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Key Conditions Satisfied on B-BBEE Transaction
Key Conditions Satisfied on B-BBEE Transaction.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nNeo Energy Metals plc / LSE: NEO, A2X: NEO / Market: Main Market of the London Stock Exchange\n \n10 March 2025\nNeo Energy Metals plc\n('Neo Energy' or 'the Company')\n \nKey Conditions Satisfied on Landmark B-BBEE Transaction in South Africa\nNeo Energy, the near term, low-cost uranium developer, is pleased to announce that through its wholly owned South African subsidiary, Neo Uranium Resources Beisa Mine (Pty) Ltd ('NURB'), it has satisfied a number of key conditions in respect to the landmark Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ('B-BBEE') agreement that it has signed with South African mining company, Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation (Pty) Ltd ('SSC Group').\nIn accordance with the B-BBEE agreement, and as announced on 29 January 2025, the Company has now completed the transfer of 30% of its shareholding in NURB, for a total see-through purchase price of ZAR 390,000,000 (approximately £17 million) ('Purchase Price').\nNewly established South African company, Siyakhula Sonke Resource Development (Pty) Ltd ('SSRD'), is the legal entity that now holds the 30% shareholding in NURB ('BEE Shares'), with SSC Group's subsidiary SSC Eagle Mining (Pty) Ltd ('SSC Eagle'), holding 66.66% of the BEE Shares and Siyakhula Community Development Trust and Siyakhula Employee Trust each holding 16.67% of the BEE Shares. Neo Energy holds the remaining 70% majority interest in NURB.\nAll documentation, including the inter-company loan agreement between NURB and SSRD in respect of the Purchase Price, the shareholders agreement between the B-BBEE parties, the establishment and incorporation documents as well as certification of the B-BBEE parties has all now been prepared, completed and executed.\nCompletion of the B-BBEE transaction with SSRD has further satisfied a key condition under the acquisition agreement with Sibanye Gold Proprietary Limited ('SGL'), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibanye Stillwater Limited ('Sibanye-Stillwater') under which the Company is completing the acquisition of the Beatrix 4 mine and shaft complex, the processing plant complex and associated infrastructure located in the Witwatersrand Basin, in the Free State Province of South Africa (\"the Beisa Uranium Project\").\nThe Company is pleased with the progress that it is continuing to make with its Advisors and South African based...