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RNS Number : 8081T
Danakali Limited
25 March 2019
Announcement Monday, 25 March 2019
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Highly experienced industry executive appointed as new Danakali
CEO
-- Highly experienced industry executive, Niels Wage, has been
appointed as CEO after an extensive global search
-- Mr. Wage previously held a number of senior management roles
at BHP, including Vice President Potash and Vice President Freight,
and has been CCO of Danakali since June 2018
-- The appointment of Mr. Wage, with his considerable leadership
and operational credentials, is timely as Danakali finalises
project funding and commences project execution
Danakali Limited (ASX: DNK, LSE: DNK) (Danakali or the Company)
is pleased to advise that Mr. Niels Wage has been appointed as
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company. The appointment is
effective immediately.
The Company undertook a thorough global search for potential CEO
candidates. Mr. Wage won the role due to his extensive and relevant
industry experience, clear leadership capabilities, and passion for
the Colluli Potash Project (Colluli or the Project) and
Eritrea.
Mr. Wage has significant potash, trading and logistics
experience. Prior to joining Danakali he held a number of senior
management roles at BHP, including Vice President Potash, Vice
President Freight and Vice President Diamonds. At BHP he was also
responsible for marketing, sales and supply chain for the Jansen
Potash Project. Before BHP Mr. Wage worked in trading and logistics
for Cargill and Vopak. He has also held a series of directorships
including joint ventures between Japanese firms K-line, Daiichi and
JFE Steel and BHP, the International Plant Nutrition Institute and
RightShip. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Economics from
the University of Amsterdam and has completed the International
Directors Programme at global business school INSEAD.
Mr. Wage joined Danakali in June 2018 as Chief Commercial
Officer (CCO). As CCO, Mr. Wage assisted the Company to build and
maintain industry relationships including interacting with the
Colluli Mining Share Company's (CMSC) offtake partner, EuroChem
Group. He has also been involved in investigating the
multi-commodity and logistics optimisation potential of the
Project, further developing CMSC's product sales strategy,
advancing Danakali and CMSC's social and environmental agenda, and
supporting funding, project execution and operations readiness
processes.
Executive Chairman Seamus Cornelius said: "The Danakali Board is
very pleased to confirm Niels as the Company's new CEO. The
confirmation follows an extensive global search for the right
leader for the Company's current stage, upcoming milestones and
longer term strategy, and we are very confident we have found that
with Niels. In his time at the Company he has already added
significant value, utilising his wealth of experience and skills in
leadership, mining, fertiliser, sales, marketing and supply-chain
management.
Niels starts as CEO at a very exciting and critical time for
Danakali with project funding well progressed and project execution
set to commence. I wish him the best of luck and know he will be
supported ably by the rest of the Company's employees and the
Danakali Board."
Incoming Danakali CEO Niels Wage said: "I am honoured to be
asked by the Danakali Board to serve as CEO at this particularly
exciting stage, as the Company advances towards construction and
production at Colluli. The recent achievements of the Company
including the industry-first binding take or pay offtake agreement
with EuroChem, a US$200M mandate and term sheet executed with
leading African Development Finance Institutions AFC and
Afreximbank and admittance to trading on the London Stock Exchange
Main Market provide an excellent platform for the Company's further
funding and project execution success.
I look forward to building value for shareholders by working
closely with the Danakali team, joint venture partners ENAMCO and
other stakeholders to move rapidly towards production from Colluli.
I am privileged to be able to contribute to a unique project that
has the potential to positively change the lives of people in
Eritrea and across the region while helping to deliver the
substantial and environmentally sound increases in global food
supply required in the coming decades."
The material terms of Mr. Wage's employment agreement can be
found in Appendix A.
For more information, please contact:
Danakali
Niels Wage William Sandover
Chief Executive Officer Head of Corporate Development &
+61 8 6189 8635 External Affairs
+61 499 776 998
Corporate Broker - Numis Securities UK IR/PR - Instinctif Partners
John Prior / Matthew Hasson / James David Simonson / Sarah Hourahane
Black / danakali@instinctif.com
Paul Gillam +44 (0)207 457 2020
+44 (0)20 7260 1000
Appendix A: Material terms of CEO employment agreement
Mr. Wage is engaged under an employment agreement with Danakali,
the material terms of which are as follows:
-- Fixed remuneration - EUR250,000 per annum plus superannuation
at the statutory rate and health insurance for Mr. Wage and his
dependents
-- Term - no fixed term, ongoing until terminated by either party
-- Termination - 6 months' notice period by either party
-- Incentives - Mr. Wage will be eligible to participate in the
Company's incentive plans, the terms and operations of which are at
the discretion of the Board
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About Danakali
Danakali Limited (ASX: DNK, LSE: DNK) (Danakali, or the Company)
is an ASX- and LSE-listed potash company focused on the development
of the Colluli Potash Project (Colluli or the Project). The Project
is 100% owned by the Colluli Mining Share Company (CMSC), a 50:50
joint venture between Danakali and the Eritrean National Mining
Corporation (ENAMCO).
The Project is located in the Danakil Depression region of
Eritrea, East Africa, and is 75km from the Red Sea coast, making it
one of the most accessible potash deposits globally. Mineralisation
within the Colluli resource commences at just 16m, making it the
world's shallowest potash deposit. The resource is amenable to open
pit mining, which allows higher overall resource recovery to be
achieved, is generally safer than underground mining, and is highly
advantageous for modular growth.
The Company has completed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
for the production of potassium sulphate, otherwise known as SOP.
SOP is a chloride free, specialty fertiliser which carries a
substantial price premium relative to the more common potash type;
potassium chloride (or MOP). Economic resources for production of
SOP are geologically scarce. The unique composition of the Colluli
resource favours low energy input, high potassium yield conversion
to SOP using commercially proven technology. One of the key
advantages of the resource is that the salts are present in solid
form (in contrast with production of SOP from brines) which reduces
infrastructure costs and substantially reduces the time required to
achieve full production capacity.
The resource is favourably positioned to supply the world's
fastest growing markets. A binding take-or-pay offtake agreement
has been confirmed with EuroChem Trading GmbH (EuroChem) for up to
100% (minimum 87%) of Colluli Module I SOP production.
A non-binding indicative term sheet and mandate for the
provision of US$200M in senior debt funding to CMSC has been
executed with Mandated Lead Arrangers Africa Export Import Bank
(Afreximbank) and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).
The Company's vision is to bring Colluli into production using
the principles of risk management, resource utilisation and
modularity, using the starting module (Module I) as a growth
platform to develop the resource to its full potential.
Competent Persons Statement (Sulphate of Potash and Kieserite
Mineral Resource)
Colluli has a JORC-2012 compliant Measured, Indicated and
Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 1,289Mt @11% K(2) 0 Equiv.
and 7% Kieserite. The Mineral Resource contains 303Mt @ 11% K(2) 0
Equiv. and 6% Kieserite of Measured Resource, 951Mt @ 11% K(2) 0
Equiv. and 7% Kieserite of Indicated Resource and 35Mt @ 10% K(2) 0
Equiv. and 9% Kieserite of Inferred Resource.
The information relating to the Colluli Mineral Resource
estimate is extracted from the report entitled "Colluli Review
Delivers Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.289Bt" disclosed on 25
February 2015 and the report entitled "In excess of 85 million
tonnes of Kieserite defined within Colluli Project Resource adds to
multi agri-commodity potential" disclosed on 15 August 2016, which
are available to view at www.danakali.com.au. The Company confirms
that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially
affects the information included in the original market
announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources or
Ore Reserves, that all material assumptions and technical
parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market
announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The
Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent
Person's findings are presented have not been materially modified
from the original market announcement.
Competent Persons Statement (Sulphate of Potash Ore Reserve)
Colluli Proved and Probable Ore Reserve is reported according to
the JORC Code and estimated at 1,100Mt @ 10.5% K(2) O Equiv. The
Ore Reserve is classified as 285Mt @ 11.3% K(2) O Equiv. Proved and
815Mt @ 10.3% K(2) O Equiv. Probable. The Colluli SOP Mineral
Resource includes those Mineral Resources modified to produce the
Colluli SOP Ore Reserves.
The information relating to the January 2018 Colluli Ore Reserve
is extracted from the report entitled "Colluli Ore Reserve update"
disclosed on 19 February 2018 and is available to view at
www.danakali.com.au. The Company confirms that it is not aware of
any new information or data that materially affects the information
included in the original market announcement and, in the case of
estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material
assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in
the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not
materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context
in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not
been materially modified from the original market announcement.
Competent Persons Statement (Rock Salt Mineral Resource)
Colluli has a JORC-2012 compliant Measured, Indicated and
Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 347Mt @ 96.9% NaCl. The
Mineral Resource estimate contains 28Mt @ 97.2% NaCl of Measured
Resource, 180Mt @ 96.6% NaCl of Indicated Resource and 139Mt @
97.2% NaCl of Inferred Resource.
The information relating to the Colluli Rock Salt Mineral
Resource estimate is extracted from the report entitled "+300M
Tonne Rock Salt Mineral Resource Estimate Completed for Colluli"
disclosed on 23 September 2015 and is available to view at
www.danakali.com.au. The Company confirms that it is not aware of
any new information or data that materially affects the information
included in the original market announcement and, in the case of
estimates of Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves, that all material
assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in
the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not
materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context
in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not
been materially modified from the original market announcement.
AMC Consultants Pty Ltd (AMC) independence
In reporting the Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves referred to
in this public release, AMC acted as an independent party, has no
interest in the outcomes of Colluli and has no business
relationship with Danakali other than undertaking those individual
technical consulting assignments as engaged, and being paid
according to standard per diem rates with reimbursement for
out-of-pocket expenses. Therefore, AMC and the Competent Persons
believe that there is no conflict of interest in undertaking the
assignments which are the subject of the statements.
Quality control and quality assurance
Danakali exploration programs follow standard operating and
quality assurance procedures to ensure that all sampling techniques
and sample results meet international reporting standards. Drill
holes are located using GPS coordinates using WGS84 Datum, all
mineralisation intervals are downhole and are true width
intervals.
The samples are derived from HQ diamond drill core, which in the
case of carnallite ores, are sealed in heat-sealed plastic tubing
immediately as it is drilled to preserve the sample. Significant
sample intervals are dry quarter cut using a diamond saw and then
resealed and double bagged for transport to the laboratory.
Halite blanks and duplicate samples are submitted with each
hole. Chemical analyses were conducted by Kali-Umwelttechnik GmBH,
Sondershausen, Germany, utilising flame emission spectrometry,
atomic absorption spectroscopy and ion chromatography.
Kali-Umwelttechnik (KUTEC) has extensive experience in analysis of
salt rock and brine samples and is certified according by DIN EN
ISO/IEC 17025 by the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAR). The
laboratory follows standard procedures for the analysis of potash
salt rocks chemical analysis (K(+) , Na(+) , Mg(2+) , Ca(2+) ,
Cl(-) , SO(4) (2-) , H(2) O) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis
of the same samples as for chemical analysis to determine a
qualitative mineral composition, which combined with the chemical
analysis gives a quantitative mineral composition.
Forward looking statements and disclaimer
The information in this document is published to inform you
about Danakali and its activities. Danakali has endeavoured to
ensure that the information enclosed is accurate at the time of
release, and that it accurately reflects the Company's intentions.
All statements in this document, other than statements of
historical facts, that address future production, project
development, reserve or resource potential, exploration drilling,
exploitation activities, corporate transactions and events or
developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward looking
statements. Although the Company believes the expectations
expressed in such statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual
results or developments may differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in forward-looking statements include market prices of
potash and, exploitation and exploration successes, capital and
operating costs, changes in project parameters as plans continue to
be evaluated, continued availability of capital and financing and
general economic, market or business conditions, as well as those
factors disclosed in the Company's filed documents.
There can be no assurance that the development of Colluli will
proceed as planned. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward looking information. Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves have been reported according to the JORC Code, 2012
Edition. To the extent permitted by law, the Company accepts no
responsibility or liability for any losses or damages of any kind
arising out of the use of any information contained in this
document. Recipients should make their own enquiries in relation to
any investment decisions.
Mineral Resource, Ore Reserve, production target, forecast
financial information and financial assumptions made in this
announcement are consistent with assumptions detailed in the
Company's ASX announcements dated 25 February 2015, 23 September
2015, 15 August 2016, 1 February 2017, 29 January 2018, and 19
February 2018 which continue to apply and have not materially
changed. The Company is not aware of any new information or data
that materially affects assumptions made.
No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be
made by or on behalf of the Company, and no responsibility or
liability is or will be accepted by the Company or its affiliates,
as to the accuracy, completeness or verification of the information
set out in this announcement, and nothing contained in this
announcement is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or
representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the
future. The Company and each of its affiliates accordingly
disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all and any
liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which it
might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or any such
statement.
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