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Due diligence completed on Beisa North & South
Due diligence completed on Beisa North & South.
About this update from Neo Energy Metals Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nNeo Energy Metals plc / LSE: NEO, A2X: NEO / Market: Main Market of the London Stock Exchange\n \n16 August 2024\nNeo Energy Metals plc\n('Neo Energy' or 'the Company') \nDue Diligence Completed on Beisa North and South Uranium-Gold Projects\nFormal Acquisition Documentation Underway\nNeo Energy, the near term, low-cost uranium developer, is pleased to confirm that it has satisfactorily completed its technical, financial and legal due diligence on the acquisition of a 100% interest in the multi-million pound uranium and multi-million ounce gold resources of the Beisa North and Beisa South Uranium and Gold Projects (together the 'Beisa Projects').\n \nAs announced on 13 August 2023, the Company has signed a binding agreement ('Agreement') with Sunshine Mineral Reserve (Pty) Limited ('Sunshine') to acquire the Beisa Projects. The Beisa Projects comprise total SAMREC Code compliant resources of 90.24 million pounds ('Mlbs') of U₃O₈ and 4.17 million ounces ('Mozs') of gold and are located on two granted Prospecting Rights, extending over an area of approx. 80km2 in the Witwatersrand Basin, in the Free State Province of South Africa.\n \nThe acquisition of the Beisa Projects was subject to the completion of a due diligence by the Company by no later than 31 August 2024. The completion of this due diligence, ahead of schedule, marks a significant milestone in the advancement of the Beisa Projects and the Company's strategy to become South Africa's leading uranium mining company and a major player in Africa's uranium sector.\n \nThe Company, its advisors and South African lawyers are now finalising the legal documentation for the acquisition. The Company anticipates the signing to be completed by no later than 30 September 2024.\n \nHighlights:\n· Satisfactory and positive due diligence completed ahead of schedule on the Beisa Projects\n· Due diligence confirms the robust uranium and by-product gold resources and technical merits of the Beisa Projects\n· The due diligence process involved a thorough review and evaluation of historical resources reports and supporting data as well as the legal and environmental considerations of the Beisa Projects and the granted Prospecting Rights in place\n· Executive members of the Company's mana...