$9 million Equity Placing to contribute to the funding of the Ewoyaa Lithium Project

Atlantic Lithium Limited (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11, GSE: ALLGH, OTCQX: ALLIF, “Atlantic Lithium” or the “Company”), the Africa-focused lithium exploration and development company targeting the delivery of Ghana’s first lithium mine, is pleased to announce the launch of an institutional placement (“Equity Placing”) of new fully paid ordinary shares of no par value each in the Company (“New Shares”) at an offer price of A$0.23 (equivalent to 11.73 pence) per New Share (“Issue Price”).

Highlights of the Equity Placing

• The Equity Placing will be undertaken by an institutional placement utilising the Company’s existing share authorities, launching today, to raise a minimum of A$9.0 million (£4.6 million/US$6.0 million). As part of the Equity Placing, the Company reserves the ability to accept oversubscriptions for up to A$3.0 million (£1.5 million/US$2.0 million).
• As part of the Equity Placing, the Company has received a signed commitment letter from Assore International Holdings Limited (“Assore”), the Company’s largest shareholder, to invest up to US$5 million (A$7.5 million/£3.9 million) through the purchase of up to 32,608,695 New Shares at the Issue Price (the “Assore Participation”).
• In addition, Executive Chairman Neil Herbert, Chief Executive Officer Keith Muller, and Non-executive Director Edward Koranteng, all Directors of the Company (the “Directors”), have provided an indication to invest up to A$290,000 in aggregate in the Equity Placing (the “Director Participation”). The Assore Participation and Director Participation are conditional on shareholder approval at the Company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (“AGM”).
• Net proceeds from the Equity Placing will be used to contribute to funding the Company’s flagship Ewoyaa Lithium Project (“Ewoyaa” or the “Project”) in Ghana towards the Project Final Investment Decision (“Project FID”) and working capital requirements.
• The Equity Placing will be undertaken at a fixed issue price of A$0.23 (equivalent to 11.73 pence) per New Share, which represents a 11.5% discount to the last closing price of A$0.26 on 24 October 2024 on the ASX.
• Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited has been appointed as Lead Manager (“Lead Manager”) in connection with the Equity Placing. Wilsons Advisory & Stockbroking is acting as Co-Manager (“Co-Manager”).

Proposed Use of Proceeds

• Project Expenditure
  • Optimisation and technical refinement of the Ewoyaa Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”);
  • Expenditure related to advancing the Project through the remaining permitting activities to Project FID;
  • Operational activities to achieve shovel readiness, including site preparation, relevant health and safety reports, the establishment of the Community Development Fund and the implementation of measures to manage and monitor Project impacts.
• Exploration
  • Exploration of the highly prospective Rubino and Agboville licences in Côte d’Ivoire, as required under the terms of the licences.
• Working capital
  • General working capital requirements.

Commenting, Neil Herbert, Executive Chairman of Atlantic Lithium, said:

“With significant recent progress made at Ewoyaa, despite having been impacted by the delay in the parliamentary ratification of the Mining Lease, this institutional Equity Placing will see the Company funded to advance the Project towards FID and shovel-readiness.

“Funds will be allocated towards the optimisation of the Ewoyaa DFS, the advancement of the Project through the key permitting and operational activities before we can break ground at the Project.

“We warmly welcome Assore’s commitment to participate in the Equity Placing. As a cornerstone investor in Atlantic Lithium since its AIM listing, Assore’s participation further underscores its belief in the Company achieving its goal of delivering spodumene concentrate production at Ewoyaa.

“Alongside CEO Keith Muller and Non-executive Director Edward Koranteng, I am proud to also be participating in the Equity Placing. As Directors, we believe in the importance of putting our money where our mouth is. We have done so on many occasions to date and, at such a pivotal moment for the Project, we are proud to take the opportunity to extend our belief in the Company’s ambitions.

“We look forward to the completion of the Equity Placing, which will facilitate our next steps towards delivering Ghana’s first lithium mine.”

News in full

We caught up with Chairman Neil Herbert. He provided an update on Atlantic’s operations, outlining the key recent milestones reached and what we should look out for in the next twelve months