Further to the announcement by the Company in respect of the Retail
Offer dated 28 January 2025 (the "
Retail Offer
Announcement"), Cornish Metals Inc (AIM: CUSN), a mineral
exploration and development company focused on the advancement and
restart of its 100% owned and permitted South Crofty high-grade tin
project in Cornwall, United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that,
following the closing of the Retail Offer on the BookBuild platform
on 31 January 2025, the Company has conditionally raised total
gross proceeds of £1.371 million (the “
Retail
Offer”) by way of a successful subscription for a total of
17,143,367 Retail Offer Shares at the Issue Price of 8 pence per
share in connection with the Retail Offer.
Other than where defined, capitalised terms used
in this Announcement have the meanings given to them in the Retail
Offer Announcement.
As previously announced, the Placing and
Subscription will be undertaken in two tranches. A total of
133,817,678 First Tranche New Shares (comprising: 34,722,222 First
Tranche VBR Subscription Shares; 97,742,899 First Tranche Placing
Shares; and 1,352,557 First Tranche Director Participation Shares)
will be issued on First Admission (which, subject to TSXV
Conditional Approval) is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on or
around 6 February 2025 (or such later date as may be agreed between
the Company and the Joint Bookrunners).
All Retail Offer Shares and NWF Subscription
Shares will be issued in the second tranche of the Fundraising.
Consequently a total of 583,325,689 Second Tranche New Shares
(comprising: 17,143,367 Retail Offer Shares; 356,911,283 NWF
Subscription Shares; 191,320,934 Second Tranche VBR Subscription
Shares; 17,705,101 Second Tranche Placing Shares; and 245,004
Director Participation Shares) are expected to be issued on Second
Admission (which, subject to TSXV Conditional Approval and the
passing of the shareholder resolutions referred to below) is
expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on or around 24 March 2025 (or such
later date as may be agreed between the Company and the Joint
Bookrunners). The aggregate value of the NWF Subscription Shares to
be issued to NWF on Second Admission will be £28,552,903
(equivalent to C$51,032,603, using an exchange rate of £1:C$1.7873,
based on the Bank of Canada closing exchange rate on 24 January
2025).
Completion of the Retail Offer (and the issue of
the other Second Tranche New Shares) is conditional, inter alia,
upon approval of the Shareholders at the General Meeting to be held
on or about 18 March 2025, the Placing becoming unconditional, the
NWF Subscription becoming unconditional, the VBR Subscription
becoming unconditional and on Admission of the Second Tranche New
Shares.
The New Shares, when issued, will be fully paid
and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Common
Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other
distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue.
The total number of Common Shares of the Company
in issue on First Admission will be 669,088,390. The total number
of voting rights in the Company as at First Admission will
therefore be 669,088,390 ("Total Voting Rights").
The Total Voting Rights may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
On Second Admission, it is expected that Vision
Blue Resources Limited will hold 29.14% of the Total Voting Rights
and the National Wealth Fund Limited will hold 28.50% of the Total
Voting Rights.
For further information, please contact:
Cornish Metals |
Fawzi HananoIrene Dorsman |
investors@cornishmetals.com info@cornishmetals.com |
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Tel: +1 (604) 200 6664 |
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser,
Joint Bookrunner & Joint
Broker) |
Richard Morrison Charlie Bouverat Grant Barker |
Tel: +44 203 470 0470 |
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Hannam & Partners(Joint Bookrunner and
Financial Adviser) |
Matthew HassonAndrew Chubb Jay Ashfield |
cornish@hannam.partners Tel: +44
207 907 8500 |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited(Co-Manager) |
James AsensioCharlie HammondSam Lucas |
Tel: +44 207 523 8000 |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited(Joint
Broker) |
Derrick LeePearl Kellie |
Tel: +44 131 220 6939 |
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BlytheRay(Financial PR) |
Tim Blythe Megan Ray |
tim.blythe@blytheray.com megan.ray@blytheray.comTel: +44 207 138
3204 |
Further information on the Company can be found
on its website at: https://cornishmetals.com/
The Company's LEI is 8945007GJ5APA9YDN221.
This announcement should be read in its
entirety. In particular, the information in the "Important Notices"
section of the announcement should be read and understood.
Important Notices
The Retail Offer is only open to investors in
the United Kingdom who fall within Article 43 of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as
amended (which includes an existing member of the Company).
This announcement is not for publication or
distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States
of America. This announcement is not an offer of securities
for sale into the United States. The securities referred to
herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold
in the United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption
from registration. No public offering of securities is being
made in the United States.
This announcement and the information contained
herein is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into or from the United
States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the
United States and the District of Columbia (the "United States" or
"US")), Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any
member state of the EEA or any other jurisdiction where to do so
might constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations of
such jurisdiction.
The Retail Offer Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "US Securities Act") or under the applicable state securities
laws of the United States and may not be offered or sold directly
or indirectly in or into the United States or to or for the account
or benefit of any US person (within the meaning of Regulation S
under the US Securities Act) (a "US Person"). No public offering of
the Retail Offer Shares is being made in the United States. The
Retail Offer Shares are being offered and sold outside the United
States in "offshore transactions", as defined in, and in compliance
with, Regulation S under the US Securities Act. In addition, the
Company has not been, and will not be, registered under the US
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
This announcement does not constitute an offer
to sell or issue or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe
for Retail Offer Shares in the United States, Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, any member state
of the EEA or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is or may be unlawful. No public offer of the
securities referred to herein is being made in any such
jurisdiction.
The distribution of this announcement may be
restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose
possession any document or other information referred to herein
comes should inform themselves about and observe any such
restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may
constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
("Corporate Finance Bank") is authorised and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority,
is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else and will
not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this
announcement) as its client in relation to the Retail Offer and
will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for
providing advice in connection with the Retail Offer, Admission and
the other arrangements referred to in this announcement.
The value of Common Shares and the income from
them is not guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due to stock
market and currency movements. When you sell your investment, you
may get back less than you originally invested. Figures refer to
past performance and past performance is not a reliable indicator
of future results. Returns may increase or decrease as a result of
currency fluctuations.
Certain statements in this announcement are
forward-looking statements which are based on the Company's
expectations, intentions and projections regarding its future
performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that
are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements, which
may use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "intend",
"estimate", "expect" and words of similar meaning, include all
matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking
statements involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could
cause the actual results of operations, financial condition,
liquidity and dividend policy and the development of the industries
in which the Company's businesses operate to differ materially from
the impression created by the forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject
to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given
those risks and uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements speak only as
at the date of this announcement and cannot be relied upon as a
guide to future performance. Each of the Company and Cavendish
Capital Markets Limited expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect actual results or any change in the
assumptions, conditions or circumstances on which any such
statements are based unless required to do so by the Financial
Conduct Authority, the London Stock Exchange or applicable law.
The information in this announcement is for
background purposes only and does not purport to be full or
complete. None of Cavendish Capital Markets Limited or any of
affiliates, accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for,
or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to
this announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of
the information in this announcement (or whether any information
has been omitted from the announcement) or any other information
relating to the Company or associated companies, whether written,
oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted
or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of
the announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection
therewith. Each of the Cavendish Capital Markets Limited and
affiliates, accordingly disclaims all and any liability whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise which it might otherwise be
found to have in respect of this announcement or its contents or
otherwise arising in connection therewith.
Any indication in this announcement of the price
at which the Common Share have been bought or sold in the past
cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Persons
needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser. No
statement in this announcement is intended to be a profit forecast
and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean
that earnings or target dividend per share of the Company for the
current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed
the historical published earnings or dividends per share of the
Company.
Neither the content of the Company's website (or
any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from
hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is
incorporated into or forms part of this announcement. The Retail
Offer Shares to be issued or sold pursuant to the Retail Offer will
not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than the
London Stock Exchange.
UK Product Governance
Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the product
governance requirements of Chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Product
Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK MiFIR
Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any
liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which
any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK MiFIR Product
Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto,
the Retail Offer Shares have been subject to a product approval
process, which has determined that the Retail Offer Shares are: (i)
compatible with an end target market of retail investors and
investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and
eligible counterparties, each as defined in paragraphs 3.5 and 3.6
of COBS; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all permitted
distribution channels (the "Target Market Assessment").
Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should
note that: the price of the Retail Offer Shares may decline and
investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Retail
Offer Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection;
and an investment in the Retail Offer Shares is compatible only
with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital
protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate
financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources
to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target
Market Assessment is without prejudice to any contractual, legal or
regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Retail
Offer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market
Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or
appropriateness for the purposes of Chapters 9A or 10A respectively
of COBS; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of
investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action
whatsoever with respect to the Retail Offer Shares. Each
distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market
assessment in respect of the Retail Offer Shares and determining
appropriate distribution channels.
EU Product Governance
Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the product
governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive
2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID
II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU)
2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing
measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer"
(for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements)
may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Retail Offer Shares
have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that the Retail Offer Shares are: (i) compatible with an
end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the
criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each
as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through
all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU
Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the EU Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Retail
Offer Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of
their investment; the Retail Offer Shares offer no guaranteed
income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Retail
Offer Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a
guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in
conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment
and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses
that may result therefrom. The EU Target Market Assessment is
without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or
regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Retail
Offer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the EU Target Market
Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or
appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a
recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in,
or purchase or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the
Retail Offer Shares. Each distributor is responsible for
undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the
Retail Offer Shares and determining appropriate distribution
channels.
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