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9 May 2023
Power Metal Resources PLC
("Power Metal" or the "Company")
Placing of £2.71 million with Term Oil, a Company Controlled by Rick Rule
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW), the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio, announces it has completed a placing (the "Placing") to raise gross proceeds for the Company of approximately £2.715 million through the conditional issue of 319,388,235 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Placing Shares") at a price of 0.85 pence per Placing Share (the "Placing Price").
Each Placing Share has an attaching warrant to subscribe for one new ordinary share of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 2 pence with a 5-year term expiring 9 May 2028 ("Fundraising Warrants").
As part of the Placing, the Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Subscription Agreement with Term Oil Inc., a company controlled by Rick Rule ("Term Oil"), pursuant to which Term Oil will participate in the Placing up to an amount of £1 million and not less than £0.5 million ("Subscription Agreement").
The net proceeds of the Placing will be used to further the Company's exploration activities and for general working capital purposes.
Sean Wade, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc, commented:
"I am very pleased to be able to announce this capital raise and to reassure shareholders that we are now in a sustainable position to advance our exploration activities, most particularly in respect to our uranium portfolio. Moreover, I am delighted to welcome Rick Rule's Term Oil vehicle to the register and the new shareholders who are joining us with his endorsement. This is not only a strong validation of our business model but also puts us on a sound footing to continue to deliver our goal of unlocking the significant inherent value in our portfolio."
FURTHER FUNDRAISING INFORMATION
§ The Company has raised £2.715 million before expenses through the issue of 319,388,235 Placing Shares at the Placing Price of 0.85 pence per Placing Share.
§ Each Placing Share has attached one Fundraising Warrant to subscribe for one new Ordinary Share at an exercise price of 2 pence with a 5-year term expiring 9 May 2028.
§ Should the Power Metal share price exceed a daily volume weighted average share price of 3 pence for five consecutive trading days, Power Metal may issue a written notice to Fundraising Warrant holders to exercise Placing Warrants within 20 trading days, or the Fundraising Warrants will be cancelled.
§ Sean Wade, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has committed to subscribe for 11,764,705 Placing Shares.
§ The Placing was undertaken by the Company's joint broker First Equity Limited.
§ The Placing was completed to accredited investors (as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions) in all provinces of Canada, to accredited investors (as defined in section 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended(the "1933 Act")) in the United States of America pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of Regulation D and, with the consent of the Company, to suitable investors in other eligible foreign jurisdictions (other than Canada and the United States) pursuant to applicable private placement exemptions under applicable securities laws in such jurisdictions if no prospectus, registration statement or similar document is required to be filed in such jurisdiction and the Company does not become subject to continuous disclosure obligations in such jurisdiction.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined in the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirement is available.
ADMISSION AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Application will be made for the 319,388,235 Placing Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or around 12 May 2023 ("Admission"). The Placing Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares currently traded on AIM.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 2,058,421,913 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each. This number will represent the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
PDMR Disclosure
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of MAR, provide further detail on director's share dealing.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| 1. Sean Wade
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| 1. Chief Executive Officer
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b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Power Metal Resources Plc
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b)
| LEI
| 213800VNXOUPHTX53686 | |||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | ordinary shares of 0.1p each | |||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00BYWJZ743 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| 1. Issue of Placing Shares 2. Issue of Fundraising Warrants
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c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
1. 0.85p
2. 2.00p
| 11,764,705
11,764,705 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 1. 11,764,705 2. 11,764,705 | ||||
- Price | 1. 0.85p 2. 2.00p | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 09/05/2023 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market | |||
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
Power Metal Resources plc |
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Sean Wade (Chief Executive Officer) | +44 (0) 20 3778 1396 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat | +44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson | +44 (0) 14 8341 3500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson | +44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Power Metal Resources plc - Background
Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.
The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.
Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.
Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.
Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company's growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.