Hummingbird Resources plc has increased its debt with a US$5 million unsecured interest-free loan from its major investor CIG SA. Funds will be used to pay the first instalment to the Government of Mali, where the company owns the Yanfolila gold mine. The loan has a fixed $2.8mn royalty payable between 1 March 2025 and […]
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Hummingbird secures loan extension
Hummingbird Resources plc has secured a binding agreement with its major investors on a new loan extension. SUPPORT The transaction is with CIG SA and Nioko Resources Corporation regarding the new CIG loan. Shareholders voted in favour of converting the CIG US$30 million loan, dated 6 November, into new ordinary shares in a debt-to-equity conversion. The […]
Hummingbird issues 863m shares to clear debt
Hummingbird Resources plc issued 863,079,491 new ordinary shares of nominal value £0.01 at 2.6777 pence per share to convert £23.1 million of loan facilities from its main creditor. The conditional binding two-tranche subscription by CIG and Nioko Resources Corporation follows the proposed debt-to-equity conversion announced in early November. Hummingbird faces a buyout and delisting after […]
Hummingbird faces delisting and buyout
Hummingbird Resources plc could be delisted and bought out after it agreed to convert US$30 million debt into shares for its main creditor. CHALLENGES Negotiations on debt restructuring continue with the company’s primary lenders Coris Bank International and CIG SA and its largest shareholder Nioko Resources Corporation. Hummingbird said that challenges at Yanfolila in southern […]
Hummingbird receives £15m investment
Hummingbird Resources plc has received a strategic two-tranche investment of US$15 million from African investment company CIG SA. USES The investment will help ensure the start of production by the end of Q2 2023 at the company’s second gold mine Kouroussa in Guinea, and help accelerate further exploration. “As we bring the development of our […]