CLIO Increases Investment in Marampa
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Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited
22 January 2009
22 January 2009
CAPE LAMBERT IRON ORE LIMITED
Cape Lambert increases investment in Marampa Iron Ore Limited
Australian domiciled iron ore company Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited ("Cape
Lambert" or the "Company") (ASX: CFE, AIM: CLIO) has today reached agreement
with Marampa Iron Ore Limited ("Marampa"), a subsidiary of African Minerals
Limited ("African Minerals") (AIM: AMI), to increase its investment in Marampa,
the holder of the Marampa Iron Ore Project in Sierra Leone to approximately 35%.
The consideration payable by Cape Lambert for its increased investment in
Marampa is the issue of 17 million fully paid ordinary Cape Lambert shares to
Marampa. These shares are to be issued to Marampa under the Company's 15%
threshold in accordance with the ASX listing rules.
Prior to entering into the Initial Marampa Agreement on 1 October 2008, the
Company conducted extensive due diligence on the Marampa Project and believes
that the Project has the potential to become a significant iron ore project, and
as such, the Company could return such value to the Company and its
shareholders.
This view has been enhanced by discussions with potential off-take partners and
other parties interested in the joint development of the Marampa Project and/or
related infrastructure and desktop studies of the Marampa Project by
Cape Lambert technical advisors.
For predominately these reasons the directors of Cape Lambert feel it timely to
increase the Company's investment in Marampa.
On 1 October 2008, Cape Lambert announced that it had entered into an agreement
to make a 30% investment in Marampa, owner of the Marampa Iron Ore Project,
through the issue of 44 million Cape Lambert shares and agreement to sole fund
the first US$25 million toward a definitive feasibility study at the Marampa
Project ("Initial Marampa Agreement"). The Company notes that its announcement
of 1 October 2008 incorrectly stated that the 44 million Cape Lambert shares,
issued pursuant to the Initial Marampa Agreement, were issued to African
Minerals. These shares were in fact issued to Marampa.
Under the Initial Marampa Agreement, the Company also holds an exclusive option
to invest further in Marampa by acquiring from African Minerals the outstanding
shares in Marampa, which would result in Marampa becoming a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Cape Lambert, at a price of US$200 million, less the aggregate of
(i) US$25 million and (ii) the value of the 44 million Cape Lambert shares
(already issued) and the 17 million shares (to be issued) as at the date of
closing of the transaction. The option may be exercised at any time during the
feasibility study period and for a period of three months immediately after its
finalisation.
As manager of the Marampa Project, Cape Lambert has completed planning and
definition of the initial work program, which included recruitment of several
expatriate project management personnel, who have now mobilised and are in
country.
The initial work program at Marampa has commenced, which will involve regional
mapping, geophysics, drilling and metallurgical test work on the tailings
(including recovery of a bulk sample for pilot scale work in Australia) and
drill testing of the known geophysical anomalies.
The Company has also held discussions with parties interested in joint
development of the Marampa Project and/or the development of the related
infrastructure. These parties will visit the Marampa Project in the coming weeks
so as to progress these discussions.
Application to the London Stock Exchange has been made for these new Ordinary
Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that
Admission will become effective on 28 January 2009.
The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares
of the Company.
Following the issue of these shares the Company has 523,787,213 fully paid
ordinary shares in issue.
For more information please contact:
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Limited:
Tony Sage +61 (0)8 9380 9555
Australian Enquiries:
Professional Public Relations
David Tasker +61 (0)8 9388 0944/ +61 433 112 936
UK Enquiries:
Nominated Adviser:
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Fiona Owen +44 (0)20 7383 5100
AIM Broker:
Collins Stewart Europe Limited
Adrian Hadden +44 (0)20 7523 8353
Conduit PR:
Jos Simson +44 (0)20 7429 6603/+44 (0)7899 870 450
Gareth Tredway +44 (0)20 7429 6612
Website: www.capelam.com.au
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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