RNS Number : 0230Z
Andrada Mining Limited
11 May 2023
 

 11 May 2023

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 (MAR) as in force in the United Kingdom pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service (RIS), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

Andrada Mining Limited

("Andrada" or the "Company")

Issue of Share Options

Issue of Equity (Shares in lieu of Directors Fees)

Andrada Mining Limited (AIM: ATM), an African technology metals mining company with a portfolio of mining and exploration assets in Namibia announces that the Company has today granted options over 41,217,116 ordinary shares of the Company ("Options") to certain Directors, senior managers, and employees of the Company, in line with its Long-Term Incentive Scheme ("LTIP"). The LTIP was established to incentivise and reward individuals whose skills and extensive experience facilitate the implementation of the Company's strategic objectives.

Employees were awarded the majority of the options with the balance being issued to Directors and senior managers of the Company, as detailed below. The Options are exercisable at a price of 6p per ordinary share. For the employees and senior managers, the Options can be exercised at any time from 1 May 2026, for a period of seven years and for the Directors, the Options can be exercised at any time from 1 May 2028, for a period of seven years, subject to certain additional conditions being satisfied. In each case, the options will vest in three tranches and each tranche can only be exercised if the 60-day Volume Weight Average Price ("60-day VWAP") of the Andrada share price exceeds the target share price for that tranche. The target share price for the three tranches are 7p, 8p and 9p respectively. These targets have been created to ensure that the incentives capture the sustainable improvement in the business performance. The Options expire in 2033 and are also conditional on the continued employment of the relevant recipient as an employee of the Company at the time of exercise.

Until recently, Andrada has been in early production and feasibility study phase with low cash generative capacity. To that effect, the Company has remunerated its non-Executive directors with a combination of comparatively lower fees, and options.  However, the Board has resolved to cease remuneration to non-Executive Directors through the issue of options from the next financial year and will only pay cash-based remuneration to those directors going forward.

The options issued to the Directors and PDMRs are as set out as follows:

Name

Tranche one vesting at 7p (60-day VWAP) and exercisable in 60 Months from date of grant

Tranche two vesting at 8p (60-day VWAP) and exercisable in 60 Months from date of grant

Tranche three vesting at 9p (60-day VWAP) and exercisable in 60 Months from date of grant

Total number of options issued

Glen Parsons*

Non-Executive Director

281,149

281,149

281,149

843,447

Laurence Robb*

Non-Executive Director

281,149

281,149

281,149

843,447

Terence Goodlace*

Non-Executive Director

281,149

281,149

281,149

843,447

Michael Rawlinson

Non-Executive Director

281,149

281,149

281,149

843,447

Gida Nikazibwe Sekandi

Non-Executive Director

281,149

281,149

281,149

843,447

Anthony Viljoen*

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

937,163

937,163

937,163

2,811,489

Hiten Ooka

Financial Director

702,872

702,872

702,872

2,108,616

Chris Smith

Chief Operations Officer

702,872

702,872

702,872

2,108,616

Frans van Daalen

Chief Strategy Officer

702,872

702,872

702,872

2,108,616

*These directors also benefit from other share options in the Company as follows: Anthony Viljoen - options over 10,600,000 ordinary shares; Glen Parsons - options over 4,500,000 ordinary shares; Laurence Robb - options over 4,000,000 ordinary shares and Terrence Goodlace - options over 4,000,000 ordinary shares. More details of these options are set out on page 20 of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2022.

 

Shares in lieu of Directors' fees.

In addition, the Company has today issued 1,092,189 Ordinary Shares ("New Shares") to Mr. Laurence Robb and Mr. Michael Rawlinson, in lieu of their fees for the financial years ended February 2022 and 2023. This is in accordance with the terms of their contracts. The associated calculations are set out below:

Name of NED

H1 2022

H2 2022

H1 2023

H2 2023

Total shares in lieu of fees

Fees in lieu of shares: GBP

Average closing price GBP for H1

Number of issued shares

Fees in lieu of shares: GBP

Average closing price GBP for H2

Number of issued shares

Fees in lieu of shares: GBP

Average closing price GBP for H1

Number of issued shares

Fees in lieu of shares: GBP

Average closing price GBP for H2

Number of issued shares

Michael Rawlinson

0

-

0

3,500

£0.0544

64,396

10,500

£0.0353

160,852

10,500

£0.0478

219,516

444,764

Laurence Robb

£9,000

£0.0578

155,807

9,000

£0.0544

165,189

9,000

£0.0353

137,873

9,000

£0.0478

188,156

647,426

Total



155,807

 

 

229 984

 

 

298 726

 

 

407 672

1,092,189

Application has been made for the admission of the New Shares to trading on AIM, and the Company expects that the admission will become effective and dealings in the Warrant Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 17 May 2023 ("Admission").

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR) of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company confirms that upon Admission its issued share capital will comprise 1,538,955,533 Ordinary Shares of no-par value. All of the Company's Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company will therefore be 1,538,955,533 following Admission.

This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in Andrada under the DTRs. The notification of dealing forms for the options and issue of equity can be found below. These notifications are made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Glen Parsons

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director & Chairman

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

·      213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

843,447

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

 

-     Price

 

843,447

 

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

 

 

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Laurence Robb

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted.

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

843,447

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

843,447

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Terence Goodlace

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

 

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

843,447

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

843,447

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Michael Rawlinson

 

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

 

 

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

843,447

 



d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

843,447

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Gida Nakazibwe Sekandi 

 

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

 Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

843,447

 



 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

843,447

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Anthony Viljoen

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

 

6p

 

2,811,489

 


d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

2,811,489

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Hiten Ooka

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Financial Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

2,108,616

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

2,108,616

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Chris Smith

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Operational Officer

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

 

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

2,108,616

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

2,108,616

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Frans van Daalen

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Strategy Officer

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

6p

 

2,108,616

 

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

2,108,616

6p

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Michael Rawlinson

 

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

 

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of Equity in lieu of fees

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

5.44p

3.53p

4.78p

64,396

160,852

219,516



d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

444,764

 

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

 

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Laurence Robb

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor

a)

Name

Andrada Mining plc

b)

LEI

213800FKOXWBL6JBVH90

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted.

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary share

GG00BD95V148

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of equity (in lieu of fees)

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

5.78p

5.44p

3.53p

4.78p

155,807

165,189

137,873

188,156

d)

Aggregated information

-    Aggregated volume

-     Price

 

647,426

 

e)

Date of the transaction

11 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

XLON, AIM

 

 

Andrada Mining Limited

Anthony Viljoen, CEO

Sakhile Ndlovu, Head of Investor Relations

+27 (11) 268 6555

Nominated Adviser


WH Ireland Limited

Katy Mitchell

+44 (0) 207 220 1666

Corporate Advisor and Joint Broker


H&P Advisory Limited

Andrew Chubb

Jay Ashfield

Matt Hanson

+44 (0) 20 7907 8500

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

Ashton Clanfield

Callum Stewart

Varun Talwar

+44 (0) 20 7710 7600

Tavistock Financial PR (United Kingdom)

Emily Moss

Catherine Drummond

Adam Baynes

+44 (0) 207 920 3150

 

 

About Andrada Mining Limited

Notes to editors

Andrada Mining Limited is a London-listed technology metals mining company with a vision to create a portfolio of globally significant, conflict-free, production and exploration assets. The Company's flagship asset is the Uis Mine in Namibia, formerly the world's largest hard-rock open cast tin mine. 

 

Lithium laboratory test work completed during the 2022 calendar year indicated a high-grade, ultra-low iron lithium petalite concentrate. The test work to convert lithium petalite concentrate to battery-grade lithium hydroxide was initiated with Nagrom, a leading Australian processing company, and commercial engagements with lithium petalite concentrate off - takers are on-going.

 

An exploration drilling programme is currently underway with the aim of expanding the tin resource over the fourteen additional, historically mined pegmatites, all of which occur within a 5 km radius of the current processing plant. The Company has set a mineral resource target of 200 Mt to be delineated within the next 5 years. The substantial mineral resource potential allows the Company to consider economies of scale.

 

Andrada is managed by a board of directors with extensive industry knowledge and management team with deep commercial and technical skills. Furthermore, the Company is committed to the sustainable development of its operations and the growth of its business. This is demonstrated by how the leadership team places significant emphasis on creating value for the wider community, investors, and other key stakeholders. Andrada has established an environmental, social and governance system which has been implemented at all levels of the Company and aligns with international standards.

 

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