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MC MINING LIMITED - IDC Loan Update

Release Date: 25/07/2023 08:45
Code(s): MCZ     PDF:  
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IDC Loan Update

MC Mining Limited
Previously Coal of Africa Limited
(Incorporated and registered in Australia)
Registration number ABN 008 905 388
ISIN AU000000MCM9
JSE share code: MCZ
ASX/AIM code: MCM



ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                     

25 July 2023

IDC LOAN UPDATE



MC Mining Limited (MC Mining or the Company) is pleased to announce that the Industrial
Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (the IDC) has extended the date for repayment of
the R160 million loan (c.US$8.9 million) plus interest thereon, to 30 September 2023. The repayment
of the R160 million loan, plus accrued interest, was due for repayment by 30 June 2023.

As previously announced, the larger scale Makhado Project resulted in peak funding of the project
increasing to ZAR1.8 billion (c.US$100 million). The IDC is a 6.7% shareholder in the Makhado Project
and remains supportive of the project and its prospects to facilitate industrialisation within the
Makhado corridor.

The additional facility of R245 million (c.US$13.6 million) for the development of the fully permitted
Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal project (Makhado Project or Makhado) remained subject to
the IDC confirming its due diligence and credit approval and has not been extended. This facility was
based on forecast phase 1 production of 540,000 tonnes (t) of steelmaking hard coking (HCC) coal and
570,000t of thermal coal (TC). As announced in June 2023, the increased scale of Makhado has led to
significantly improved economics and the project is now targeted to produce an average of 810,000t
of steelmaking HCC and 620,000t of TC over its 28-year life of mine, therefore making this facility
redundant.
The Company continues to advance the fund raising initiatives for Makhado, which as previously
advised are expected to be concluded in H2 CY2023.


Godfrey Gomwe
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

This announcement has been approved by the Company’s Disclosure Committee.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014, as it forms part of UK
domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.
All figures are in South African rand or United States dollars unless otherwise stated.


For more information contact:

       Tony Bevan                           Company                       Endeavour Corporate               +61 8 9316
                                            Secretary                     Services                          9100
       Company advisors:
       James Harris / James                 Nominated                     Strand Hanson                     +44 20 7409
       Dance                                Adviser                       Limited                           3494

       Rory Scott                           Broker (AIM)                  Tennyson Securities               +44 20 7186
                                                                                                            9031
       Marion Brower                     Financial PR                R&A Strategic                          +27 11 880
                                         (South Africa)              Communications                         3924
       BSM Sponsors Proprietary Limited is the nominated JSE Sponsor

       About MC Mining Limited:

       MC Mining is an AIM/ASX/JSE-listed coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South Africa.
       MC Mining’s key projects include the Uitkomst Colliery (metallurgical and thermal coal), Makhado Project (hard
       coking coal), Vele Colliery (semi-soft coking and thermal coal), and the Greater Soutpansberg Projects (coking and
       thermal coal).

       All figures are denominated in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Safety metrics are compared to the
       preceding quarter while financial and operational metrics are measured against the comparable period in the
       previous financial year. A copy of this report is available on the Company's website, www.mcmining.co.za.



Forward-looking statements

This Announcement, including information included or incorporated by reference in this Announcement, may
contain "forward-looking statements" concerning MC Mining that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Generally,
the words "will", "may", "should", "continue", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates" or similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks
and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond MC Mining’s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future
market conditions, changes in regulatory environment and the behaviour of other market participants. MC Mining
cannot give any assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. MC Mining assumes no obligation and 
does not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements set out herein,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

Statements of intention

Statements of intention are statements of current intentions only, which may change as new information becomes
available or circumstances change.




                                                                                                                  

Date: 25-07-2023 08:45:00
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