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FCM increases loan to £500,000

First Class Metals plc has more than doubled its loan for exploration in northern Ontario from the Seventy Ninth Group. KERRS The new loan agreement increases the original figure from £230,000 to £500,000 and will be drawn in a single tranche, repayable on 25 May 2025 at 15% interest. Seventy Ninth, which previously purchased McKellar […]

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Hummingbird mulls selling non-core assets

Hummingbird Resources plc has secured a US$30 million loan as it initiates an independent review of its West Africa operations, including the possible sale of its non-core assets. KOUROUSSA The company’s largest shareholder CIG SA lent $20 million, payable in tranches, and consolidated a previous US$10 million short-term loan. Hummingbird said it anticipated changing the […]

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Hummingbird completes $25m refinancing

Hummingbird Resources plc this week completed the US$25 million strategic refinancing of a portion of its existing loan facilities with principal financing partner Coris Bank International. KOUROUSSA The company said that the 24-month loan, with an annual 12% interest, would meet its existing loan obligations due in Q2 2024, providing a two-year deferment of “specific […]

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Block extends $2m loan

Block Energy plc has agreed an 18-month extension to its US$2 million loan for its Georgia assets. WARRANTS The extension to February 2026 will provide additional headroom for reinvesting cashflows into the company’s portfolio. The loan figure combines the original $1.06m loan from February 2023 and a $940,000 increase in May 2023.  The terms remain […]

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Altona issues 76m shares on published prospectus

Altona Rare Earths plc today published a Financial Conduct Authority approved prospectus and issued 76,248,759 new ordinary shares for previously announced fundraises. The shares issue relates to June and July 2024 subscriptions, conversion of February 2023 convertible loan notes, and 7 million shares to convert a loan from Catalyse Capital Ltd. Additionally 3,548,759 shares were […]