Statement re. Suspension

Pembridge Resources plc

18 May 2023

 

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DEEMED BY THE COMPANY TO CONSTITUTE INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS AMENDED BY REGULATION 11 OF THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019/310.

18 May 2023

Suspension of Listing and Proposed Voluntary Liquidation of Pembridge Resources plc

London, United Kingdom - Pembridge Resources plc (LSE: PERE) ("Pembridge" or the "Company") announces that following consultation with the FCA, the Company has requested the FCA to suspend the listing of its shares from 7.30 am on 18 May 2023.

The Company holds an investment of 11.1% in Minto Metals Corp ("Minto"), which is the Company's main asset.  On 15 May the Company announced the suspension of mining by Minto and the suspension of Minto's trading on the TSXV. Also, the Company announced that that it was unlikely to receive C$2 million due from Minto, of which C$250,000 was payable in instalments during 2023 and is deemed critical to the Company cash flow over the next 12 months, and that it was reviewing its ability to continue to trade as a going concern.

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 15 May 2023,  the Board of Directors of the Company  met on 17 May 2023 and resolved in light of the financial position of the Company, given the operational  suspension of the Minto mine and suspension of trading in the Minto shares on the TSXV,  to engage  insolvency advisers at Evelyn Partners LLP  and to commence  steps to place the Company into Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation. A General Meeting of the Company will be convened as soon as practicable to formally resolve that the Company be wound up voluntarily.

A request has been made to the FCA to suspend trading of the Company's share as of 18 May 2023.

Notwithstanding the suspension of trading in the Company's ordinary shares, the Company will continue to make announcements as and when there are any developments that require announcement in accordance with its obligations under the Listing Rules, the UK Market Abuse Regulation and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Cautionary Statement

This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company, or management, expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's intentions regarding its objectives, goals or future plans and statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to predict or counteract the potential impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on factors relevant to the Company's business, failure to identify additional mineral resources, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves with more advanced studies, the inability to eventually complete a feasibility study which could support a production decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results may not be representative of the deposit as a whole, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital, operating and reclamation costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Pembridge is a mining company that is listed on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and trading on the main market for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc. Pembridge has an investment in Minto Metals Corp, a British Columbia incorporated business listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MNTO" that operates the Minto mine in Yukon, Canada.

About Minto Metals Corp

Minto Metals Corp operates the underground copper-gold-silver mine located in central Yukon, approximately 240 kilometres north of the capital Whitehorse along the Klondike Highway. In excess of US$350 million of capital expenditure has been invested into Minto operations since site construction began in 2006. The Minto mine was in continuous production between 2007 and 2018, when the mine was placed onto temporary care and maintenance. Pembridge acquired the Minto mine from Capstone Mining Corporation in June 2019 and restarted operations in October 2019.

Enquiries:

Pembridge Resources plc:                                                              [phone]

Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

David James, Chief Financial Officer

Tavira Financial Ltd:                                                                        [phone]

Jonathan Evans

 

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