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GATEWAY MINING LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2020
Aug 18, 2020
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Capital/Financing Update
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ABN: 31 008 402 391 Level 11, 52 Phillips Street Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 225 Sydney NSW 2001 Tel: 61 2 8316 3998 Fax: 61 2 8316 3999 Website: www.gatewaymining.com.au
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ASX Announcement: 19 August 2020
GATEWAY MINING SHARE PURCHASE PLAN CLOSES EARLY AND OVERSUBSCRIBED
Key Points:
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Share Purchase Plan inundated with shareholder demand with over $2m in subscriptions already received.
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Offer closed early and subscriptions already received will be subject to a scale-back.
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Funds to underpin ongoing drilling and exploration at the flagship Gidgee Gold Project.
Gateway Mining Limited (ASX: GML) ( Gateway or Company ) is pleased to advise that it has been quickly inundated with subscriptions for the Company’s Share Purchase Plan ( SPP ) which was announced on 14 July 2020 and opened on 6 August 2020.
The Company advises that it has already received subscriptions in excess of the $2 million available under the SPP offer and, as a result, the Company has closed the SPP with immediate effect. Subscriptions already received will be subject to a scale-back.
The SPP provided eligible shareholders with the opportunity to apply for up to $30,000 worth of fully-paid ordinary shares in Gateway at $0.016 per share to raise $2 million. In light of the overwhelming support received from shareholders and the $2 million amount being surpassed, the Company has elected to the close the SPP early in accordance with the terms of the SPP offer. As such, the Company advises that any applications received after today (19 August 2020) will not be accepted under the SPP.
Given that valid applications received prior to the close of the SPP exceed $2 million, the Company advises that it will scale back valid applications equally on a pro rata basis in accordance with the terms of the SPP offer. Excess application monies will be returned to successful applicants, and any applications received from today will be returned in full to applicants.
The funds raised under the SPP and from the recently completed $7 million placement (announced on 14 July 2020) ( Placement ) will underpin the next major phase of drilling and exploration at the Company’s flagship 100%-owned Gidgee Gold Project in Western Australia. The first 4,500m of Reverse Circulation drilling has already been completed as part of that program, with assays awaited.
Gateway’s Managing Director, Mr Peter Langworthy, said he was delighted with the overwhelming response to the SPP from shareholders, with the additional funds raised further strengthening the Company’s balance sheet as it advanced its aggressive exploration campaign at the Gidgee Gold Project.
“We undertook the SPP to give existing shareholders the opportunity to purchase shares on the same terms as our successful $7 million placement completed in July to sophisticated and professional investors. We have been inundated by shareholder applications and, in light of the firm $2 million limit set under the SPP, we have made the decision to close early.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank existing shareholders for their outstanding support, which is a strong endorsement of the Company’s exploration strategy and our plans to unlock the potential of the Gidgee Gold Project. With a strong balance sheet, a quality gold asset in a Tier-1 location and the backdrop of continued strength in the Australian Dollar gold price, Gateway is in an outstanding position to generate shareholder value.”
The Company expects that new shares under the SPP to be allotted and issued on 26 August 2020, subject to shareholder approval being granted at the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting on 24 August 2020.
Following the early closure of the SPP, the Company provides an amended SPP timetable:
| Record Date | 7:00pm, 13 July 2020 |
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| Announcement of SPP | 14 July 2020 |
| Despatch Share Purchase Plan Booklet to | 5 August 2020 |
| shareholders and release Offer Letter on | |
| ASX | |
| SPP Opening Date | 6 August 2020 |
| SPP Closing Date | 19 August 2020 |
| Announcement of Result of Share | 19 August 2020 |
| Purchase Plan | |
| Issue of New Shares under SPP, Lodge | 26 August 2020 |
| Appendix 2A | |
| Quotation on ASX of New Shares under | 27 August 2020 |
| SPP |
This timetable is indicative only and subject to change. The commencement of trading and quotation of New Shares under the SPP is subject to confirmation from ASX. Subject to the requirements of the Corporations Act, the ASX Listing Rules and other applicable rules, Gateway reserves the right to amend this timetable at any time, either generally or in particular cases, without notice. All times are AEST.
This release has been authorised by:
Peter Langworthy Managing Director
For and on behalf of
GATEWAY MINING LIMITED
Investors Media
Peter Langworthy Nicholas Read Managing Director Read Corporate T: 02 8316 3998 T: 08 9388 1474 or
Kar Chua Company Secretary T: 02 8316 3998
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