Further US$350,000 fundraise

RNS Number : 3412L

Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd

21 December 2018

 

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21 December 2018

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

("Chaarat" or the "Company")

Further US$350,000 fundraise

Chaarat (AIM:CGH), the AIM-quoted exploration and development company with assets in the Kyrgyz Republic, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with an investor for the subscription and issue of secured convertible notes 2021 for US$350,000. 

These notes are expected to be issued in early January 2019 following receipt of payment on the same terms as the 2021 Notes issued on 11 September 2018, as first announced on 28 August 2018.

The issue of US$350,000 additional notes will bring the total number of notes in issue to US$18,930,000 (currently the Company has US$18,580,000 of notes in issue, as stated in the readmission document published by the Company on 14 December 2018).

 

Enquiries

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited Martin Andersson (Chairman)	[phone]
Artem Volynets (CEO)	[e-mail]
Numis Securities Limited
John Prior, Paul Gillam (NOMAD)	[phone]
James Black (Corporate Broking)
Powerscourt
Conal Walsh	[phone]
Isabelle Saber Sam Austrums	[e-mail]

About Chaarat Gold

Chaarat Gold is an exploration and development company operating in the Kyrgyz Republic with a large, high grade resource - the Chaarat Gold Project. The Company's key objective is to become a low-cost gold producer generating significant production from the development of the Chaarat Gold Project.

On 30 October 2018, Chaarat announced that it had entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire the Kapan mine in Armenia from Polymetal, for a consideration of US$55 million, subject to adjustments (the "Kapan Acquisition"). On 14 December 2018, the Company issued the Readmission Document relating to the Kapan Acquisition.

Chaarat is engaged in an active community engagement programme 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 in the Kyrgyz Republic by building relationships based on trust and operating to the best environmental, social and employment standards.

Further information is available at www.chaarat.com.

NOTICE

This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements".  These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "envisages", "estimates", "anticipates", "projects", "expects", "intends", "may", "will", "could", "seeks" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy plans, objectives, goals, future events or intentions. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's and the Directors' current intentions, beliefs or expectations concerning, amongst other things, investment strategy, financing strategy, performance, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which the Group (which, where used in this announcement, shall have the meaning given to that term in the Readmission Document) will operate.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks (including unknown risks) and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future.  Forward-looking statements are not an assurance of future performance. The Company's actual performance, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the business sector in which the Group will operate, may differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement.  In addition, even if the Company's performance, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industry in which the Group will operate, are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

Any forward-looking statements in this announcement reflect the Company's and the Directors' current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the matters referred to above.  Other than in accordance with the Company's obligations under the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company does not undertake to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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