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ORBMINCO LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2008
Mar 31, 2008
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Capital/Financing Update
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ASX Release
1 April 2008
No. of pages lodged: 3
Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Limited 4[th] Floor 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
103 Abernethy Rd Belmont WA 6104 P +61 8 9277 9782 F +61 8 9277 6818
Dear Sir/Madam,
UPDATE ON MERGER OF
MONARO MINING AND URANIUM KING
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Merger is on track for completion by early June
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Scheme document lodged with ASIC and is due to be mailed to UKL shareholders in the next three weeks
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General meeting of UKL shareholders on or around 22 May, 2008
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Merged company will provide a suite of benefits including:
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Strengthened technical team and management
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Improved liquidity of shares and access to capital
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Exposure to USA markets through AMEX listing
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Pipeline of projects from pre-development to exploration in leading uranium producing provinces in the USA, Central Asia and Australia
The Directors of Monaro Mining NL (“Monaro” or “MRO”) and Uranium King Limited (“Uranium King” or “UKL”) are pleased to announce that the proposed merger between Uranium King and Monaro has progressed significantly with the scheme document lodged last week with ASIC and due to be mailed out to Uranium King Shareholders in the next three weeks.
At this stage it is expected that the meeting of shareholders of Uranium King to approve the merger, will take place on or around 22 May 2008, with completion of the merger in early June.
As part of the scheme documentation, Uranium King Directors commissioned RSM Bird Cameron Corporate Pty Ltd (“RSM”) to review the proposal and consideration to Uranium King Shareholders. We are pleased to advise that RSM have found the proposed merger to be fair and in the best interests of all Uranium King Shareholders. As a consequence Uranium King Directors have recommended that shareholders vote in support of the scheme.
103 Abernethy Rd Belmont WA 6104 PO Box 566 Belmont WA 6984 P +61 8 9277 9782 F +61 8 9277 6818
The Directors of both Monaro and Uranium King believe the proposed merger will provide many benefits to shareholders. These potential benefits include:
- Greater project diversity
The merged company will have the following projects:
| Project | Location | Geological Styles | Resource | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex/Lowboy | Nevada | Contact/unconformity | 1.5 Mlbs JORC |
Historic mine/scoping study completed |
| Rio Puerco | New Mexico | Sandstone “roll front” | 4.6 mlbs JORC |
Historic mine |
| Bernabe- Montano |
New Mexico | Sandstone “roll front” | N/A | Exploration |
| Church Rocks | New Mexico | Sandstone “roll front” | Extensive drill indicated mineralisation |
Exploration |
| Apache Basin | Arizona | Unconformity | N/A | Exploration |
| Aramsu | Kyrgyz | Granitic sedimentary breccia-hosted |
Extensive drill indicated mineralisation |
Drilled/Adits |
| Naryn | Kyrgyz | Sandstone“roll front” | N/A | Historic mine |
| Sogul | Kyrgyz | Sandstone“roll front” | N/A | Exploration |
| Sumsar | Kyrgyz | Sandstone“roll front” | N/A | Exploration |
| Hapsburg JV | Australia | Varied | N/A | Exploration |
| Estonia | Estonia | Alum shale | N/A | Applications |
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The Directors believe that two 100%-owned projects in the USA could be producing within 2-4 years. Additionally, depending upon the outcome of work to be conducted by Sinosteel pursuant to the Heads of Agreement announced in January 2008, there is the possibility of production from one or more locations in the Kyrgyz Republic. Combined production could be in the order of 500-1000 tpa U3O8, with EBITDA well in excess of the market capitalisation of the merged entity. These outcomes will be dependent upon ongoing assessment and development, and continuing economics in the uranium sector.
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A significant increased financial raising capacity to take advantage of the opportunities that we have already identified, and are likely to identify in North America and other parts of the world. This ability will be greatly enhanced with Monaro’s ADR listing on the American Stock Exchange (expected in the next three weeks). The merged company will have listings on the ASX, the American Stock Exchange in the USA and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Europe and this, coupled with the international diversity of projects of the merged company, will greatly enhance the ability to attract European and North American investors, both retail and Institutional.
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The merger will bring together two highly experienced and competent technical teams. The combined technical team comprising Dr. Bernie Free, Sam Sapper, John Pedersen, Dr Alexander Arrowshot, Michael Free, Lee Spencer, Mart Rampe, Jerome Randabel, Mohan Varkey and David Bennet are all world-class uranium geologists with nearly 300 years combined uranium experience, and will form one of the more formidable technical teams of any uranium junior company in the world.
103 Abernethy Rd Belmont WA 6104 PO Box 566 Belmont WA 6984 P +61 8 9277 9782 F +61 8 9277 6818
- The merged company will be larger. Even before the down turn in world markets and in particular, uranium stocks, the Boards of both Monaro and Uranium King realised that the bull market conditions of late 2006/early 2007 would not last forever and the cost of exploration and developing uranium projects and the difficulties in finding competent staff would be a serious challenge to all uranium juniors. As a result of this similar mindset and understanding that the two companies had a good mix of complementary assets, the two Boards agreed to a consolidation that we believe will propel the merged company into a new league of resource companies in the quickest timeframe.
The proposed merger is a critical step in the development of both companies and the boards and staff of both Uranium King and Monaro Mining are looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead and are committed to building a serious uranium company.
Warwick Grigor Chairman Monaro Mining NL
Jim Malone Executive Director Uranium King Limited
For further information on the companies, visit; www.uraniumking.com or www.monaromining.com.au
Please direct enquiries to:
Warwick Grigor - Chairman, Monaro Mining N.L
Phone +61 2 9247 0077
Jim Malone – Executive Director, Uranium King Limited
Phone +61 8 9277 9782
103 Abernethy Rd Belmont WA 6104 PO Box 566 Belmont WA 6984 P +61 8 9277 9782 F +61 8 9277 6818