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Euro Manganese Announces Closing of First Tranche of Private Placement, First EIT InnoEnergy Investment, Extension of Czech Tax Incentive Timeline, and Stock Option Grants

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Euro Manganese Announces Closing of First Tranche of Private Placement, First EIT InnoEnergy Investment, Extension of Czech Tax Incentive Timeline, and Stock Option Grants

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

  • Euro Manganese has closed the first tranche of its recent private placement for gross proceeds of AUD$25 million (approx. CAD$24.2 million). The second tranche to close in early May 2021.
  • The Company has received an initial investment from EIT InnoEnergy of €62,500 (approx. CAD$92,850), the first of three installments with an aggregate value of €250,000.
  • The Company’s eligibility timeline for approx. CAD$27 million in investment incentives in the form of tax credits that were granted by the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has been extended to 2025.
  • The Company has granted stock options to purchase 2,350,000 shares at CAD$0.61per share.

 

Euro Manganese Inc. (TSX-V:EMN) (ASX: EMN) is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche of the AUD$30 million (approximately CAD$29 million) private placement, the first of three investments by EIT InnoEnergy, an extension to its eligibility timeline on Czech investment incentives, and a grant of stock options.

 

Closing of First Tranche of Offering

 

The Company has closed the first tranche of the Offering, announced on March 22, 2021, which consisted of the sale and issuance of 41,666,666 CHESS Depositary Interests at a price of AUD$0.60 per CDI for gross proceeds of AUD$25 million (approximately CAD$24.2 million).

 

The second tranche of the Offering, consisting of 8,333,334 CDIs at the same issue price is expected to close in May 2021, subject to and following approval by the Company’s shareholders as required by Listing Rule 7.1 of the Australian Securities Exchange.

 

Net proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company to advance its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. Specifically, proceeds will be used for completing the installation and commissioning of the Company’s high-purity manganese demonstration plant, initial year of operating costs of the Demonstration Plant, completing the Project’s permitting and feasibility study, for certain scheduled land acquisition payments and for general corporate purposes.

 

Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited is acting as lead manager and bookrunner to the Offering, with Bacchus Capital Advisers Limited acting as financial adviser to the Company. In connection with the closing of the first tranche of the Offering, the Company paid Canaccord Genuity and Bacchus cash fees in the aggregate amount of AUD$1.25 million (approximately CAD$1.21 million), representing 5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the first tranche of the Offering.

 

The securities issued under the first tranche of the Offering have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. This press release is not an offer or a solicitation of an offer of securities for sale in the United States, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

 

First EIT InnoEnergy Investment

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Project Support Agreement entered into by the Company and EIT InnoEnergy, and announced on February 22, 2021, the Company has received the first of three investments from EIT InnoEnergy, such instalments having an aggregate value of €250,000. The funds will be used to support ongoing work on the Project’s definitive feasibility study and the commissioning of the Demonstration Plant, which is intended to produce large-scale samples of high-purity manganese for supply chain qualification by prospective customers, including European electric vehicle makers and battery manufacturers.

 

EIT InnoEnergy is a Knowledge and Innovation Community supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. EIT leads the industrial stream of the European Battery Alliance, an initiative launched by The European Commission in October 2017 with the objective to build a strong and competitive battery industry in Europe. The support of EIT is intended to help accelerate the Project’s successful integration into Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) battery value chain.

 

The first investment made by EIT of €62,500 (approximately CAD$92,850) was advanced to the Company on March 24, 2021. Accordingly, the Company will issue 147,380 Shares to EIT at the price of CAD$0.63 per Share being the 10-day volume weighted average stock price on the TSX Venture Exchange prior to receipt of the first investment. The issuance of such Shares is not expected to occur until early January 2022. The issuance of such Shares remains subject to the approval of the TSXV. In accordance with Canadian securities laws and policies of the TSXV, Shares issued pursuant to EIT will be subject to a four month and one day statutory hold period.

 

Investment Incentive Eligibility Timeline Extension

 

The Company is also pleased to report that its eligibility timeline for certain investment incentives in the Czech Republic has been extended by two years. As originally announced on March 30, 2020, the Company received approval from the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade for investment incentives on the Project in the form of corporate income tax credits. The credits are to be applied toward Czech corporate income taxes payable on future earnings generated by the Project. Based on eligible Czech-based assets acquired of approximately CZK 2.4 billion (approx. CAN$136 million), such tax credits would amount to approximately CZK 470.3 million (approx. CAD$27 million) over and above normal tax depreciation on such assets.

 

Pursuant to amendments to the Czech Investment Incentives Act resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Czech Government offered extensions to previously granted investment incentives, and the Company applied for and received approval to prolong the deadline for fulfilling the general conditions of the investment incentives by two years, to March 25, 2025.

 

Stock Option Grants

 

The Company has granted stock options to certain officers, employees and consultants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,350,000 Shares. The Options are exercisable for a term of ten years at an exercise price of CAD$0.61 per Share. The Options will vest one-third on the date of grant, and one-third on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant, except for the Options granted to officers which vest in full five years from the date of grant, and 350,000 Options granted to a consultant which vest one-third on the date of grant and one-third on each of the four and eight-month anniversaries of the date of grant.

 

About Euro Manganese Inc.

 

Euro Manganese Inc. is a battery materials company whose principal focus is advancing the development of the Chvaletice Manganese Project, in which it holds a 100% interest. The proposed Project entails re-processing a significant manganese deposit hosted in mine tailings from a decommissioned mine, strategically located in the Czech Republic. The Company’s goal is to become a leading, competitive and environmentally superior primary producer of ultra-high-purity Manganese Products in the heart of Europe, serving both the lithium-ion battery industry, as well as other high-technology applications.

 

Posted March 31, 2021

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