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Option to Acquire NiS Tenemen
Option to Acquire NiS Tenemen.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 5277V Regency Mines PLC 13 July 2009 \nREGENCY MINES PLC13 July 2009Option to acquire Nickel Sulphide Tenements in Western Australia\n On 15 May 2009, Regency Mines plc ('Regency' or the 'Company') the mining exploration and mineral investment company with interests in copper and nickel in Western Australia, Queensland, and Papua New Guinea, announced that its subsidiary Regency Mines Australasia Pty Ltd had entered into an agreement giving it the right to acquire four tenements prospective for nickel sulphide in the Archaean Lake Johnston greenstone belt in Western Australia (the 'Tenements').\nRegency has now entered into a one year option (the 'Option') over the Tenements, renewable on each of the first and second anniversaries of grant on payment of AUD 80,000 for a further year. The Option may be exercised at any time within the option period at a cost of AUD 320,000. The Tenements consist of 193 blocks and cover 160 km along the length of the greenstone belt with a further 20km in a possible extension of the belt. Regency will become responsible for exploration of the Tenements upon entering into the Option. The consideration for the grant of the Option was the issue of 4 million new Regency shares which were allotted on 10 July 2009. Application has been made for these shares, which rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that admission will become effective on 16 July 2009. Following the issue of these shares the Company's total issued share capital will be 356,807,330 ordinary shares of 0.1p each.\nEnquiries:\nAndrew Bell, Chairman0207 402 4580 or 07766 474849\nPeter Trevelyan-Clark/Ben JeynesBlomfield Corporate Finance Ltd, Nominated Adviser020 7489 4500\nNick EmersonSimple Investments Ltd, Broker01483 413500\nRon Marshman / John GreenhalghLothbury Financial, Public Relations020 7011 9411\n Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on its website, www.regency-mines.com.\n \nENDS\nThis information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock Exchange END  ...