Mining Rights to African Congo Cobalt Mine
June 20 2007 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
- To Increase Production Margins by Mining Cobalt Ore into Finished
Products, Including Lithium Ion Batteries - LIAONING PROVINCE,
China, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capital Resource Funding
Corp. (OTC:CRFU) (BULLETIN BOARD: CRFU) , soon to be known as China
Sun Group High-Tech Co., announced today that the Company's
majority-owned subsidiary, Dalian Xinyang High-Tech Development
Co., Ltd. ("DLX") that has the second largest cobalt series
production capacity in China*, has signed a cooperation contract
with Shengbao Group and South African Shengbao Mining Enterprises
("Shengbao") to purchase the prospecting and mining rights of a
cobalt mine in Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to the agreement, DLX will own the rights to 80% of the
mined cobalt, while Shengbao will own the remaining 20%. Shengbao
will also be given a right to purchase any surplus cobalt mined,
once DLX has filled its backlog of orders. This contract completes
the Company's preliminary Letter of Intention previously announced
on June 6, 2007. DLX indicated it expects to close on the
acquisition in 30 days. DLX also announced that it plans to set-up
its own facility near the mine to produce finished cobalt products
from raw cobalt ore. Wang Bin, chairman and CEO of Capital Resource
Funding, said, "This contract is another important step towards our
goal of creating an end-to-end supply chain for finished cobalt ore
products. By setting up a facility near the mine, we are at an
advantage to provide superior quality-controlled products, increase
the extraction rate of the cobalt, and decrease our production
costs by creating a direct channel from the mine to the processing
plant." Additional details of the transaction can be found on Form
8-K filed with the SEC and available at http://www.sec.gov/.
*Source: The China Battery Industry Association About Capital
Resource Funding, Inc. Capital Resource Funding, Inc., pending a
corporate name change to China Sun Group High-Tech Co., produces
anode materials used in lithium ion batteries. Through its wholly
owned operating subsidiary, Da Lian Xin Yang High-Tech Development
Co. Ltd ("DLX"), the Company primarily produces cobaltosic oxide
and lithium cobalt oxide. According to the China Battery Industry
Association, DLX has the second largest cobalt series production
capacity in China. Leveraging on its technological leadership in
China, high- quality product line and scalable production facility,
DLX plans to create a fully integrated supply chain from the
primary manufacturing of cobalt ore to finished products, including
lithium ion batteries. For more information, visit
http://www.china-sun.cn/English/Aboutus.asp. Safe Harbor Statement
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forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks,
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which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the
company to be materially different from the results, performance or
other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements.
These factors include, but are not limited to, those detailed in
the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. DATASOURCE: Capital Resource Funding, Inc. CONTACT:
Thomas Yang, Assistant to the President, of Capital Resource
Funding, Inc., +1-718-359-0546 U.S., +86-411-8289-7752 China, Fax
+86-411- 8289-2739, ; or Investor Relations, Peter Clark of OTC
Financial Network, +1-781-444-6100 ext.629, , for Capital Resource
Funding, Inc. Web site: http://www.china-sun.cn/
http://www.otcfn.com/crfu
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