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Jubilee satisfies all conditions for the Disposal of Middelburg Assets
16 September 2015
Jubilee, the Mine-to-Metals company, is pleased to announce that at all conditions precedent have been satisfied with regard to the disposal of 100% of the issued shares in Jubilee Smelting and Refining Proprietary Limited ("JSR"), the owner of the Middelburg Smelter and 70% of the issued shares in Power Alt Proprietary Limited ("PA"), the owner of the Power Plant for a combined consideration of ZAR 110.5 million (approximately GB5.3 million) (the "Disposal"). Jubilee concluded the Disposal with Siyanda Resources Proprietary Limited acting though Main Street 1347 Proprietary Limited -a special purpose vehicle established for the purposes of the Disposal.
Highlights
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All conditions precedent to the Disposal satisfied
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Transfer of ownership on 30 September 2015 with final settlement on 9 October 2015
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Jubilee to receive in, aggregate ZAR110.5 million (approximately GBP5.3 million), for the Disposal on 9 October 2015
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Jubilee retains right to construct a 5MW platinum furnace at the Middelburg Operations
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Jubilee retains rights to participate in any expansion of the Power Plant
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The Disposal further facilitates Jubilee's fast track approach towards the implementation of the two Platinum Surface Processing projects in 2016
Leon Coetzer CEO said: "The unconditional sale of our non-platinum assets is an important milestone for the Company as we accelerate towards becoming a significant platinum producer.
"We remain on track to bring into operation our surface platinum projects while the Company continues on its mission to seek further low cost platinum opportunities."
The Platinum Surface Projects target to process 80,000 tons per month of platinum containing surface material delivering an estimated production of 42,000 ounces of PGMs in concentrate per annum.
The last outstanding conditions precedent under the Disposal were satisfied by the Competition Commission of South Africa granting the unconditional approval of the Disposal and the successful completion of a health assessment confirming a clean bill of health of all employees as prescribed in the sale and purchase agreement.
Contacts
Jubilee Platinum plc
Colin Bird/Leon Coetzer
Tel +44 (0) 20 7584 2155 / Tel +27 (0) 11 465 1913
Andrew Sarosi
Tel +44 (0) 1752 221937
Nominated Adviser
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited
Sean Wyndham-Quin / Mark Brady
Tel: +44 (0)203 368 3555
Beaufort Securities Limited
Elliot Hance
Tel +44 (0) 20 7382 8416
Sasfin Capital, a division of Sasfin Bank Limited
Sharon Owens
Tel +27 (0) 11 809 7500
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CODE : JLP.L |
ISIN : GB0031852162 |
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Jubilee Platinum is a platinum exploration company based in United kingdom. Its main asset in development is TJATE in South Africa. Jubilee Platinum is listed in Germany and in United Kingdom. Its market capitalisation is GBX 8.6 billions as of today (US$ 10.0 billions, € 9.4 billions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on April 07, 2006 at GBX 99.88, and its lowest recent point on November 24, 2017 at GBX 0.04. Jubilee Platinum has 1 306 527 911 shares outstanding. |