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Nordic Mining ASA — Capital/Financing Update 2019
Oct 3, 2019
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Capital/Financing Update
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Final result of the Rights Issue
Final result of the Rights Issue
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JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES (OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE,
PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL). THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcements by Nordic Mining ASA
("Nordic Mining" or the "Company") relating to the rights issue (the "Rights
Issue") of up to 25,000,000 new shares with a nominal value of NOK 0.60 each
(the "Offer Shares") at a subscription price of NOK 1.40 per Offer Share.
The subscription period for the Rights Issue expired at 16:30 (CEST) on 2
October 2019. At the expiry of the subscription period, the Company had received
subscriptions for a total of approximately 37.8 million Offer Shares. The Rights
Issue was oversubscribed by approximately 51%.
The Company has today approved the final allocation of Offer Shares in the
Rights Issue based on the allocation criteria set out in the Prospectus dated 17
September 2019. A total of approximately 22.3 million Offer Shares have been
allocated to subscribers on the basis of exercised subscription rights and
approximately 2.7 million Offer Shares have been allocated to holders of
subscription rights as a result of oversubscription. No Offer Shares have been
allocated to subscribers without subscription rights.
Gross proceeds from the Rights Issue is NOK 35 million and will mainly be used
for further development of the Engebø rutile and garnet project towards
completion of the definitive feasibility study and into the Front-End
Engineering and Design (FEED) phase.
Letters of allocation and notification of the corresponding subscription amount
to be paid by each subscriber will be distributed today. Payment for the
allocated Offer Shares falls due on Monday 7 October 2019.
The Offer Shares may not be transferred or traded before they are fully paid and
the share capital increase pertaining to the Rights Issue has been registered
with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises, expected on or about 14
October 2019. The Offer Shares will be registered with the Company's ISIN
NO0010317340 with the VPS and be traded on Oslo Axess under the Company's
trading symbol "NOM", expected to occur on or about 15 October 2019.
Following registration of the share capital increase in the Norwegian Register
of Business Enterprises, the share capital of Nordic Mining will be NOK
101,275,063.20 divided into 168,791,722 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK
0.60.
SpareBank 1 Markets AS is the manager for the Rights Issue.
For more information please contact Senior advisor Lars K. Grøndahl, telephone
+47 90160941.
Oslo, 3 October 2019
Nordic Mining ASA
Nordic Mining ASA (www.nordicmining.com)
Nordic Mining ASA ("Nordic Mining" or "the Company") is a resource company with
focus on high-end industrial minerals and metals. The Company's project
portfolio is of high international standard and holds a significant economic
potential. The Company's assets are in the Nordic region.
Nordic Mining is undertaking a large-scale project development at Engebø on the
west coast of Norway where the Company has rights and permits to a substantial
eclogite deposit with rutile and garnet. Nordic Mining also holds 18.5% of the
shares in Keliber Oy, which is developing a lithium project in Finland to become
the first European producer of battery grade lithium hydroxide.
In addition, Nordic Mining holds interests in other initiatives at various
stages of development. This includes patented rights for a new technology for
production of alumina, and exploration of seabed minerals and high-purity
quartz.
Nordic Mining is listed on Oslo Axess with ticker symbol "NOM".