Almonty Announces Statement on Approach to Ormonde Mining Plc
TORONTO, March 10, 2015 /CNW/ - Almonty Industries Inc. ("Almonty" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AII) today announced an indicative non-binding proposal was made to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Ormonde Mining plc ("Ormonde"). The proposal is subject to a number of conditions and there is no certainty that any transaction will be progressed or, in particular, that a formal offer to shareholders will be made, or as to the terms on which a formal offer may be made if forthcoming.
Commenting on the approach Lewis Black, Chairman, President & CEO stated:
"Almonty believes that the strategic fit between Almonty and Ormonde is excellent and that there are significant advantages to combining the companies. We believe the combined entity will be ideally positioned as an attractive platform for further accretive growth and consolidation in global tungsten sector and believe it will be ideally positioned to finance the build-out of Barruecopardo thus mitigating the implied dilution from the proposed transaction with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P."
A further statement will be made if and when appropriate.
About Almonty
The principal business of Toronto, Canada based Almonty Industries Inc. (TSX-V: AII) is the mining, processing and shipping of tungsten concentrate from its Los Santos Mine in western Spain and its Wolfram Camp Mine in north Queensland, Australia. The Los Santos Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2011 and is located approximately 50 kilometres from Salamanca in western Spain and produces tungsten concentrate. The Wolfram Camp Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2014 and is located approximately 130 km west of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia and produces tungsten and molybdenum concentrate. Almonty also has an option to acquire a 100% ownership interest in the Valtreixal tin-tungsten project in north western Spain. Management and certain members of Almonty's Board of Directors led the turnaround and eventual sale of Primary Metals Inc., the operator of the Panasqueira Tungsten Mine in Portugal from 2003 to 2007. Further information about the Company's activities may be found at www.almonty.com and under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
This announcement is not an announcement of a firm intention to make an offer under Rule 2.5 of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2013 ("Irish Takeover Rules") and there can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms on which any offer will be made.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The directors of Almonty accept responsibility for the information contained in this announcement, save that the only responsibility accepted by the directors of Almonty in respect of the information in this announcement relating to Ormonde, the Board of Ormonde and the persons connected with them, which has been compiled from published sources, has been to ensure that such information has been correctly and fairly reproduced or presented (and no steps have been taken by the directors of Almonty to verify this information). To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of Almonty (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this announcement for which they accept responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
This announcement does not constitute an announcement of a firm intention to make an offer under Rule 2.5 of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2013 (Irish Takeover Rules). Any holder of 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of Ormonde or of Almonty may have disclosure obligations under Rule 8.3 of the Irish Takeover Rules from the date of this announcement.
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Contact
Almonty Industries Inc.
Lewis Black, Chairman, President & CEO
Telephone: (647) 438-9766
Email: Info@almonty.com