Salt Lake Potash Limited Funds from First Drawdown Received (4943J)
December 22 2020 - 1:36AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4943J
Salt Lake Potash Limited
22 December 2020
22 December 2020 AIM/ASX Code: SO4
SALT LAKE POTASH LIMITED
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First Drawdown of US$105m under the SFA Received
Salt Lake Potash Limited (SO4 or the Company) is pleased to
announce that it has satisfied all remaining conditions precedents
under the Syndicated Facility Agreement (SFA) to achieve financial
close and has received debt funds from the first drawdown of US$105
million.
Debt Financial Close and First Draw
-- As announced on 5 August 2020, the Company has executed the
US$138m Syndicated Facility Agreement with Taurus Mining Finance
Fund No.2 L.P and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
-- Following completion of Tranche 1 of the Placement to raise
A$50m (before costs) on 18 December 2020, the Company has satisfied
all remaining conditions precedents under the SFA to achieve
financial close.
-- Funds representing the first US$105m tranche have been
received enabling repayment of the US$45m Bridge Facility and to
further the completion of project construction.
TONY SWIERICZUK, Chief Executive Officer
"SO4 is very pleased to have achieved financial close on the
US$138m Taurus/CEFC debt facility and to have drawn down the
initial tranche of US$105m. This is a substantial milestone in the
development of the Company and the Lake Way Project. Drawdown has
facilitated the repayment of the Bridge facility which enabled SO4
to progress the project substantially since August 2019. In
combination with the recent Placement, these funds will ensure the
Company is well financed to deliver the Lake Way Project."
For further information please visit www.so4.com.au or
contact:
Tony Swiericzuk / Richard Knights Salt Lake Potash Limited Tel: +61 8 6559 5800
Colin Aaronson / Seamus Fricker Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
Derrick Lee / Peter Lynch Cenkos Securities plc (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 6939
Rupert Fane / Ernest Bell Hannam & Partners (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 8500
This announcement has been authorised for release by the
Managing Director, Mr Tony Swiericzuk.
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Forward Looking Statements
This announcement includes forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on the Company's expectations
and beliefs concerning future events. Forward-looking statements
are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are outside the control of the Company, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.
Although the Company believes that its forward-looking statements
have reasonable grounds, can give no assurance that they will be
achieved. They may be affected by a variety of variables and
changes in underlying assumptions that are subject to risk factors
associated with the nature of the Company's business (including
those described in pages 25 to 29 (inclusive) of the Presentation
released to ASX on 11 December 2020), which cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed herein. The Company makes no
undertaking to subsequently update or revise the forward-looking
statements made in this announcement, save where required by law or
regulation, to reflect the circumstances or events after the date
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