Placement and rights issue to raise approximately $3.5m
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ASX Announcement
Released 10th October 2024
PLACEMENT AND RIGHTS ISSUE TO RAISE
APPROXIMATELY $3.5 MILLION TO ADVANCE
EMA PROJECT
Brazilian Critical Minerals (ASX:BCM) (“BCM” or the “Company”) is pleased to advise it has received
binding firm commitments to raise $0.50 million (before costs) through a two tranche placement of
approximately 50M new fully paid ordinary shares in BCM (“Placement Shares”) to professional and
sophisticated investors at an issue price of $0.01 per Placement Share (“Placement”).
The Company will also undertake a 1 for 3 pro-rata non-renounceable rights issue to raise up to
approximately another $2.90 million (before costs) on the same terms as the Placement (“Rights Issue”).
Funds raised from the Placement and Rights Issue will be utilised primarily to fund progression of the
Company’s Ema Rare Earth Project, business development, costs of the offer and general working
capital.
Placement details
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Under the Placement, the Company will issue 38,451,909 Placement Shares at an issue price of
$0.01 per Placement Share 1 (Tranche 1), and 11,548,091 Placement Shares at an issue price of
$0.01 to be issued subject to shareholder approval at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
scheduled to take place on Monday 25 November 2024 (Tranche 2).
•
The issue of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares will not be subject to shareholder approval and will
be made utilising the Company’s available placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and
7.1A.
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The Placement Shares for Tranche 1 are intended to be issued on Thursday, 17 October 2024.
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The Placement Shares for Tranche 2 are intended to be issued on Tuesday 26 November 2024
following the AGM on Monday 25 November.
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The Placement Shares will rank equally with existing ordinary shares from the date of issue.
Non-Renounceable Rights Issue
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The Company will also undertake a 1 for 3 pro-rata non-renounceable Rights Issue to raise up to
approximately $2.9 million (before costs) on the same terms as the Placement.
•
The Rights Issue is open to all eligible shareholders who are registered shareholders with a
registered address within Australia or New Zealand as at 7:00pm (AEST) on Friday 18 October
2024 (“Record Date”) (“Eligible Shareholders”).
•
Under the Rights Issue, Eligible Shareholders will be entitled to apply for one (1) fully paid
ordinary share in BCM (“Share”) for every three (3) Shares held on the Record Date at an issue
price of $0.01 per Share (total of approximately 289,730,445 Shares, assuming no Shares are
issued prior to the Record Date other than the Tranche 1 Placement Shares) (“Rights Issue
Shares”).
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ABN: 82 089 221 634)
AUS: Level 11, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6383 7820
BRA: Av Jornalista Riccardo Marinho, 360, Sala 113, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro T +55 21 2439 57
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To the extent there is any shortfall Rights Issue Shares, the Board reserves the right to place
those remaining shortfall Rights Issue Shares. Eligible Shareholders can also apply for any
shortfall Rights Issue Shares in addition to their entitlement. The allocation of shortfall Rights
issue Shares will be made at the discretion of the Directors.
•
Shareholders whose registered address is outside of Australia and New Zealand will be ineligible
to participate in the Rights Issue.
•
The Rights Issue Shares will rank equally with existing ordinary shares from the date of issue.
•
An offer document issued under section 708AA of the Corporations Act in relation to the Rights
Issue (Offer Document) will be lodged shortly, which sets out further details on the Rights Issue
and how Eligible Shareholders may apply for all or part of their entitlement and any shortfall.
The Offer Document will be made available to Eligible Shareholders, together with a
personalised application form, in accordance with the below indicative timetable.
The indicative timetable for the Rights Issue is set out below;
ACTION
DATE
Company Announces Placement, Rights Issue and
Appendix 3B
Lodgement of Offer Document, and s708AA Cleansing
Notice with ASX (Prior to the commencement of trading)
Thursday 10 October 2024
Ex date
Thursday 17 October 2024
Record Date for determining Entitlements
Friday 11 October 2024
Friday 18 October 2024
Offer Document sent out to Eligible Shareholders &
Company announces this has been completed & Offer
Opening Date
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Closing Date
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Shares quoted on a deferred settlement basis
ASX notified of under subscriptions
Thursday 7 November 2024
Friday 8 November 2024
Issue date/Shares entered into Shareholders’ security
holdings
Monday 11 November 2024
Quotation of Shares issued under the Offer
Tuesday 12 November 2024
These dates are indicative only and may change, subject to the Corporations Act and Listing Rules.
Lead Manager
Euroz Hartley’s Limited (Euroz Hartleys) acted as the lead manager, broker and corporate advisor to the
Placement and Rights Issue on standard commercial terms (“Lead Manager”).
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ABN: 82 089 221 634)
AUS: Level 11, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6383 7820
BRA: Av Jornalista Riccardo Marinho, 360, Sala 113, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro T +55 21 2439 57
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In part consideration for services being provided in relation to the Placement and Rights Issue, the
Company will issue Euroz Hartleys with 1 option for every 1 share issued, exercisable at $0.0175 on or
before 3 years from issue (together, the “Lead Manager Options”).
The Issue of the Lead Manager Options will be subject to shareholder approval at the 2024 AGM.
Use of Funds
It is the intention of the Company to use the funds raised under the Placement and Rights Issue to
advance the Ema Project on a number of fronts as well as:
• Finalising the updated Mineral Resource Estimate update for the Ema Rare Earths Project (Ema
Project);
• Further metallurgical optimisation test work in respect of the Ema Project;
• Piloting and field trials for in-situ leaching;
• Environmental base line studies;
• Commencement of PFS studies; and
• General working capital purposes and costs of the offer.
Enquiries
For more information please contact:
Andrew Reid
Managing Director
Brazilian Critical Minerals Limited
Andrew.reid@braziliancriticalminerals.com
This ASX announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd.
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ABN: 82 089 221 634)
AUS: Level 11, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6383 7820
BRA: Av Jornalista Riccardo Marinho, 360, Sala 113, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro T +55 21 2439 57
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Released 10th October 2024
About Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd
Brazilian Critical Minerals Limited (BCM) is a mineral
exploration company listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange.
Its major exploration focus is Brazil, in the Apuí
region, where BCM has discovered a world class Ionic
Adsorbed Clay (IAC) Rare Earth Elements deposit. The
Ema IAC project is contained within the 781 km² of
exploration tenements within the Colider Group.
BCM has defined an inferred MRE of 1.02Bt of REE’s
with metallurgical recoveries averaging 68% MREO
some of the highest for these types of deposits
anywhere in the world.
The Company is currently converting this MRE from
Inferred into the Indicated category with an extensive
drill program which will inform the scoping study and
economic analysis due for completion in late 2024.
All amounts are in Australian dollars unless otherwise specified. Nothing contained in this
announcement constitutes investment, legal, tax or other advice. Investors should seek appropriate
professional advice before making any investment decision. For more information about Brazilian
Critical Minerals and its operations, please visit www.braziliancriticalminerals.com.
The information in this announcement relates to previously reported exploration results and mineral
resource estimates for the Ema/Ema East Project released by the Company to ASX on 22 May 2023, 17
July 2023, 19 July 2023, 31 July 2023, 13 Sep 2023, 19 Oct 2023, 06 Dec 2023, 06 Feb 2024, 22 Feb 2024,
13 Mar 2024 and 02 Apr 2024. The Company confirms that is not aware of any new information or data
that materially affects the information included in the above-mentioned releases. Mr. de Castro is a
member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and consents to the inclusion of the
information in this announcement.
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the
information included in the relevant market announcement and, in the case of mineral resource
estimates, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the
relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. Refer to ASX
announcement dated 22 April 2024 and below:
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ABN: 82 089 221 634)
AUS: Level 11, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6383 7820
BRA: Av Jornalista Riccardo Marinho, 360, Sala 113, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro T +55 21 2439 57
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Released 10th October 2024
Ema REE Project 2024 Global Mineral Resource Estimate-@COG 500ppm TREO
JORC
Tonnes
TREO
Pr6O11
Nd2O3
Tb4O7
Dy2O3
MREO
Category
Mt
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
ppm
inferred
1,017
793
45
154
4
13
216
Ema REE Project 2024 Mineral Resource Estimate – by cut-off grade
JORC
cut-off
Tonnes
TREO
NdPr
Category
ppm TREO
Mt
ppm
ppm
Inferred
0
1,340
694
163
Inferred
500
1,017
793
199
Inferred
600
863
836
218
Inferred
700
685
885
237
Inferred
800
494
936
259
Inferred
900
331
977
278
DyTb
ppm
15
17
18
20
21
22
MREO
ppm
178
216
236
257
280
300
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ABN: 82 089 221 634)
AUS: Level 11, 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6383 7820
BRA: Av Jornalista Riccardo Marinho, 360, Sala 113, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro T +55 21 2439 57
MREO:TREO
%
27
MREO:TREO
%
26
27
28
29
30
31
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