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Operational Update & Strategic Financing
Operational Update & Strategic Financing.
About this update from Critical Metals Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nCritical Metals plc / EPIC: CRTM / Market: Main Market\n \n27 August 2024\nCritical Metals plc\n(\"Critical Metals\" or the \"Company\")\n \nOperational Update & Strategic Financing\n \nCritical Metals plc, developer and operator of the Molulu Copper/Cobalt Project (\"Molulu\" or the \"Project\") in the Democratic Republic of Congo (\"DRC\"), is pleased to provide an operational update, and details of a strategic financing.\n \nHIGHLIGHTS\nOperational Update\n \n· 28 kilometre road rehabilitation completed to support increased traffic to the Project in all-weather conditions.\n· Commercial terms have been with O.M. Metals S.A.R.L. (\"O.M. Metals\") for renewed off-take purchase agreement.\n· Chemical testing by O.M. Metals on the stockpiled ore returned acid soluble grades of 3.56%, 1.97%, and 1.11% copper.\n· Three separate copper zones identified, including a possible ROAN, hosted copper zone in the south, following detailed trenching, soil chemistry analysis, and 3-D modelling.\n· Five-year licence renewal submitted to the Ministry of Mines on time.\n· Positive discussions ongoing for financial support from the United States Export-Import Bank (\"EXIM\"), Development Finance Corporation (\"DFC\"), and the United States Agency for International Development (\"USAID\").\n \nStrategic Financing\n \nThe Company has entered into a term sheet for the injection of up to £2.5m from NIU Invest SE (\"NIU\"), a German company that invested £1m in the convertible loan note the Company issued in April 2024. NIU has today initially invested £105,000 via convertible loan notes issued by the Company that are convertible at a price of 2p per ordinary share of 0.5p each in the capital of the Company (\"Ordinary Shares\") upon the Company publishing an FCA approved prospectus. In consideration for this, the Company has granted to NIU warrants over 4.2m new Ordinary Shares exercisable at 0.5p per Ordinary Share. The Company is in the process of finalising the terms of the NIU investment and the Company will update the market when definitive legal agreements are entered into.\n \nCritical CEO Russell Fryer said, \"The identification of three copper zones is a fantastic achievement ...