Hummingbird Resources plc / Ticker: HUM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining
14 February 2017
Hummingbird Resources plc ('Hummingbird' or 'the Company')
Increases Taurus Debt Facility
Hummingbird Resources plc (AIM: HUM), announces that, further to the Company's announcement on 6 December 2016 regarding, inter alia, agreement to increase the existing bridge loan in place between the Company and Taurus Funds Management Pty Limited ("Taurus") from US$15 million to US$25 million, these additional funds have now been fully drawn down.
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For further information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk or contact:
Daniel Betts Thomas Hill Robert Monro |
Hummingbird Resources plc |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3416 3560 |
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James Spinney Ritchie Balmer James Bellman |
Strand Hanson Limited Nominated & Financial Adviser |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
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Jon Belliss |
Beaufort Securities Limited Broker |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8300 |
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Lottie Brocklehurst Susie Geliher |
St Brides Partners Ltd Financial PR/IR |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
About Hummingbird Resources Plc
Notes to Editors
Hummingbird Resources (AIM: HUM) is building a leading gold production, development and exploration company. The Company has two core gold projects, the near-term production Yanfolila Gold Project in Mali and the Dugbe Gold Project in Liberia. It is currently building Yanfolila targeting first production by end of 2017, which has a Probable Reserve of 709,800oz @ 3.14g/t and total Resources of 1.8Moz of gold and an additional 390,700oz of non-compliant exploration potential. The high-grade gold project has low operating costs of US$695/oz AISC with 132,000oz of first full year's production.
The 4.2Moz Dugbe Gold Project in Liberia provides Hummingbird with excellent development upside. An optimisation of the DFS is on-going whilst Yanfolila is brought to production in the near-term. Additionally, the Company has 4,000km2 highly prospective exploration ground in Mali and Liberia and is constantly evaluating new quality assets.