Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM
/ Index: AIM / Sector: Mining
For immediate
release
26 February
2024
Premier African Minerals
Limited
Zulu Lithium Plant
Update
The Board of Premier African
Minerals Limited ("Premier"
or the "Company") is
pleased to provide an update on plant operations at Zulu Lithium
and Tantalum ("Zulu").
The plant has now run with primary
ore feed and optimisation of the new components continues. Over the
coming days, plant operations are expected to stabilise as a range
of minor issues are resolved by the plant operator and
contractor.
George Roach, CEO commented,
"Premier is both encouraged and simultaneously frustrated as much
by the fact that the newly installed mill exceeds expectations and
by a number of system and control issues that are interrupting
operations right now.
Premier expects the plant to operate
continuously, as previously announced, before the end of February
2024.
Premier expects to provide a further
update before the end of February 2024."
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
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Premier African Minerals Limited
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Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281
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Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish
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Beaumont Cornish Limited
(Nominated Adviser)
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
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Douglas Crippen
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CMC
Markets UK Plc
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 3003 8632
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Toby Gibbs/Rachel Goldstein
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Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
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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.
Forward
Looking Statements
Certain statements in this announcement are or
may be deemed to be forward looking statements. Forward looking
statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as
''believe'' ''could'' "should" ''envisage'' ''estimate'' ''intend''
''may'' ''plan'' ''will'' or the negative of those variations or
comparable expressions including references to assumptions. These
forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but
rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions
regarding the Company's future growth results of operations
performance future capital and other expenditures (including the
amount. Nature and sources of funding thereof) competitive
advantages business prospects and opportunities. Such forward
looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and
assumptions and are based on information currently available to the
Directors. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements including risks associated with vulnerability to general
economic and business conditions competition environmental and
other regulatory changes actions by governmental authorities the
availability of capital markets reliance on key personnel uninsured
and underinsured losses and other factors many of which are beyond
the control of the Company. Although any forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors
believe to be reasonable assumptions. The Company cannot assure
investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward
looking statements.
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.