4 June 2024
Yellow Cake plc ("Yellow Cake" or the "Company")
Delivery of 1,526,717 lb of U3O8
Yellow Cake, a specialist company operating in the uranium sector holding physical uranium for the long term, is pleased to announce that, on 3 June 2024, it took delivery of 1,526,717 lb of U3O8 from Kazatomprom at the Orano storage facility in France.
The delivery is pursuant to the previously announced exercise by the Company of its 2023 uranium purchase option under its Framework Agreement with Kazatomprom. In October 2023, the Company exercised its right to purchase 1,526,717 lb of U3O8 from Kazatomprom at the then prevailing price of USD65.50/lb for a total consideration of USD100.0 million. Kazatomprom delivered the U3O8 in accordance with the agreed schedule.
Yellow Cake currently holds 21,682,318 lb of U3O8 in storage in Canada and France.
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ENQUIRIES:
Yellow Cake plc |
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Andre Liebenberg, CEO |
Carole Whittall, CFO |
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Tel: +44 (0) 153 488 5200 |
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Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker: Canaccord Genuity Limited |
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James Asensio |
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor |
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Ana Ercegovic Tel: +44 (0) 207 523 8000 |
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Joint Broker: Berenberg |
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Matthew Armitt |
Jennifer Lee |
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Detlir Elezi |
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 207 7800 |
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Financial Adviser: Bacchus Capital Advisers |
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Peter Bacchus |
Richard Allan |
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 848 1640 |
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Communications Adviser: Powerscourt |
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Peter Ogden |
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Tel: +44 (0) 7793 858 211 |
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ABOUT YELLOW CAKE
Yellow Cake is a London-quoted company, headquartered in Jersey, which offers exposure to the uranium spot price. This is achieved through its strategy of buying and holding physical triuranium octoxide ("U3O8"). It may also seek to add value through other uranium related activities. Yellow Cake seeks to generate returns for shareholders through the appreciation of the value of its holding of U3O8 and its other uranium related activities in a rising uranium price environment. The business is differentiated from its peers by its ten-year Framework Agreement for the supply of U3O8 with Kazatomprom, the world's largest uranium producer. Yellow Cake currently holds 21.68 million pounds of U3O8, all of which is held in storage in Canada and France.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained herein are forward looking statements and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the potential returns of the Company and the industry and markets in which the Company will operate, the Directors' beliefs and assumptions made by the Directors. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "should", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", "projects", "pipeline", "aims", "may", "targets", "would", "could" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements and expectations. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or the ability to identify and consummate investments and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, qualify or quantify. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward looking statements or expectations. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are: uranium price volatility, difficulty in sourcing opportunities to buy or sell U3O8, foreign exchange rates, changes in political and economic conditions, competition from other energy sources, nuclear accident, loss of key personnel or termination of the services agreement with 308 Services Limited, changes in the legal or regulatory environment, insolvency of counterparties to the Company's material contracts or breach of such material contracts by such counterparties. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by applicable law or the AIM Rules.