Completion of US$5.8 million Equity Capital Raise

RNS Number : 3956T

Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd

14 November 2019

 

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14 November 2019 

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

("Chaarat" or the "Company")

Completion of US$5.8 million Equity Capital Raise

Chaarat (AIM:CGH), the AIM-quoted gold mining company with assets in the Kyrgyz Republic and Armenia, is pleased to announce that it has closed a placing of new ordinary shares, raising gross proceeds of approximately US$5.8 million from the issue of 12,892,855 new ordinary shares of USD 0.01 each ("New Ordinary Shares") at 35 pence per New Ordinary Share (the "Placing"), subject to the admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange plc ("Admission"). This comprises: 

·     The subscription for 10,014,284 New Ordinary Shares by existing and new investors including two of the leading global institutional investors; and

·     The subscription for 2,878,571 New Ordinary Shares by Labro Investments Limited ("Labro").

The Company's current indebtedness under a committed working capital facility with Labro announced by the Company on 14 December 2018 (RNS number 5046K) has been offset against Labro's obligation to deliver cash due in respect of 2,878,571 shares under the placing. The Company's obligations under the working capital facility with Labro has decreased as a result of the set-off by US$1.3 million and now totals approximately US$3.5 million.

In addition, 175,000 New Ordinary Shares have been issued to satisfy the Company's obligations under a warrant agreement, the warrants were exercised for cash at an aggregate share price of 15 pence.

An application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 13,067,855 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, and it is expected that admission will become effective and trading of the New Ordinary Shares will commence on or around 8:00am (London time) on 19 November 2019.

Artem Volynets, Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"We are delighted to see continued support from our existing shareholder base as well as welcome new investors into the exciting Chaarat story.  The prime motivation behind this placing was to strengthen the institutional investor base of the Company by providing the opportunity for institutional investors to purchase blocks of shares and the funds will support our various growth initiatives and strengthen our balance sheet.

We believe that the ongoing execution of our strategy, the successful operational improvements of the Kapan mine in Armenia, along with progress on the Tulkubash construction programme in the Kyrgyz Republic, will make Chaarat a stronger investment prospect for investors looking to access growth gold mining opportunities in the FSU region."

The Company continues to evaluate opportunistic capital opportunities to either refinance existing financing facilities, fund working capital and/or reduce its overall cost of capital.  Possible future capital raises will also come in the form of non-dilutive and/or value accretive transactions in the form of additional convertible bonds or debt instruments.

Following the admission of the New Ordinary Shares described above:

·     the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 468,811,330 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each. This figure may be used by shareholders of the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules Sourcebook; and

·     Labro will hold 163,906,546 ordinary shares of $0.01 each, representing 34.96% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Martin Andersson (the executive chairman of Chaarat) is directly beneficially interested in the majority of the shares in Labro.

Enquiries

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited Artem Volynets (CEO)	[phone]
	[e-mail]
Numis Securities Limited
John Prior, Paul Gillam (NOMAD)	[phone]
James Black (Corporate Broking)
SP Angel	[phone]
Ewan Leggat (Joint Broker)
Tavistock
Charles Vivian	[phone]
Gareth Tredway Barney Hayward	[e-mail]

About Chaarat

Chaarat is a gold mining company which owns the Kapan operating mine in Armenia as well as Tulkubash and Kyzyltash Gold Projects in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Company has a clear strategy to build a leading emerging markets gold company with an initial focus on Central Asia and the FSU through organic growth and selective M&A.

Chaarat is engaged in active community engagement programmes to optimise the value of the Chaarat investment proposition.

Chaarat aims to create value for its shareholders, employees and communities from its high-quality gold and mineral deposits by building relationships based on trust and operating to the best environmental, social and employment standards. Further information is available at www.chaarat.com.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Labro Investments Limited
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Person/Entity closely associated with the Chairman
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited
b)	Legal entity identifier	213800T2A5CV84VTFJ70
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each
	Identification code	VGG203461055
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription for ordinary shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)	Volume(s)
			0.35	2,878,571
e)	Aggregated information ·     Aggregated volume ·     Aggregated price ·     Aggregated total	2,878,571 35 pence £ 1,007,499.85
f)	Date of the transaction	14 November 2019
g)	Place of the transaction	XLON

 

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