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Signs Memorandum of Understanding with GE International Inc
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:IE00B97C0C31
(“Kibo” or “the Company”)
16 September 2016
Kibo Signs Memorandum of Understanding with GE International Inc.
Kibo Mining plc (“Kibo” or the “Company”) (AIM: KIBO; AltX: KBO), the Tanzania focused mineral
exploration and development Company is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (“MOU”) with General Electric International Inc (“GE”), with respect to the
development of the Mbeya Coal to Power Project (“MCPP” or “the Project”). The MOU provides for
GE and its affiliate companies (“GE Group”) to supply equipment, technology and services to the
MCPP power plant, in addition to exploring opportunities where it can assist Kibo in bringing the
Project to successful financial close. Kibo and GE are in discussions to set out in detail the terms and
conditions of their collaboration into a binding agreement.
Louis Coetzee, CEO of Kibo Mining, said: “We are extremely pleased that we have established this
relationship with GE, one of the largest and technologically advanced companies in the World. We
are looking forward to working with GE and benefitting from its expertise and reputation in the
power sector.”
About General Electric Company (“GE”)
GE is an American multinational digital industrial conglomerate, headquartered in Boston and operates
through a number of business divisions which includes power generation, oil & gas, aviation, healthcare,
transportation and capital. Across these divisions the company supplies a broad range of equipment,
technology and services. It is the fourth largest company in the World (Forbes Global 2000) and the 6th
largest in the US by gross revenue.
The Company's Power segment serves power generation, industrial, government and other customers
around the world with products and services related to energy production and water reuse. The
Company's products and technologies harness resources, such as oil, gas, coal, diesel, nuclear and
water to produce electric power and include gas and steam turbines, full balance of plant, upgrade and
service solutions, as well as data-leveraging software. Its Steam Power Systems offers steam power
technology for coal and nuclear applications, including boilers, generators, steam turbines, and Air
Quality Control Systems (AQCS) to help efficiently produce power and provide performance over
the life of a power plant.
The Company's Power Services delivers maintenance, service and upgrade solutions across total plant
assets and over their operational lifecycle, leveraging the Industrial Internet to improve the
performance of such solutions. Its Distributed Power provides technology-based products and
services to generate power at or near the point of use
Source: www. reuters.com
Contacts
Louis Coetzee +27 (0) 83 2606126 Kibo Mining Chief Executive Officer
plc
Andreas Lianos +27 (0) 83 4408365 River Group Corporate Adviser and
Designated Adviser on JSE
Jon Belliss +44 (0) 207 382 Beaufort Broker
8300 Securities Limited
Oliver Morse +61 8 9480 2500 RFC Ambrian Nominated Adviser on
Limited AIM
Daniel Thöle / +44 (0) 203 772 2500 Bell Pottinger Investor and Media Relations
Anna Legge
Kibo Mining - Notes to editors
Kibo Mining is listed on the AIM market in London and the AltX in Johannesburg. The Company is
focused on exploration and development of mineral projects in Tanzania, and controls one of Tanzania's
largest mineral right portfolios. Tanzania provides a secure and stable operating environment for the
mineral resource industry and Kibo Mining therein.
Kibo Mining holds a thermal coal deposit at Mbeya, which has a significant NI 43-101 compliant defined
resource, and is developing a 250-350 MW mouth-of-mine thermal power station, the Mbeya Coal to
Power Project (“MCPP”), previously called Rukwa Coal to Power Project (“RCPP”), with an established
management team that includes Standard Bank as Financial Advisor. Kibo is undertaking a Coal Mining
Definitive Feasibility Study and a Power Pre- Feasibility Study for the Mbeya project with an integrated
Bankable Feasibility Study report for the MCPP to be released in the near term. On 25 August 2016, Kibo
signed an Agreement with China based EPC contractor SEPCO III granting it the right to become the
sole bidder for the EPC contract to build the power plant component of the MCPP in exchange for SEPCO
III refunding 50% of the development costs incurred by Kibo to date on the project. Kibo has already
received the first tranche of this funding in the amount of US$1.8 million on the 5th September 2016
The Company also has extensive gold focused interests including Lake Victoria Goldfields and
Morogoro projects. At Lake Victoria, the Company has 100% owned projects with a 550,000 oz. JORC
compliant gold Mineral Resource at the Imweru Project and a 168,000 oz. NI 43-101 compliant gold
Mineral Resource at the Lubando Project. The Company is currently undertaking a Definitive
Feasibility Study on its Imweru Project.
Kibo also holds the Haneti Project on which the latest technical report confirms prospectivity for nickel,
PGMs, gold and strategic metals including lithium.
Kibo Mining further holds the Pinewood (coal & uranium) project where the company has entered into a
50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.
Finally, the Company also holds the Morogoro (gold) project where the company has also entered into a
50/50 Exploration Joint Venture with Metal Tiger plc.
The Company's projects are located in the established and gold prolific Lake Victoria Goldfields, the
emerging goldfields of eastern Tanzania and the Mtwara Corridor in southern Tanzania where the
Government has prioritized infrastructural development attracting significant recent investment in coal
and uranium. The Company has a positive working relationship with the Tanzanian government at local,
regional and national levels and works hard to maintain positive relationships with all communities where
company interests are held. The Company recognizes the potential to enhance the quality of life and
opportunity for Tanzanian citizens through careful development of its projects.
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com
Johannesburg
16 September 2016
Corporate and Designated Adviser
River Group
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