Home » Posts tagged 'Golden Metal Resources'
Tag Archives: Golden Metal Resources
Alan Green covers Golden Metal Resources #GMET and VVV Resources #VVV on this week’s Stockbox Research Talks
Alan Green covers Golden Metal Resources #GMET and VVV Resources #VVV on this week’s Stockbox Research Talks
Alan Green discusses Golden Metal Resources #GMET on the Stockbox Research Talks
Alan Green discusses Golden Metal Resources #GMET on the Stockbox Research Talks
Power Metal Resources #POW – Interim Results
Power Metal Resources plc, the AIM listed metals exploration and development company, announces its unaudited interim results for the six month period ended 31 March 2023 (the “period”).
Sean Wade, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal commented: “The key to unlocking value is to complete planned portfolio disposals, secure operational partnerships over certain exploration interests, drive our uranium interests forward, and ensure the Company has access to quality sources of finance in sufficient quantity to enable it to boldly pursue its ambitions.
“We are making progress across all these areas and whilst the completion of the Golden Metal Resources IPO and £2.7m financing, both in May 2023, are perhaps the notable events for investors recently, we hope to announce many more corporate and exploration events in the coming weeks and months.
“I would like to thank shareholders for their continued support as we progress through what we believe will be a vibrant and exciting period in the Company’s history.”
KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HALF YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2023
– Completion of exploration programmes across three projects, including drilling at Molopo Farms in Botswana and the Victoria Goldfields in Australia, as well as geophysics and trenching at the Tati project in Botswana. All three have delivered positive exploration results, justifying a decision to proceed to next stage exploration with potential partners showing interest in all three projects.
– Material progress achieved in corporate activities, including pre-IPO preparations for Golden Metal Resources PLC, First Development Resources PLC and Uranium Energy Exploration Ltd.
– Broad spectrum advancement of the Company’s Athabasca Basin uranium portfolio, including additional ground acquisitions through staking, and the management of third-party interest in the uranium portfolio.
– Completion of the conditional acquisition of a larger stake in the Molopo Farms Complex project; the conditional disposal of the Company’s interests in the E-12 property in the Athabasca Basin to Uranium Energy Exploration, and the completion of the disposal of the Company’s interest in the Kanye Resources joint venture (“JV”), to partner Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV) for shares, warrants, royalty and long term compensation potential.
– Management changes including the appointment of Owain Morton as Non-Executive Director and Sean Wade as Chief Executive Officer. Together the appointments bring detailed geological, mine engineering and corporate finance skills to the Board and provide Power Metal with an extensive financing network for the Company and its planned spin-out IPO activity.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 31 MARCH 2023
– Listing of Golden Metal Resources PLC on the London Stock Exchange in May 2023, with a value of Power Metal’s holding on listing of c £4.4m;
– Appointment of Bill Brodie Good as a Non-Executive Director in May 2023; and
– Financing which has raised £2.7m for the Company to support an acceleration of value generative exploration and corporate activity.
POWER METAL INTERESTS AT TODAY’S DATE
The latest updated review of Power Metal’s business interests is provided in the Company’s investor presentation which may be accessed here:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/investors/presentation/
In addition, a single page Business Overview is provided for investors through the following link:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/company/
LATEST POSITION OF POWER METAL INTERESTS AND TARGETED OBJECTIVES FOR 2023
Priority Exploration and Potential Exploration Project Joint Ventures
|
Exploration Interest |
Latest Position & Forward Plans |
|
Athabasca Uranium Saskatchewan, Canada (Uranium) POW 100% |
Power Metal currently holds 17 properties covering 1005.14km2 within and surrounding the prolific Athabasca Basin.
The conditional disposal of two of the properties, Reitenbach and E-12, has been announced and work is underway to complete that transaction through a listing in the London capital markets for the proposed holding vehicle, Teathers Financial PLC, to be renamed Uranium Energy Exploration PLC. Preparation of listing documentation is complete and the IPO financing is expected to commence shortly with completion of the transaction in 2023.
Across the Company’s wider Athabasca exploration interests there has been considerable third-party interest in working with Power Metal to finance uranium specific operations. The Company continues to engage with parties and anticipates significant progress to occur in 2023.
In addition, the Company’s recent £2.7m financing has provided the funds for a considerable uranium exploration programme in the Athabasca during the 2023 season, details of which can be found in the Company’s announcement dated 21 June 2023.
|
|
Molopo Farms Complex Project Botswana (Nickel – Copper – Platinum Group Element) POW: 87.71% |
The cumulative exploration programmes undertaken at Molopo Farms have demonstrated significant potential for a major nickel – platinum group element discovery or discoveries. There has been considerable interest from third parties to work with and potentially finance Molopo Farms at project level and Power Metal is working with interested parties at present. The Company is looking to move Molopo Farms forward considerably, targeting a working partnership in place and operational in 2023. |
|
Tati Project Botswana (Gold – Nickel) POW: 100% |
Recently completed geophysics and trenching have provided valuable data, adding to that previously collected. This enables the Company to move forward with next stage soil sampling prior to final planning and implementation of planned next stage reverse circulation and diamond drilling targeting a significant gold discovery.
Soil sampling is underway currently alongside continuing work to process fines dumps of previously processed ore from the Cherished Hope gold mine location within the Tati licence footprint with local processing partners.
|
Investment Holdings and Disposals Planned/Underway
Note: other project packages within the Power Metal portfolio are also in earlier stages of disposal and/or spin-out preparations in addition to those listed below.
|
Business Interest |
Latest Position |
|
Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV) Botswana & Zimbabwe Exploration (Gold – Base Metals) POW c.10% |
In Q4 2022 Power Metal announced the conditional disposal of its Kanye Resources interest to its joint-venture partner KAV. Following this disposal, Power Metal holds c.10% of KAV worth c.£0.8m as at 31 March 2023. Power Metal also holds 30m warrants to acquire new KAV shares at 4.25p and 30m warrants to acquire new KAV ordinary shares at 5.5p per share, both with a life to expiry ending 8 January 2025. In addition, Power Metal holds a 1% net smelter return royalty over the former JV land footprint. |
|
First Class Metals PLC (LON:FCM) Schreiber-Hemlo, Ontario, Canada (Gold – Base Metals) POW c.26% |
FCM secured a listing on the London Stock Exchange in late July 2022 with Power Metal holding an interest following its IPO financing of 28.19% on listing (now c.26% after dilution since listing), worth c.£2.05m as of 31 March 2023. Power Metal also holds 517,705 warrants to acquire new FCM ordinary shares at 10p per share with an expiry date of 29 July 2023. |
|
Golden Metal Resources PLC (LON:GMET) Nevada, USA Gold – Base Metals POW c.62% |
GMET secured a listing on the London Stock Exchange in late May 2023 with Power Metal holding an interest following their IPO financing of 62.06%, worth c.£2.05m as at the date of this report. Power Metal also holds 1,749,378 warrants to acquire new GMET ordinary shares at 10.75p with an expiry date of 10 May 2024 and 1,749,378 warrants at 17.5p with an expiry date of 10 May 2025. |
|
First Development Resources PLC (FDR) Western Australia /Northern Territory (Gold – Copper – Rare Earth Elements – Uranium – Lithium) POW: c.59% |
FDR is currently in the IPO Financing stage of it listing plans with IPO documentation prepared and ready for listing. The listing of FDR is expected to occur in the near term.
|
|
New Ballarat Gold Corporation PLC (NBGC) Victoria, Australia (Gold) POW: 49.9% JV Partner Red Rock Resources PLC (LON:RRR): 50.1%
|
Through its Australian operating subsidiary, Red Rock Australasia Pty Ltd, NBGC has a substantial licence footprint within the Victoria Goldfields, Australia, which is comprised of 17 granted exploration licences covering 1,867km2 and 5 licence applications covering 493km2. The intention of the JV parties is to undertake a listing of NBGC on the UK capital markets. Power Metal is targeting a listing during 2023. |
|
ION Battery Resources Ltd (ION) Canada (Lithium & Graphite) POW 100% |
ION comprises two lithium focused projects in Ontario and Quebec and a graphite project in Saskatchewan. Next exploration and corporate steps are under consideration for ION and a further announcement will come in due course. The commercial pathway for ION is expected to be announced, with material progress in the business expected during 2023. |
|
New Horizon Metals Pty Ltd (NHM) Queensland and South Australia (Copper – Uranium – Gold) POW 20% |
The JV partners behind NHM are currently considering a number of proposals to secure a listing of NHM on the London or Australian capital markets. Completion of a listing is targeted in 2023. |
PROJECTS WITH NEXT STEPS UNDER CONSIDERATION
|
Project |
Latest Position & Key Forward Events |
|
Haneti Project Tanzania (Polymetallic) POW: 35% (65% JV Partner Katoro Gold plc (LON:KAT)) |
Power Metal is currently in discussions with a JV partner Katoro Gold (LON:KAT), to determine the future of the Haneti Project.
Further information will be provided when material developments occur.
|
|
Silver Peak Project British Columbia, Canada (Silver) POW: 30% |
Power Metal is currently in discussions with its JV partner to determine next corporate and exploration steps for Silver Peak.
An outcome to these discussions is expected in the near term with advancement of the project from an exploration and/or commercial perspective anticipated during the remainder of 2023.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
· Loss for the period, attributable to owners of the parent of £1.50 million (2022: £1.69 million), resulting in loss per share of 0.09 pence (2022: 0.12 pence);
· Financing undertaken in January 2023 raising £0.9 million and acquisitions during the period raised £1.1 million for the Company;
· Total assets of £14.62 million at the period end (30 September 2022: £14.61 million); and
· Net assets of £13.99 million at the period end (30 September 2022: £13.76 million).
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.
For further information please visit POW https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
|
Power Metal Resources plc |
||
|
Sean Wade (Chief Executive Officer) |
+ 44 (0) 20 3778 1396 |
|
|
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
||
|
Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
|
|
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
||
|
Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
|
|
First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
||
|
David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
|
Blythe Ray (Financial PR)
Tim Blythe/Megan Ray +44 (0) 20 7138 3204
Golden Metal Resources #GMET – The Mega Company Increase Shareholding to 4.41%
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings. The Mega Company now holds 3,747,058 shares or 4.41% up from 3.49% previously
|
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i |
||||||
|
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: |
Golden Metal Resources PLC |
|||||
|
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate) |
||||||
|
Non-UK issuer |
||||||
|
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”) |
||||||
|
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
|||||
|
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
||||||
|
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
||||||
|
Other (please specify)iii: |
||||||
|
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv |
||||||
|
Name |
The Mega Company |
|||||
|
City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
||||||
|
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v |
||||||
|
Name |
||||||
|
City and country of registered office (if applicable) |
||||||
|
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: |
09/06/23 |
|||||
|
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): |
09/06/23 |
|||||
|
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation |
||||||
|
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments |
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
Total number of voting rights of issuervii |
|||
|
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
4.41% |
4.41% |
85,000,255 |
|||
|
Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
3.49% |
3.49% |
||||
|
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii |
|||||||||
|
A: Voting rights attached to shares |
|||||||||
|
Class/type of ISIN code (if possible) |
Number of voting rightsix |
% of voting rights |
|||||||
|
Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) |
Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) |
Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) |
Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) |
||||||
|
GB00BPQY8R36 Ordinary Shares
|
3,747,058 |
4.41% |
|||||||
|
SUBTOTAL 8. A |
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) |
|||||||||
|
Type of financial instrument |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted. |
% of voting rights |
|||||
|
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 |
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) |
|||||||||
|
Type of financial instrument |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Physical or cash settlementxii |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
||||
|
|
SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”) |
||||
|
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii |
X |
|||
|
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
||||
|
Namexv |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
|
|
|
||||
|
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: |
||||
|
Name of the proxy holder |
||||
|
The number and % of voting rights held |
||||
|
The date until which the voting rights will be held |
||||
|
11. Additional informationxvi |
||||
|
Place of completion |
Washington DC |
|
Date of completion |
09/06/23 |
Golden Metal Resources #GMET – Garfield Project: Significant Copper Systems Identified
Golden Metal Resources plc (LON:GMET), a mineral exploration company focused on tungsten, gold, copper, silver and zinc within Nevada, USA, is pleased to announce the results of a high-resolution soil geochemical sampling survey completed over its 100% owned Garfield Project (“Garfield” or the “Project”) located within the prolific Walker Lane Mineral Belt in Nevada, USA.
Highlights:
– Discovery of two significant copper (Cu) zones which are now named the “Power Line Zone” (or “Power Line”) and “High-Grade Zone” (or “High-Grade”; collectively the “Zones”) which returned individual Cu-in-soil results of up to 851ppm and 950ppm Cu.
– Importantly, the newly discovered Zones are coincident with historical rock sampling results which returned up to 2.6% Cu at Power Line and 5.53% Cu at High-Grade, highlighting the significance of these newly defined copper mineralised systems at Garfield.
Oliver Friesen, CEO of Golden Metal, commented:
“While our admission to trading on AIM was completed less than two weeks ago, our exploration forward mandate at Golden Metal should be apparent with the release of these very positive results from Garfield, which have far exceeded our original expectations. It is important to note that the main focus remains on Pilot Mountain (tungsten) followed by Golconda Summit (gold), however, the results presented today should clearly highlight the depth, as well as quality, of our overall combined project portfolio.
“The original property acquired included only a small footprint covering the original Garfield showing. Fast forward to today, the Garfield Project has been expanded significantly from its original acquisition size and we have now identified two considerable copper zones. The newly named ‘Power Line’ and ‘High-Grade’ zones are strongly coincident with the anomalies identified by the Hyperspectral Analysis completed previously, confirming the effectiveness of this exploration tool. We have obtained Hyperspectral Analysis results for the broader district and can now look at additional exploration targets based on the confirmation of the results outlined here.
“We are looking forward to updating the market in due course with further updates from Garfield, as well as at Pilot Mountain, where we await final results from the induced polarisation survey completed there previously.”
Detailed Overview:
– The geochemical soil survey results have identified two distinct zones of significant copper anomalies:
o Power Line Zone – a northeast-southwest trending Cu-in-soil anomaly which extends for over 1,500m in length (remains open towards the southwest), located in the west of the Project area. The Power Line Zone connects up the original Garfield showing with a previously isolated zone located towards the southwest, where limited historical rock sampling results returned up to 2.6% Cu and 0.536g/t Au; and
o High-Grade Zone – a circa 1.5km by 0.8km Cu-in-soil anomaly (remains open towards north, south and east), located in the south east of the Project area and approximately 1 km southeast of the Power Line Zone. Limited historical rock sampling completed near what is now the western end of the High-Grade Zone returned up to 5.53% Cu, which highlights the potential of this large, newly defined copper mineralised system.
– Both newly discovered copper zones are of considerable size and both remain open in multiple directions within the Project’s current footprint. They are broadly coincident with mapped limestone, suggesting that the significant copper mineralised system now identified is possibly of skarn-type affinity..
– A single soil sample returned 0.83g/t Au which is located outboard of the newly discovered zones mentioned above. This result represents a very-high gold tenor for soil sampling within the district and further analysis of this area is required.
– Both newly discovered copper zones show strong coincidence with anomalies identified by the Hyperspectral Analysis completed in 2021. This supports the effectiveness of the previously completed analysis and Golden Metal will now review other strong anomalies identified within the district that may be open for staking.
Table 1 – Map highlighting the location of the Power Line and High-Grade Zones
Further Information
A total of 447 individual soil samples were collected at either 50m or 100m station spacing and along 100m spaced lines. The sample grid was set up to provide coverage over the original Garfield copper (Cu), silver (Ag) and gold (Au) showing (see attached map) located within the Garfield Project, as well as over two anomalies which were identified by a previously obtained and analysed Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER satellite) and European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellite datasets (“Hyperspectral Analysis” or the “Analysis”).
The previously obtained Hyperspectral Analysis results can be found at the link below:
Analysis
All soil samples were prepped and analysed at ALS’ laboratory in Reno, Nevada. Assays were determined using the analytical package ME-MS41 comprising aqua regia digestion with super trace inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis providing extremely low detection limits for analysis of soils. A total of 41 elements were reported as part of this analysis.
Property Ownership
Golden Metal holds a 100% interest in the Garfield Project through its wholly-owned Nevada operating company, Golden Metal Resources LLC.
COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O’Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Competent Person under the AIM Rules – Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O’Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Golden Metal Resources plc to provide technical support.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and anticipated results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, competition for qualified staff, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the results of exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of regulatory and other third party consents and approvals, uncertainties regarding the Company’s or any third party’s ability to execute and implement future plans, and the occurrence of unexpected events.
Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors.
For further information visit www.goldenmetalresources.com or contact the following:
|
Golden Metal Resources plc Oliver Friesen (CEO) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7583 8304 |
|
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Nominated Adviser Sandy Jamieson/Jo Turner/Louise O’Driscoll |
Tel: +44 20 7213 0880 |
|
First Equity Limited Broker Jonathan Brown/Jason Robertson |
Tel: +44 20 7374 2212 |
The Projects:
Pilot Mountain Project
The Pilot Mountain project is an advanced exploration and mineral resource definition stage project located in Mineral County in western Nevada. The project covers an area of 14.80 km2 (3,656.1 acres) and is located 200km southeast of Reno and 18km east of Mina, Nevada. It is well situated for the supply of power, water and skilled labour and proximity to transport infrastructure in Mineral County and is centred around four existing mineral deposits: Garnet; Good Hope; Gunmetal and Desert Scheelite, all of which possess significant skarn-style tungsten-copper-silver-zinc mineralisation. The Pilot Mountain project consists of 176 active lode mining claims and 4 filed mill site claims. The four mill site claims filed at the former Dunham mill site have secure access to groundwater supply sufficient for the proposed project.
Golconda Summit Project
Golden Metal is the operator of the Golconda Summit project, which is held under an earn-in right to acquire up to 100 per cent. of the project from the mineral claim owner pursuant to an option agreement. The Golconda Summit project is an exploration stage gold and silver project located in Humboldt County and situated at the confluence of the Getchell and Battle Mountain – Eureka metallogenic trends, and consists of 44 lode mining claims, covering a total area of approximately 3.22 km2 (795.4 acres) located approximately 27km east of Winnemucca.
Garfield Project
The Garfield project is an early exploration stage copper, gold and silver property consisting of 39 lode mining claims covering 3.23 km2 (797.9 acres) located in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 14km due east of the town of Hawthorne and 120km due west-northwest of Tonopah.
Stonewall Project
The Stonewall project is an exploration stage gold-silver property prospective for epithermal gold-silver mineralisation. The property consists of 19 lode mining claims covering 1.59 km2 (392.5 acres) located on the northern flank of Stonewall Mountain, on the western edge of the Nellis Airforce Range Restricted Access Area, in Nye County, Nevada, approximately 24km south-east of the historic gold mining town of Goldfield and 60km due south of Tonopah.
Alan Green covers Premier African Minerals #PREM & Golden Metal Resources #GMET on this week’s Stockbox Research Talks
Alan Green covers Premier African Minerals #PREM & Golden Metal Resources #GMET on this week’s Stockbox Research Talks
#GMET Golden Metal Resources PLC – First Day of Dealings
Golden Metal Resources plc, a mineral exploration company focused on tungsten, gold, copper, silver and zinc within Nevada, USA, is pleased to announce that, at 08:00 today, its ordinary shares will commence trading on AIM under the ticker GMET. As part of the process of admission to trading on AIM (“Admission”), the Company has raised gross proceeds of £1.98m through the issue of 23,317,643 new ordinary shares of £0.01 each at a placing price of 8.5 pence per share, equating to a market capitalisation of £7.16 million on Admission.
Overview
The key strengths and attributes of Golden Metal can be summarised as follows:
Location:
The state of Nevada is a well-regarded, mining investment friendly jurisdiction. It was ranked third in the Fraser Institute’s global mining investment attractiveness index survey in 2021 and has a long history of mining and a strong mining and ancillary business support network. Nevada is one of the principal producers of precious metals in the world, with 25 precious metal mines currently in production, accounting for approximately 70 per cent. of the United States total gold production in 2020. In 2018 Nevada accounted for 83 per cent. of the US’s total gold production.
According to the Nevada Mining Association (2022), as of November 2021, 11,000 people were employed by the metal mining sector within the state, with a Nevada Gross Domestic Product contribution of US$3.2 billion in 2020.
Projects with Critical and High-Demand Minerals:
The Company’s 100% owned Pilot Mountain Project (“Pilot Mountain”) hosts a tungsten-copper-silver-zinc Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) which includes 12.53Mt at 0.27% W03 (tungsten tri-oxide) with significant copper-silver-zinc credits. Tungsten is an in-demand and critical metal as outlined below:
· Tungsten is included in the British Geological Survey’s UK Critical Minerals list (2022), the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Critical Minerals list (2022) and the European Commission’s Critical Raw Materials list (2020).
· The global demand for tungsten is forecast to rise annually (3-7 per cent. per annum according to the British Geological Survey) and is predicted to outstrip available supply, which is likely to place continued upward pressure on prices in the near-term.
Management Team:
A proven management team with:
· a broad spectrum of knowledge and capabilities;
· substantial technical and listed company experience; and
· extensive North American operating experience with connections to various in-country consulting teams.
Diverse Project Base:
The Golden Metal portfolio consists of four Nevada based projects (collectively the “Nevada Projects”) comprising the Pilot Mountain Project and three exploration stage projects: the Golconda Summit Project (gold), the Garfield Project (copper-gold-silver) and the Stonewall Project (gold-silver).
The Nevada Projects are all well located within major metallogenic belts containing active, globally important precious- and base-metal mining operations. All the assets have favourable geology which is prospective for skarn, carlin, epithermal and porphyry deposit types. The portfolio is focussed on tungsten, gold, silver and base metal mineralisation.
In particular, the Pilot Mountain Project offers significant exploration upside potential as well as the opportunity for Golden Metal to de-risk the Project on a number of fronts. These include building on the existing MRE, furthering and updating technical studies relating to the potential development of the known resources, further permitting, making relevant grant applications, including to the DOD Defence Production Act (DPA) Title III grant office as well as commodity marketing and further metallurgical studies.
In total, the Nevada Projects cover a combined area of approximately 22.83 km2.
Oliver Friesen, CEO of Golden Metal, commented:
” Golden Metal’s admission to AIM comes at a time when it is clear that the world needs more critical, precious-and base-metals. This represents an exciting opportunity for a company such as ours with ownership of four diverse exploration and development assets located wholly within one of the top mining jurisdictions in the world. I believe that our Pilot Mountain Project, with its tungsten MRE, offers the greatest potential for exploitation, given that the US currently has no domestic primary production of the metal and is looking to reduce its heavy reliance on imports of critical metals from China. We are looking forward to actively pushing forward various exploration and corporate developments both within the US and UK and will provide further updates to the market on these various plans in due course.
I would like to thank all of the Golden Metal team and pre-IPO investors for their patience as we methodically worked through the various exploration and corporate developments which have led the Company to the exciting position it is in now. “
Background
Golden Metal is a mineral exploration company focused on tungsten, gold, copper, silver and zinc within Nevada, USA. It was established for the purpose of holding all of the Nevada mining assets of Power Metal Resources plc (“Power Metal”) and progressing the exploration and development of those assets. The Company holds four mining assets comprising the 100% owned Pilot Mountain, Garfield and Stonewall Projects together with an earn in option over the Golconda Summit Project. Each Project consists of unpatented lode mining claims located entirely on land managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management.
The Directors believe that the combination of a suite of high-quality, diversified Nevada based mining assets within a single, US-focused AIM-quoted vehicle creates a compelling investment opportunity. It is their opinion that the Nevada Projects hold several underexplored, highly prospective tungsten, gold, copper, silver and zinc exploration targets. The Directors consider that the Pilot Mountain Project has the potential to increase its existing tungsten focused MRE and to expand on multiple tungsten, copper, silver and zinc-rich zones identified by minimal historical drilling. In addition, the Directors consider that the Golconda Summit Project has the potential for a major gold discovery to follow the identification of significant surface gold mineralisation during a 1989 trenching programme. Accordingly, the Company’s exploration focus will be on these two projects but the Directors also believe there is potential value to be realised at the Garfield and Stonewall Projects.
On 8 April 2022, the Company raised £750,000 through a pre-IPO Financing at a price of 6.67 pence per Ordinary Share, following which Power Metal held 83.13 per cent. of the existing ordinary shares. On Admission, Power Metal will hold 62.1 per cent. of the Company’s enlarged share capital.
Placing, Subscription, Acquisition and Use of Proceeds
The Company has raised gross proceeds of £1,982,000 through a placing and subscription through the issue of 12,449,208 Placing Shares and 10,868,435 Subscription Shares at a price of 8.5 pence per share.
The net proceeds from the Placing and Subscription will be used by the Company to:
· provide funding for the Company to further explore and develop the Nevada Projects; and
· provide the Company with ongoing working capital to support its business operations.
Warrants
Together with every two Placing Shares and every two Subscription Shares, each Placee and Subscriber will also be granted one warrant entitling the holder to subscribe for one further new Ordinary Share at 10.75 pence per Ordinary Share, for a period of 12 months from Admission, and one warrant entitling the holder to subscribe for one further new Ordinary Share at 17 pence per Ordinary Share, for a period of 24 months from Admission. Further details of the warrants are set out in Part VI of the Company’s AIM admission document.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to expected or anticipated future events and anticipated results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, competition for qualified staff, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, uncertainties resulting from working in a new political jurisdiction, uncertainties regarding the results of exploration, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of prospecting rights, uncertainties regarding the timing and granting of regulatory and other third party consents and approvals, uncertainties regarding the Company’s or any third party’s ability to execute and implement future plans, and the occurrence of unexpected events.
Actual results achieved may vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors.
For further information visit www.goldenmetalresources.com or contact the following:
|
Golden Metal Resources plc Oliver Friesen (CEO) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7583 8304 |
|
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP Nominated Adviser Sandy Jamieson/Jo Turner/Louise O’Driscoll |
Tel: +44 20 7213 0880 |
|
First Equity Limited Broker Jonathan Brown/Jason Robertson |
Tel: +44 20 7374 2212 |
The Projects:
Pilot Mountain Project
The Pilot Mountain project is an advanced exploration and mineral resource definition stage project located in Mineral County in western Nevada. The project covers an area of 14.80 km2 (3,656.1 acres) and is located 200km southeast of Reno and 18km east of Mina, Nevada. It is well situated for the supply of power, water and skilled labour and proximity to transport infrastructure in Mineral County and is centred around four existing mineral deposits: Garnet; Good Hope; Gunmetal and Desert Scheelite, all of which possess significant skarn-style tungsten-copper-silver-zinc mineralisation. The Pilot Mountain project consists of 176 active lode mining claims and 4 filed mill site claims. The four mill site claims filed at the former Dunham mill site have secure access to groundwater supply sufficient for the proposed project.
Golconda Summit Project
Golden Metal is the operator of the Golconda Summit project, which is held under an earn-in right to acquire up to 100 per cent. of the project from the mineral claim owner pursuant to an option agreement. The Golconda Summit project is an exploration stage gold and silver project located in Humboldt County and situated at the confluence of the Getchell and Battle Mountain – Eureka metallogenic trends, and consists of 44 lode mining claims, covering a total area of approximately 3.22 km2 (795.4 acres) located approximately 27km east of Winnemucca.
Garfield Project
The Garfield project is an early exploration stage copper, gold and silver property consisting of 39 lode mining claims covering 3.23 km2 (797.9 acres) located in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 14km due east of the town of Hawthorne and 120km due west-northwest of Tonopah.
Stonewall Project
The Stonewall project is an exploration stage gold-silver property prospective for epithermal gold-silver mineralisation. The property consists of 19 lode mining claims covering 1.59 km2 (392.5 acres) located on the northern flank of Stonewall Mountain, on the western edge of the Nellis Airforce Range Restricted Access Area, in Nye County, Nevada, approximately 24km south-east of the historic gold mining town of Goldfield and 60km due south of Tonopah.
Power Metal Resources #POW – Release of Schedule One for Golden Metal Resources #GMT
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW), the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio is pleased to announce the release today by AIM of a Schedule One announcement in respect of Golden Metal Resources PLC (“Golden Metal”), a link to which is provided below:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6686W_1-2023-4-18.pdf
Sean Wade, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources PLC commented: “I am very pleased to be able to update shareholders that the Golden Metal IPO is progressing.
Further information in respect of Power Metal’s interest in Golden Metal on admission to trading on AIM, the total IPO equity placing amount, market capitalisation and other important information is expected to be forthcoming in due course. POW will make further announcements as appropriate.”
Shareholders wishing to learn more about Golden Metal, may review the company’s website through the following link:
https://www.goldenmetalresources.com/
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.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
|
Power Metal Resources plc |
|
|
Sean Wade (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 20 3778 1396 |
|
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
|
|
Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
|
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
|
|
Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
|
First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
|
|
David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
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.
