Panther Australia Rights Issue Closes
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PANTHER METALS PLC
("Panther" or the "Company")
(Incorporated in the Isle of Man with company number 009753V)
28 April 2023
Australia: Rights Issue Closes Heavily Supported
Panther Metals PLC (LSE:PALM) the company focused on mineral exploration in Canada, informs shareholders that Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") listed Panther Metals Ltd ("Panther Australia", ASX:PNT) has closed its rights issue to raise A$2.7 million Australian dollars ("AUD") to grow the nickel-cobalt Mineral Resource at its flagship Coglia Project in Western Australia.
A Follow-on Placement of A$308,750 was instituted to accommodate a portion of the excess demand from both existing shareholders and new institutional and professional investors.
Full details of the Panther Australia ASX announcement and prospectus are available to view at the following link:
https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/trade-our-cash-market/announcements.pnt
Darren Hazelwood, Chief Executive Officer, Panther Metals plc commented:
"This highly oversubscribed placing confirms the regard in which the work carried out to date by the Australian team is held. Targeting extensional drilling of the Coglia Ni-Co Project with the aim to further grow the existing resource combined with overwhelming support from existing shareholders delivers a high level of confidence in the work ahead."
Key Details:
Following completion of the Follow-on Placement, the total amount raised will be A$3,040,000 Australian dollars ("AUD") (before costs). Panther Australia will issue a total of 30,400,000 new fully paid ordinary shares (Shares) and 30,400,000 options with an exercise price of A$0.15 and a term of 18 months and 30,400,000 options with an exercise price of A$0.20 and a term of three years ("New Options"). The New Options will be quoted under the ASX codes PNTO and PNTOA.
Under the Follow-on Placement, the Company will issue 3,087,500 new Shares, 3,087,500 PNTO and 3,087,500 PNTOA options. These will be issued using the Company's existing placement capacities under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A.
The proceeds from the Rights Issue and the Follow-on Placement will be used for the following:
· Coglia Nickel-Cobalt: Conducting a 7,500m targeted extensional drilling program to significantly increase the current JORC compliant 70.6 million tonne nickel-cobalt Inferred Mineral Resource.
· Red Flag Nickel Sulphide: Maiden drilling campaign on this newly discovered nickel sulphide project area, once access is secured.
· Burtville East: Expansion drilling on this shallow, bonanza grade, gold prospect.
· 40 Mile Camp: Maiden drilling campaign on a largely untested 5.0 x 2.5 km anomalous gold and nickel prospect, once access is secured.
· For general working capital and to cover costs associated with the Rights Issue and the Follow-on Placement.
Mahe Capital Pty Ltd (ACN 634 087 684) (Mahe Capital) acted as Lead Manager and Advisor to the Rights Issue and Follow-On Placement.
The full Panther Australia ASX Announcement and prospectus is available to view at the following link:
https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/trade-our-cash-market/announcements.pnt
For further information please contact:
Panther Metals PLC:
Darren Hazelwood, Chief Executive Officer: +44(0) 1462 429 743
+44(0) 7971 957 685
Mitchell Smith, Chief Operating Officer: +1(604) 209 6678
Broker:
SI Capital Limited
Nick Emerson +44(0) 1438 416 500
Notes to Editors
Panther Metals PLC is an exploration company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Panther is focussed on the discovery of commercially viable mineral deposits. The Company's operational focus is on established mining jurisdictions with the capacity for project scalability. Drill targets are assessed rapidly utilising a combination of advanced technologies and extensive geological data to decipher potential commercial viability and act accordingly. Panther's current geological portfolio comprises of three highly prospective properties in Ontario, Canada while the developing investment wing focuses on the targeting of nickel and gold in Australia.
Obonga Project
Panther Metals acquired the Obonga Greenstone Belt in July 2021 and have already identified four prospective primary targets: Wishbone, Awkward, Survey and Ottertooth. A successful Phase 1 drilling campaign at Wishbone in Autumn 2021 revealed the presence of significant VMS-style mineralised systems on the property - the first such discovery across the entire greenstone belt. Intercepts include 27.3m of massive sulphide in hole one, and 51m of sulphide-dominated mineralisation in hole two. Both drill holes contained multiple lenses. Anomalous high-grade copper in lake sediment close to the target area has also been identified, increasing confidence in the prospectivity of the location.
Awkward is a highly anomalous magnetic target, interpreted to be a layered mafic intrusion and magmatic conduit based on mapped geology and airborne geophysics. Historic sampling in the area returned anomalous platinum and palladium (Pt, Pd) values, while historic drilling on the periphery of the target intersected non-assayed massive sulphide and copper (assumed to be chalcopyrite), non-assayed disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite in coarse gabbro, and non-assayed 'marble cake' gabbro (matching the description of the Lac des Iles Mine varitexture gabbro ore zone).
Two additional named targets, Survey and Ottertooth, both displays further coincident magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies and are adjacent to the contact between intrusive and extrusive mafic rocks. Historic drilling at Survey intersected several meters of massive sulphides in multiple intersections (main parts of the anomaly remain untested) while Ottertooth remains untested in its entirety.
Dotted Lake Project
Panther Metals acquired the Dotted Lake Project in July 2020, it is situated approximately 16km from Barrick Gold's renowned Hemlo Gold Mine. An extensive soil programme conducted in 2021 identified numerous gold and base metal targets, all within the same geological footprint. Following the installation of a new trail providing direct access to the target location, an initial drilling programme in Autumn 2021 confirmed the presence of gold mineralisation within this system with anomalous gold continuing along strike and present within the surrounding area.
Manitou Lakes Project
The Manitou Lakes gold project is located approximately 300km's east of Thunder Bay, Ontario and covers a total area of around 98sq km's.
There are over 200 known gold occurrences on the Manitou Lakes project area with the wider Eagle/Manitou Lakes greenstone belt hosting numerous historic gold producers and is prospective for Archean age orogenic gold and associated base metal deposits.
Exploration work conducted by Shear Gold on the Project to date has identified numerous gold bearing structures and favourable geological host rocks through early-stage mapping and surface sampling. The work has focussed on two target areas, being the West Limb Gold Property and the Glass Reef Gold Property, both of which host historic gold mines which have never been systematically explored using modern techniques or drill tested.
Big Bear Project
The acquisition of various prospects in 2018 and 2019 consolidated previously fragmented areas into the wider Big Bear umbrella project, priming Panther Metals for extensive and comprehensive exploration in the area. A total of 253 geophysical anomalies have been identified, with 39 designated for priority investigation. Gold in soil anomalies in have been identified in five areas, ranging up to 0.71g/t, extending up to 250m wide and open along strike. Gold bearing quartz veins have been outlined within seven separate areas (two with rock and vein samples grading 1 to 5 g/t Au, four with quartz vein sample assays above 5g/t Au, and two quartz samples collected at 50m separation on an E-W trending vein open in both directions returning 105.5g/t Au and 112g/t Au respectively).
The Little Bear Lake and Schreiber prospects are of particular interest to the company: historic work programmes in 2010 and 2011 targeted an intense magnetic response from both. Assays yielded from the 1.6km long gold trend included 6m at 1.5g/t Au, up to 53.7g/t Au and 19.25 g/t Ag in rock chip and 18.2g/t Au and 1.03g/t Ag in soil. Historical bulk sampling reported 150t averaging 17.6g/t Au, while historical drill intersections include 0.55m at 19.2% Zn and 4.6% Cu from 15.2m depth.
Panther Metals Australia
Following the listing of Panther Metals' Australian assets on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") in December 2021. The ASX listing has provided the Australian projects with the necessary capital to advance drill-ready targets focused on nickel and gold (within the Tier 1 Mining Districts of Laverton WA and in the NT). Through this spin-out Panther holds an attractive investment prospect, without any disruption to the Company's capital structure and without any financial obligations.
Conclusion
Panther Metals understand that the commercial realities of building an exploration company requires expertise in geology, finance, and the markets within which they operate. The Company's extensive network of industry leaders allows it to meet these objectives. Ultimately however, drilling success is the only route to discovery: the fundamental objective of any exploration company. Once Panther's world-class geological team identify the anomalies, they work hard to get drilling. The drill hole is the only place where substantial and sustained capital growth originates and it's with that operational focus Panther Metals will continue to advance.
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