Update re Proposed Acquisition of DRC Project

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Critical Metals PLC
31 August 2021
 

 

 

Critical Metals plc / EPIC: CRTM / Market: Main Market / Sector: Closed End Investments

 

31 August 2021

Critical Metals plc

("Critical Metals" or the "Company")

 

Update re Proposed Acquisition of DRC Copper/Cobalt Project

 

Critical Metals plc, a mining investment company established to acquire mining opportunities in the critical and strategic metals sector , is pleased to provide an update on its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Mauritius-based Madini Occidental Ltd, the 70% shareholder of Miniere Molulu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on 20 May 2021.

 

All key advisers have been engaged and workstreams in relation to due diligence and application for readmission to trading on the Standard List, including the preparation of a Prospectus, are underway. A Competent Persons Report has been prepared in respect of the Molulu Project and the audit and conversion of the Madini Occidental Ltd accounts into an IFRS compliant format is progressing. It is expected that a draft Prospectus will be submitted to the FCA for review in the coming weeks.

 

The Board also notes that the Company continues to assess further potential acquisition opportunities in the copper-cobalt, tantalum-tin, vanadium-titanium, and tantalum-niobium sectors in line with its stated strategy.

 

The Board looks forward to providing further updates in due course.

 

**ENDS**

For further information on the Company please visit www.criticalmetals.co.uk or contact:

 

Russell Fryer

 

Critical Metals plc

Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177

 

Rory Murphy / James Bellman

Strand Hanson Limited

Financial Adviser

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494

Lucy Williams /

Heena Karani

 

Peterhouse Capital Limited, Corporate Broker

Tel: +44 (0)20 7469 0936

Tel: +44 (0)20 7469 0933

Catherine Leftley / Isabelle Morris

St Brides Partners Ltd,

Financial PR

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7236 1177

 

About Critical Metals

Critical Metals was formed as an investment company and intends to make equity investments into operators or near-term production operators within the natural resources development and production sector in the continent of Africa. It is envisaged that such acquisition or acquisitions will trigger a reverse takeover in accordance with the listing rules. The Company intends to search initially for acquisition opportunities in the natural resources sector on known deposits and more specifically minerals that are perceived to have strategic importance to future economic growth. Commodities such as antimony, beryllium, cobalt, copper, fluorspar, gold, rare earth elements, tin, tungsten, titanium, and vanadium have been identified by several governments as "critical minerals" and so guaranteeing supplies is seen as a strategic necessity. The Company therefore believes that the market conditions for these minerals will remain strong in the short-to-long term.

 

 

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