Bekem Metals, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Kazakh Metals, Inc.
October 28 2005 - 5:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bekem Metals,
Inc., (OTC:BKMM) (BULLETIN BOARD: BKMM) announced today that it has
acquired Kazakh Metals, Inc., a British Virgin Islands,
international business company, ("KMI") in exchange for 61,200,000
shares of Bekem Metals common stock. The primary asset of KMI is
its wholly owned subsidiary Kyzyl Kain Mamyt LLP, a Kazakhstan
limited liability partnership, ("KKM"). KKM holds exploration and
production licenses from the Government of Kazakhstan to a 1,637
square kilometer territory (404,682 acres), known as the Kempirsai
deposit in northwestern Kazakhstan. The licenses grant KKM the
right to explore for and produce nickel and cobalt from the
Kempirsai deposit. KKM also holds a license to explore for and
produce Mamyt brown coal from a deposit located nearby the
Kempirsai deposit. Mr. Marat Cherdabayev, President of Bekem
Metals, Inc. said, "Our principal business focus is to build Bekem
Metals into a leading nickel and cobalt producer. With this
acquisition, we now own rights to ore deposits in northwestern and
northeastern Kazakhstan. We believe this will enhance our access
ability to develop extensive client bases in China, India,
southeastern Asia and Europe, as well as within Kazakhstan." The
Acquisition Agreement between Bekem Metals, Kazakh Metals and the
shareholders of Kazakh Metals was executed on October 24, 2005.
With the execution of the agreement, the Kazakh Metals shareholders
now own approximately 61% of the outstanding common stock of the
Company. This transaction did not, however, result in a change in
control of the Company because Bekem Metals and Kazakh Metals
shared certain common stockholders. The transaction likewise will
not result in a change in the executive officers or board of
directors of Bekem Metals. Bekem Metals is engaged in the
exploration and production of nickel, cobalt and other minerals in
Kazakhstan. The Company maintains administrative offices in Salt
Lake City, Utah and Almaty, Kazakhstan. For more information please
contact Marat Cherdabayev at (801) 746-3700. The information
contained in this release includes forward-looking statements that
are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially. Certain statements contained herein
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from those expressed or implied.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including but not limited to, such risks as the sufficiency of
funds and other risks described in the Company's periodic reports
on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE:
Bekem Metals, Inc. CONTACT: Marat Cherdabayev, President of Bekem
Metals, Inc, +1-801-746-3700
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