Henan Yuguang Lead & Gold investment in Kimberley Metals receives all clear from FIRB
Kimberley Metals (ASX: KBL) has reported that on 12 July the Australian
Government Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) had no objections to
Henan Yuguang Lead & Gold Co. Ltd's (Yuguang) proposed strategic
cooperation arrangement with Kimberley.
On 19 April 2010
Kimberley entered into the arrangement through a Memorandum of
Co-operation with Yuguang, China’s largest lead producer.
The
arrangements involve Yuguang taking a 15% placement in Kimberley and
earning a 25% direct interest in a joint venture to develop the Sorby
Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Project in Western Australia.
Kimberley
has called a shareholder meeting to be held on Tuesday 10 August 2010 to
approve the issue of 20,725,390 shares to Yuguang at a placement price
of 25 cents per share so that, after this placement, Yuguang will hold
15% of Kimberley’s issued shares.
The $5 million of funding for
the Sorby Hills Joint Venture will be utilised to bring the project
feasibility study to completion.
Jim Wall, Kimberley's executive
chairman, said the $5 million cash injection into Kimberley will be
dedicated to a production start-up for the Pearse Gold Project at
Mineral Hill in NSW including the recommissioning of the Mineral Hill
processing plant to produce both gold bullion and gold in concentrate.
