29th May 2009 07:00
For Immediate Release 29th May 2009
Templar Minerals Ltd
('Templar' or 'the Company')
Equity Placing and Brazil update
The Company is pleased to announce that it has placed 35 million new ordinary shares at a price of 2 pence ("Placing Shares") with new and existing shareholders ("the Placing").
The Placing proceeds of £700,000 will allow the Company additional working capital to service its activities.
Templar's Rio Paranaiba Project represents a new iron ore discovery in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. It covers 14,000 ha (140 km2) and is located 210km from the city of Divinopolis, a key manufacturing hub and steel production centre. The Company has this week instructed its agent to submit a further 13 prospecting licence applications adjacent to the Rio Paranaiba project, covering a further area of 24,000 ha. Preliminary geological interpretation indicates that the Rio Paranaiba project mineralisation is open to the West and therefore the Company has decided to secure this area for future expansion of the project.
As previously announced on 6 May 2009, the Company has commenced mobilisation of the rigs to the site. The first drill hole pad area has now been cleared and contractors are on site to commence the drill program within the next week. The initial target area covers approximately 2.7km x 700m with an exploration potential of between 100 and 300 million tonnes of iron bearing material.
Subsequent to the issuance of these new ordinary shares, the Company will have 583,050,000 ordinary shares in issue and a total number of 583,050,000 voting rights.
Application will be made for the Placing Shares, which will rank pari passu with all existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to AIM and dealings are expected to commence on or around 12 June 2009.
The technical information contained in this announcement has been reviewed by Mr. Alastair Clayton, a qualified Geologist. He is the Qualified Person who has reviewed the field data. Alastair has worked for over 15 years as a geologist and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Qualified Person for the purposes of this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
Enquiries
Templar Minerals Ltd
David Lenigas Tel: +44 (0)20 7016 5100
Charles Wood Tel: +44 (0) 7971 444326
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396
Rosalind Hill Abrahams Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396
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