http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/70400/danakali-ltd-secures-institutional-funding-for-tier-1-colluli-potash-70400.html
Danakali Ltd secures institutional funding for Tier 1 Colluli Potash
Friday, August 12, 2016 by Proactive Investors
Danakali Ltd (ASX:DNK) has received commitments from a UK based institutional investor to raise A$6.7 million through the issue of 20.2 million shares at A$0.33 per share.
The price is a 17% discount to recent trading.
Funds will be applied to the Tier 1 Colluli Potash Project, which is located in the East African country of Eritrea.
The company has a 50% equity interest in Colluli through a joint venture with the Eritrean National Mining Company.
The Colluli Project Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) was completed in November 2015 and outlined the production of sulphate of potash (SOP) using a two module development approach, and demonstrates expected industry leading capital intensity and expected bottom quartile operating cost curve position.
The expected mine life at the DFS production rates exceeds 200 years.
Paul Donaldson, managing director, commented:
"We believe that the industry leading capital intensity, bottom quartile operating costs, unrivalled product diversification potential and proximity to coast and global markets, as demonstrated by the completed DFS makes the Colluli Project the most compelling greenfield potash development project in the world.
"We are very pleased with the placement and welcome the addition of a UK based institutional investor to our share register.”
Analysis
This placement is testimony of how the international profile of the Colluli Project is growing and is a clear endorsement of the project, the jurisdiction and the company.
It further demonstrates the attractiveness of the Colluli Project and Danakali as an emerging agri-commodity company.
Australian broker, Baillieu Holst, noted in a report this month:
"The government is supportive of DNK’s project and is invested in it being successful - it has not changed the fiscal regime or mining legislation since it was proclaimed, so currently infrastructure is run down, but it is set to improve as income from mining contributes to the economy."
Baillieu Holst maintains a Buy recommendation on Danakali. Other broker support comes from Hartleys with a $0.66 price target, and Somers and Partners with a $1.03 price target.
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http://www.miningweekly.com/article/danakalis-eritrea-potash-project-attracts-a67m-2016-08-12/rep_id:3650
Danakali’s Eritrea potash project attracts A$6.7m
12TH AUGUST 2016
BY: MEGAN VAN WYNGAARDT
CREAMER MEDIA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ONLINE
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Danakali is looking to raise A$6.7-million through the issue of 20.2-million shares, at A$0.33 apiece, which will be used to advance the development of its Colluli potash project, in Eritrea.
MD Paul Donaldson said on Friday that the placement was testimony to how the international profile of the project, with an estimated mine life of over 200 years, had grown. “This is a clear endorsement of the project, the jurisdiction and the company. It also demonstrates the attractiveness of the Colluli project and Danakali as an emerging agri-commodity company,” he added.
Donaldson further highlighted that the capital intensity, bottom quartile operating costs, unrivalled product diversification potential and proximity to coast and global markets made the project the “most compelling greenfield potash development project in the world”.
The placement shares will be issued under a single tranche under the company’s 15% placement capacity.
A 2015 feasibility study into the Colluli project estimated that the Stage 1 development would require a capital investment of $442-million. The study examined a two-module development with an expected production of 425 000 t/y sulphate potash for the first five years of operation, increasing to 850 000 t/y for the remainder of the proposed 30-year mine life.
The Phase 1 development would include a project-owned and -built road, as well as a 900 000 t/y product export terminal.
Received on Fri Aug 12 2016 - 14:32:36 EDT