For immediate release
19 July 2013
Serabi Gold plc
("Serabi" or the "Company")
Plan of Arrangement completed between Serabi Gold plc and Kenai Resources Limited
Serabi Gold plc (AIM:SRB, TSX:SBI), the Brazilian focused gold mining and exploration company, announces that all conditions precedent relating to the plan of arrangement ("the Arrangement") for Serabi to acquire the entire share capital of Kenai Resources Limited ("Kenai") were satisfied and the transaction has completed.
As announced on 10 July 2013, under the Arrangement a total of 95,120,675 new ordinary shares of Serabi ("Serabi Shares") have been issued to the shareholders of Kenai including 5,100,000 Serabi Shares issued in exchange for 6,000,000 Kenai shares that have been issued to Gold Anomaly Limited ("GOA") in satisfaction of obligations under a share purchase agreement between GOA and Kenai relating to the acquisition by Kenai of the shares of Gold Aura do Brasil Mineracao Ltda, the owner of the Sao Chico gold project. Application has been made for the new Serabi Shares to be issued pursuant to the Arrangement to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to commence on or about 24 July 2013. The new Serabi Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Serabi Shares.
Following the issue of the Serabi Shares, Serabi will have 456,389,204 ordinary shares in issue. Based on the latest information provided to the Company it is anticipated that the following parties will have in excess of 3% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company
Holder | Number of Ordinary Shares | |
Fratelli Investments Limited | 184,695,647 | 40.47% |
Anker Holding AG | 40,000,000 | 8.76% |
Eldorado Gold Corporation | 34,090,000 | 7.47% |
Drake PIPE Fund | 31,119,686 | 6.82% |
Fondo de Inversion Privado Santa Monica | 22,443,947 | 4.92% |
Gold Anomaly Limited | 17,134,461 | 3.75% |
Enquiries:
Serabi Gold plc | |
Michael Hodgson | Tel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830 |
Chief Executive | Mobile: +44 (0)7799 473621 |
Clive Line | Tel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830 |
Finance Director | Mobile: +44 (0)7710 151692 |
Email: contact@serabigold.com | |
Website: www.serabigold.com | |
Beaumont Cornish Limited Nominated Adviser | |
Roland Cornish | Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396 |
Michael Cornish | Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396 |
Peel Hunt LLP UK Broker | |
Matthew Armitt | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 9000 |
Andy Crossley | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 9000 |
Blythe Weigh Communications Ltd Public Relations | |
Tim Blythe | Tel: +44 (0)20 7138 3204 Mobile: +44 7816 924626 |
Rob Kellner | Tel: +44 (0)20 7138 3204 Mobile: +44 7800 554377 |
Copies of this release are available from the Company's website at www.serabigold.com.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, nor any other securities regulatory authority, has approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.
ENDS