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Acquisition at Hernic of 100% PGM Earnings: Transforming Operations
Jubilee Metals Group PLC
(“Jubilee” or “the Company”)
Registration number (4459850)
AltX share code: JBL
AIM share code: JLP
ISIN: GB0031852162
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Acquisition at Hernic of 100% PGM Earnings: Transforming Operations
Jubilee Metals Group Plc ("Jubilee" or “the Company”), the AIM and Altx traded metals processing
company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Framework and Tailings Purchase
Agreement (“Tailings Agreement”) with K2018239983 (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD (“NewCo”), a
subsidiary of South Africa’s largest and one of the world’s largest ferrochrome producers, to acquire
100% of the rights to PGM earnings from the current and future tailings produced at Jubilee’s Hernic
Project (“Hernic”) located in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. In addition to the current
unprocessed 1.70 million tonnes of historical tailings at the Hernic Operations and the 630 000
tonnes of previously processed tailings, Jubilee has acquired the rights to a further c. one million
tonnes of PGM rich material. The total consideration for all the PGMs contained in the historical
tailings is c. US$5.1 million and will be settled from Jubilee’s cash resources. Jubilee has also entered
into an exclusive agreement with NewCo whereby NewCo may elect to include the sale of all further
chrome rights to the chrome contained in all of the current tailings at Hernic at a predetermined
value.
Highlights
• Agreement with NewCo, the world’s largest Ferrochrome producer, to extend Jubilee’s
rights to 100% of all PGM earnings from current and future tailings at Hernic, gaining full
control of the large-scale operations
• Agreement transforms Jubilee’s Hernic operations from a contracting joint venture partner
to 100% owner of the economic rights without additional risk to the Company
• Acquires all rights to a further circa. one million tonnes of PGM rich material located close to
its Windsor chrome operations
• By gaining full control of the operation, has the opportunity to increase throughput, further
optimising certain aspects of the operation and enhancing earnings significantly
• Enters into a further exclusive agreement with NewCo whereby under NewCo’s election
Jubilee may also acquire all chrome rights to the chrome contained in the current tailings at
Hernic offering significant further earnings upside to the project
Leon Coetzer, Chief Executive Officer, says: “I am delighted to have secured this transaction with
NewCo which essentially transforms Jubilee from processing joint venture partner to owner of the
surface tailings and associated chrome and PGM recovery operations. We could not have asked for a
better partner for our ongoing operations than a company that forms part of the largest
ferrochrome producer in South Africa. Our highly successful Hernic Project is the largest of its kind in
the chrome industry and is a fitting partner to such a renowned company.
“The transaction extends our rights to 100% of PGM earnings from current and future tailings at a
time when the project is delivering record earnings reaching GBP 1.41 million for the month of
September 2019 on the back of improved operational efficiencies and buoyant PGM basket metal
prices. Under the previous agreement this would have brought forward the point at which the
majority of earnings would be due to Hernic, Jubilee having reached a 30% return on investment.
“The transaction includes significant further PGM rich material at surface to be immediately
processed via our Windsor PGM project. The option to add the chrome rights to our project holds the
potential to significantly increase the earnings of the project, currently all chrome concentrate
produced by our project is returned to Hernic for its own use or sale to the market. If implemented
the option could add a further 8 000 to 10 000 tonnes of chrome concentrate to Jubilee’s existing
chrome production.
“This agreement is yet another significant milestone in our on-going development strategy to grow
and diversify our earnings base. We continue to make exceptional progress across the portfolio
which I look forward to updating shareholders on in due course.”
Further information
Jubilee owns and operates a chrome and PGM processing facility at Hernic with a processing
capacity of 55,000 tonnes per month. The facility currently produces up to 9,000 tonnes of saleable
chrome concentrate and 2,250 ounces of PGMs per month.
Previously, Jubilee had a Co-Operation Agreement (“Hernic Agreement”) with Hernic Ferrochrome
Pty Ltd (“Hernic Ferrochrome”), whereby Jubilee had the rights to all PGM earnings from the tailings
at Hernic until it secured a 30% return on investment, where after Hernic secured the majority of
earnings. Under the Hernic Agreement, all of the chrome concentrate produced is returned to
Hernic Ferrochrome for its own use or sale to the market. The operations and assets of Hernic
Ferrochrome are being acquired by NewCo and following entering into the Tailings Agreement with
NewCo, the Hernic Agreement is terminated with immediate effect.
Under the Tailings Agreement, Jubilee:
a) has acquired 100% of all rights to the PGM earnings from current tailings produced at
Hernic;
b) will acquire 100% of all rights to the PGM earnings from future tailings produced at Hernic;
c) has acquired all rights to a further c.1 million tonnes of PGM rich material located close to
the Company’s Windsor chrome operations and previously held by Hernic Ferrochrome; and
d) has further entered into an exclusive arrangement whereby Jubilee may acquire all further
chrome rights to the chrome contained in all of the current tailings at Hernic.
In addition, Jubilee has increased the scope of its Hernic operations to take control of the re-mining
of tailings to control the feed supply of its Hernic Operations, targeting to increase feed rate to
50,000 tonnes per month.
Going forward, operations at Hernic will be renamed and referred to as Inyoni.
**ENDS**
24 October 2019
For further information visit www.jubileemetalsgroup.com, follow Jubilee on Twitter (@Jubilee
Metals) or contact:
Jubilee Metals Group PLC
Colin Bird/Leon Coetzer
Tel +44 (0) 20 7584 2155 / Tel +27 (0) 11 465 1913
Nominated Adviser - SPARK Advisory Partners Limited
Andrew Emmott/Vassil Kirtchev
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3368 3555
Broker - Shard Capital Partners LLP
Damon Heath/Erik Woolgar
Tel +44 (0) 20 7186 9900
Joint Broker – WHIreland
Harry Ansell/Katy Mitchell
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 1670/+44 (0) 113 394 6618
JSE Sponsor - Sasfin Capital (a member of the Sasfin group)
Sharon Owens
Tel +27 (0) 11 809 7500
PR & IR Adviser - St Brides Partners Limited
Catherine Leftley/Beth Melluish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
Date: 24/10/2019 03:54:00
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