Avesoro Resources Inc. - Grant of Stock Options to Directors and Employees
TSX: ASO
AIM: ASO
TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2018 /CNW/ - Avesoro Resources Inc., ("Avesoro" or the "Company"), the TSX and AIM listed West African gold producer, announces that, pursuant to its Stock Option Plan, it has granted incentive stock options to certain directors and employees of the Company as part of its annual stock option incentive programme. The stock options were granted on 19 December 2018 over a total of 1,620,000 common shares, representing approximately 2% of the issued share capital of the Company at an exercise price of GBP 1.53 per share, being equal to the closing price of the common shares on 18 December 2018 on AIM. The stock options vest and become exercisable as to 50% on the first anniversary of grant and 50% on the second anniversary of grant, except for those granted to the Non-Executive Directors, which vest and become exercisable as to 50% on grant and 50% on the first anniversary of grant. The stock options issued are capable of being exercised up to 18 December 2023. Following this award of options, the total number of shares under option is currently 4,209,233 representing approximately 5.2% of the Company's issued share capital.
The allocation of stock options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities was as follows:
| Director | Position | New | Total | Current | Current Shareholding |
| Serhan | CEO & Director | 135,000 | 497,000 | 80,100 (indirectly | 0.10% (directly held)
(indirectly |
| Geoff Eyre | CFO & Director | 125,000 | 437,500 | 27,200 | 0.03% |
| David | Non-Executive | 40,000 | 158,000 | 4,314 | <0.01% |
| Jean-Guy | Non-Executive | 40,000 | 144,500 | 993 | <0.01% |
| Loudon Owen | Non-Executive | 40,000 | 142,250 | 995 | <0.01% |
*Note: Mr Umurhan and Mr Eyre are both directors of Avesoro Jersey Limited which holds 59,457,152 Shares representing 72.9% of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares.
The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail on the grant of options to PDMRs.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Serhan Umurhan | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Director and Chief Executive Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | ||
| b) | LEI | 213800EXV9AU2DOCYC52 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Stock options over common shares
ISIN for Avesoro Resources Inc. common shares: CA05366A3029 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of stock options | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 1.53 | 135,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information | 135,000 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2018 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Geoff Eyre | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Director and Chief Financial Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | ||
| b) | LEI | 213800EXV9AU2DOCYC52 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Stock options over common shares
ISIN for Avsesoro Resources Inc. common shares: CA05366A3029 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of stock options | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 1.53 | 125,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information | 125,000 GBP 191,250 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2018 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | David Netherway | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | ||
| b) | LEI | 213800EXV9AU2DOCYC52 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Stock options over common shares
ISIN for Avsesoro Resources Inc. common shares: CA05366A3029 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of stock options | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 1.53 | 40,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
40,000 GBP 61,200 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2018 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Jean-Guy Martin | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | ||
| b) | LEI | 213800EXV9AU2DOCYC52 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
| Stock options over common shares
ISIN for Avsesoro Resources Inc. common shares: CA05366A3029 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of stock options | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 1.53 | 40,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
40,000 GBP 61,200 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2018 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Loudon Owen | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | ||
| b) | LEI | 213800EXV9AU2DOCYC52 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
| Stock options over common shares
ISIN for Avsesoro Resources Inc. common shares: CA05366A3029 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of stock options | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 1.53 | 40,000 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
40,000 GBP 61,200 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2018 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | |
About Avesoro Resources Inc.
Avesoro Resources is a West Africa focused gold producer and development company that operates two gold mines across West Africa and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and the AIM market operated by the London Stock Exchange ("AIM"). The Company's assets include the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia ("New Liberty") and the Youga Gold Mine in Burkina Faso ("Youga").
New Liberty has an estimated Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 7.4Mt with 717,000 ounces of gold grading 3.03g/t and an estimated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 9.6Mt with 985,000 ounces of gold grading 3.2g/t and an estimated Inferred Mineral Resource of 6.4Mt with 620,000 ounces of gold grading 3.0g/t. The foregoing Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and additional information in connection therewith, prepared in accordance with CIM guidelines, is set out in an NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report dated November 1, 2017 and entitled "New Liberty Gold Mine, Bea Mountain Mining Licence Southern Block, Liberia, West Africa" and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Youga has an estimated Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 11.2Mt with 660,100 ounces of gold grading 1.84g/t and a combined estimated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 16.64Mt with 924,200 ounces of gold grading 1.73g/t and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 13Mt with 685,000 ounces of gold grading 1.70g/t. The foregoing Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and additional information in connection therewith, prepared in accordance with CIM guidelines, is set out in an NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report dated July 31, 2018 and entitled "Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Update for the Youga Gold Mine, Burkina Faso" and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
For more information, please visit www.avesoro.com
Qualified Persons
The Company's Qualified Person is Mark J. Pryor, who holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology & Mineralogy from Aberdeen University, United Kingdom and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr. Sci.Nat) of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Mark Pryor is an independent technical consultant with over 25 years of global experience in exploration, mining and mine development and is a "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43 -101 "Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects" of the Canadian Securities Administrators and has reviewed and approved this press release. Mr. Pryor has verified the underlying technical data disclosed in this press release.
SOURCE Avesoro Resources Inc.
Contact
Avesoro Resources Inc., Geoff Eyre / Nick Smith, Tel: +44(0) 20 3405 9160; Camarco, (IR / Financial PR), Gordon Poole / Nick Hennis, Tel: +44(0) 20 3757 4980; finnCap, (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker), Christopher Raggett / Scott Mathieson / Camille Gochez, Tel: +44(0) 20 7220 0500; Berenberg, (Joint Broker), Matthew Armitt / Sara MacGrath / James Brooks, Tel: +44(0) 20 3207 7800; Hannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP, (Joint Broker), Rupert Fane / Ingo Hofmaier / Ernest Bell, Tel: +44(0) 20 7907 8500