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KBO - Kibo Mining Plc - Issue of Equity

Release Date: 02/06/2011 14:30
Code(s): KBO
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KBO - Kibo Mining Plc - Issue of Equity Kibo Mining Plc (Incorporated in Ireland) (Registration Number: 451931) (External registration number: 2011/007371/10) Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO Share code on the AIM: KIBO ISIN: IE00B61XQX41 ("Kibo" or "the Company") Issue of Equity Kibo Mining plc ("Kibo" or the "Company") (AIM, KIBO: JSE, KBO) the mineral exploration and development company focused on gold and nickel projects in Tanzania today successfully raised a total of R12,002,200 (approximately GBP1,000,000) by way of a placing of a total of 36,370,303 new Ordinary Shares of Euro0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the "Placing") to South African sophisticated clients of River Group, the Company`s Designated Advisers in South Africa Commenting today, Noel O`Keeffe, CEO of Kibo said: "This Placing is the final requirement of our Agreement with Mzuri Gold Limited dated 30 December 2010 and provides a strong indication of South African investor confidence in the Company following its dual listing on AltX on the JSE earlier this week. These funds will be used to fund on-going exploration on our Tanzanian projects during the months ahead and I am confident of a successful outcome from our field programmes this year" The Placing is conditional on the 36,370,303 new Ordinary Shares of Euro0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the "Placing Shares") being admitted to trading on AIM and the JSE. Mzuri Gold Limited ("Mzuri") has, under the terms of the Mzuri Underwriting, agreed to subscribe for 6,060,606 Placing Shares at ZAR 0.33 cents per Placing Share. Following the subscription, Mzuri will hold 79,393,940 Ordinary Shares, which is approximately 21.02% of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the Placing. An application will be made to the London Stock Exchange and JSE for the Placing Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company`s existing issued Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading and dealings are expected to commence at 8:00 a.m. (BST) on Wednesday 8 June 2011. Following the issue of the Placing Shares the Company`s total issued share capital will be 377,629,511 Ordinary Shares of Euro0.01 each. In accordance with the Financial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company has 377,629,511Ordinary Shares of Euro0.01 each in issue, each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The above figure of 377,629,511 Ordinary Shares may be used by Shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority`s Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Enquiries: Noel O`Keeffe +353 91 384562 Kibo Mining plc Chief Executive Officer John Simpson 020 7776 6550 Daniel Stewart & Nominated Company Plc Adviser
Andrew Lianos +27 83 44 083 65 River Group Designated Adviser - JSE Fiona Kinghorn 020 7448 9820 Alexander David Joint Broker Securities Limited Anthony Kluk 020 7628 1128 Loeb Aron & Company Joint Broker Limited
Updates on the Company`s activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com Pretoria 02 June 2011 Corporate and Designated Advisor River Group Date: 02/06/2011 14:30:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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