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Sale of Interest in Silver Swan Group Limited
Sale of Interest in Silver Swan Group Limited.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n \n \n Sale of Interest in Silver Swan Group Limited\n \n \n\n \n Mercator Gold Plc\n \n \n\n \n \n \n MERCATOR GOLD plc(“Mercator Gold”, “Mercator” or “the \n Company”)\n \n \n Sale of Interest in Silver Swan Group Limited\n \n \n Silver Swan Group Ltd (“Silver Swan”) announced on 28 September 2009 \n that eight million shares held by Mercator will be released from escrow \n and placed equally with Citywest Corp Ltd and Hillgrove Resources Ltd, \n both of which are already shareholders in Silver Swan.\n \n \n In accordance with the Australian Listing Rule 3.10A, these shares will \n be released from escrow within ten business days of the announcement.\n \n \n Mercator announces that the sale of these eight million shares to \n existing shareholders in Silver Swan was negotiated through the offices \n of Credit Suisse in Melbourne. This sale will realise AU$2.64m.\n \n \n Earlier, Silver Swan had released from escrow two million shares of \n which Mercator has sold one million at an average price of AU$ 0.349 \n raising approximately AU$315k.\n \n \n The total achieved to date from these sales therefore amounts to \n AU$2.99m or approximately £1.50m.\n \n \n Mercator still holds one million shares in Silver Swan and additionally \n it holds four million performance shares in Silver Swan, the issue of \n which are subject to the identification of an independently calculated \n Indicated Mineral Resource of 350,000 of gold or other metal equivalent \n by Silver Swan from the tenements acquired from Mercator in April 2008.\n \n \n Mercator intends to use the proceeds of the sales to fund on-going \n Mercator corporate undertakings particularly the work at the Copper Flat \n Project in New Mexico and potential future investments.\n \n \n Managing Director, Patrick Harford said:\n \n \n “Mercator’s task of adding value to our investments has been \n demonstrated by the disposal of a proportion of our holding in Silver \n Swan Group Limited. The sale of nine million shares substantially \n strengthens the Company’s balance sheet and puts the Company in a \n position to take several projects forward over the next six months.”\n \n \n For further information please contact\n \n \n \n \n \n Mercator Gold plc\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Michael Silver, Chairman\n \n \n \n...