Australian Silica Quartz Group LimitedASX: ASQ

Proposed issue of Securities - ASQ

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Proposed issue of securities

Announcement Summary

Entity name

AUSTRALIAN SILICA QUARTZ GROUP LTD

Announcement Type

New announcement

Date of this announcement

Friday September 25, 2020

The Proposed issue is:

An offer of securities under a securities purchase plan

A placement or other type of issue

Total number of +securities proposed to be issued for an offer of securities under a securities purchase plan

Maximum Number of

ASX +security code

+Security description

+securities to be issued

ASQ

ORDINARY FULLY PAID

21,428,571

+Record date

Thursday September 24, 2020

Offer closing date

Friday October 23, 2020

+Issue date

Friday October 30, 2020

Total number of +securities proposed to be issued for a placement or other type of issue

Maximum Number of

ASX +security code

+Security description

+securities to be issued

ASQ

ORDINARY FULLY PAID

28,571,428

Proposed +issue date

Friday October 2, 2020

Refer to next page for full details of the announcement

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Part 1 - Entity and announcement details

1.1 Name of +Entity

AUSTRALIAN SILICA QUARTZ GROUP LTD

We (the entity named above) give ASX the following information about a proposed issue of +securities and, if ASX agrees to +quote any of the +securities (including any rights) on a +deferred settlement basis, we agree to the matters set out in Appendix 3B of the ASX Listing Rules.

1.2

Registered Number Type

Registration Number

ABN

72119699982

1.3

ASX issuer code

ASQ

  1. The announcement is New announcement
  2. Date of this announcement

Friday September 25, 2020

1.6 The Proposed issue is:

An offer of +securities under a +securities purchase plan

A placement or other type of issue

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Part 4 - Details of proposed offer under securities purchase plan

Part 4A - Conditions

4A.1 - Are any of the following approvals required for the offer of +securities under the +securities purchase plan issue to be unconditional?

+Security holder approval

Court approval

Lodgement of court order with +ASIC

ACCC approval

FIRB approval

Another approval/condition external to the entity

No

Part 4B - Offer details

Class or classes of +securities that will participate in the proposed issue and class or classes of +securities proposed to be issued

ASX +security code and description

ASQ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Will the proposed issue of this +security include an offer of attaching +securities?

No

Details of +securities proposed to be issued

ASX +security code and description

ASQ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Maximum total number of those +securities that could be issued if all offers under the +securities purchase plan are accepted

21,428,571

Will the offer be conditional on applications for a minimum number of +securities being received or a minimum amount being raised (i.e. a minimum subscription condition)?

No

Will the offer be conditional on applications for a maximum number of +securities being received or a maximum amount being raised (i.e. a maximum subscription condition)?

No

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Will individual security holders be required to accept the offer for a minimum number or value of +securities (i.e. a minimum acceptance condition)?

Yes

Is the minimum acceptance unit based or dollar based?

Dollar based ($)

Please enter the minimum acceptance value

$ 2,000

Will individual security holders be limited to accepting the offer for a maximum number or value of +securities (i.e. a maximum acceptance condition)?

Yes

Is the maximum acceptance unit based or dollar based?

Dollar based ($)

Please enter the maximum acceptance value

$ 30,000

Describe all the applicable parcels available for this offer in number of securities or dollar value

$2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $30,000

Offer price details

Has the offer price been determined?

Yes

In what currency will the offer be made?

What is the offer price per +security?

AUD - Australian Dollar

AUD 0.07000

Oversubscription & Scale back details

Will a scale back be applied if the offer is over-subscribed?

Yes

Describe the scale back arrangements

Scale back to be at the discretion of the board

Will these +securities rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued +securities in that class?

Yes

Part 4C - Timetable

4C.1 Date of announcement of +security purchase plan

Friday September 25, 2020

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4C.2 +Record date

Thursday September 24, 2020

4C.3 Date on which offer documents will be made available to investors

Friday October 2, 2020

4C.4 Offer open date

Friday October 2, 2020

4C.5 Offer closing date

Friday October 23, 2020

4C.6 Announcement of results

Wednesday October 28, 2020

4C.7 +Issue date

Friday October 30, 2020

Part 4D - Listing Rule requirements

4D.1 Does the offer under the +securities purchase plan meet all of the requirements of listing rule 7.2 exception 5 or do you have a waiver from those requirements?

Yes

Part 4E - Fees and expenses

4E.1 Will there be a lead manager or broker to the proposed offer? No

4E.2 Is the proposed offer to be underwritten? No

4E.3 Will brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of eligible +security holders be paid a handling fee or commission?

No

4E.4 Details of any other material fees or costs to be incurred by the entity in connection with the proposed offer

Nil

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Part 4F - Further Information

4F.01 The purpose(s) for which the entity intends to use the cash raised by the proposed issue

To fund current exploration activities and working capital.

4F.1 Will the entity be changing its dividend/distribution policy if the proposed offer is successful? No

4F.2 Countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be eligible to accept the proposed offer

Offer will only be accessable to Australian and New Zealand Security holders

4F.3 URL on the entity's website where investors can download information about the proposed offe

www.asqg.com.au

4F.4 Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the proposed offer

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Part 7 - Details of proposed placement or other issue

Part 7A - Conditions

7A.1 - Are any of the following approvals required for the placement or other type of issue?

+Security holder approval

Court approval

Lodgement of court order with +ASIC

ACCC approval

FIRB approval

Another approval/condition external to the entity

No

Part 7B - Issue details

Is the proposed security a 'New class' (+securities in a class that is not yet quoted or recorded by ASX) or an 'Existing class' (additional securities in a class that is already quoted or recorded by ASX)?

Existing class

Will the proposed issue of this +security include an offer of attaching +securities?

No

Details of +securities proposed to be issued

ASX +security code and description

ASQ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Number of +securities proposed to be issued

28,571,428

Offer price details

Are the +securities proposed to be issued being issued for a cash consideration?

Yes

In what currency is the cash consideration being paid?

AUD - Australian Dollar

What is the issue price per +security?

AUD 0.07000

Will these +securities rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued +securities in that class?

Yes

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Part 7C - Timetable

7C.1 Proposed +issue date

Friday October 2, 2020

Part 7D - Listing Rule requirements

7D.1 Has the entity obtained, or is it obtaining, +security holder approval for the entire issue under listing rule 7.1? No

7D.1b Are any of the +securities proposed to be issued without +security holder approval using the entity's 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1?

Yes

7D.1b ( i ) How many +securities are proposed to be issued without security holder approval using the entity's 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1?

28,571,428

7D.1c Are any of the +securities proposed to be issued without +security holder approval using the entity's additional 10% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1A (if applicable)?

No

7D.2 Is a party referred to in listing rule 10.11 participating in the proposed issue? No

7D.3 Will any of the +securities to be issued be +restricted securities for the purposes of the listing rules? No

7D.4 Will any of the +securities to be issued be subject to +voluntary escrow? No

Part 7E - Fees and expenses

7E.1 Will there be a lead manager or broker to the proposed issue? Yes

7E.1a Who is the lead manager/broker?

Taylor Collison

7E.1b What fee, commission or other consideration is payable to them for acting as lead manager/broker?

Management fee of 2% and a Selling fee of 4%

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7E.2 Is the proposed issue to be underwritten? No

7E.4 Details of any other material fees or costs to be incurred by the entity in connection with the proposed issue

Nil

Part 7F - Further Information

7F.01 The purpose(s) for which the entity is issuing the securities

To fund current exploration activities and working capital

7F.1 Will the entity be changing its dividend/distribution policy if the proposed issue proceeds? No

7F.2 Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the proposed issue

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