From the FT on the 19th June

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COMPANIES UK & IRELAND: Kenmare negotiates $269m loan
By John Murray Brown
Financial Times; Jun 19, 2004



One of the largest debt financings for an independent mining company was announced yesterday when Kenmare Resources agreed a $269m (146.5m) facility to develop the Moma titanium mine in Mozambique.

Drawdown of the debt is contingent on the Irish company raising equity of $79m, lifting the value of the project to $345m.

The company already has commitments of $55m from a number of large investment funds.

Documents will be posted to shareholders on Monday for an open offer to raise up to $42m.

A banker at NM Rothschild, lead advisers on the financing, said the debt package represented three times Kenmare's market capitalisation of $90m.

"I do not think there have been any listed mining companies who have done that," he said.

Among the lenders, the African Development Bank is lending $40m and the European Investment Bank $15m in senior debt and a $40m subordinated loan, reflecting the vital economic benefits to what is the poorest region of one of Africa's poorest countries.

Martin Curwen, of the EIB, said this was the first deal signed under the 2000 Cotonou agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

He said EIB's presence would "provide comfort" to other lenders. "It is part of our mandate to support projects where the funding would not have been available from the financial markets," he said at yesterday's signing ceremony, attended by Castigo Langa, Mozambique's minister of mineral resources and energy.

KFW, the German development finance institution, is providing $50m, partly tied to the supply of electrical equipment by Siemens.

The Dutch development agency FMO is lending $15m. The only commercial bank involved is ABSA, the South African bank, which is lending $80m to support the purchase of South African goods and services by the mine.

The mine is expected to be in production in the second half of 2006, with annual output of 600,000 tonnes of ilmenite and other titanium minerals that supplies white pigment used in paint and toothpaste.

The company has already raised 4m to purchase a mineral separation plant in Western Australia, which is being dismantled and shipped to the site.

At full production, the mine will account for about 5 per cent of world supply. About two-thirds of world production is controlled by RTZ and Iluka, an Australian company spun out of the old Rennison Goldfields.

FT Comment

* There have been similar financings in the minerals sector but never where the borrowing is three times the borrower's market valuation. The Lihir gold project in Papua New Guinea raised $300m in 1995 but lenders had the comfort that Rio Tinto Zinc owned about 40 per cent of the company. Kenmare's project is 100 per cent-owned by Kenmare, a company that has no cash flow and would have reported a small loss of $40,000 last year but for interest on its bank deposits. This project clearly could transform its fortunes. There are offtake agreements in place for more than half the first five years' production with Dupont and Mitsui. Prices for mineral sands tend to be more stable than base metals, which behave more like a commodity dependent on capital goods demand. The current market cap is little more than the value of a year's production from the mine. An upgrade seems inevitable. Canaccord, the company's broker, has a current price target of 35p. This compares with a close of 17p, down 2p yesterday.


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I am confused Goldfinger, you got what from me?

I was responding to aimtrader question who asked "Does anyone know at what price they have forward sold the 60% production for the first 5 years???" by giving a snippet from an old report dated last July on Kenmare to which a link was provided.

I don't quite see what you got from my post that prompted you to say "Weekend papers say there is a suitor." immediately after my post.

"Irish titanium miner Kenmare Resources, which has interests in Mozambique, jumped 2p to 23p. Dealers heard that a large buyer was sniffing around and bulls reckon that it could be the next Asia Energy, which has soared from 57p in October to 685p."
(This is Money) 27.1.2005

up today!

quite a bit of action on this one today.

Nice to see it going back up.

cheers GF.

more action - more profit!!

Another blue day today though price being kept in check by some trading activity. At least the high volume of the last couple of sessions is also shaking the tree and getting rid of the short term profit takers - they are keeping the price down further than it should be...it's tempting for me to cash in too but the true value is much,much,much higher. We may see some intraday volatility given the extent of the recent rise but this will ease off and we'll see another uninterrupted surge...remember the trend is your friend.

Stick with it and your patience will be paid off handsomely!!!

Both shares and warrants being bought up. Looks like a solid share and the price is going the right way too!

No change today but the trend is upwards.

cheers Gf.

KMR is down today and what I would like to know is who is the 6250 person/company? Have you noticed it is buy buy 6250 over and over again and then sell sell 6250 over and over again, pushing the price up and down, now the 6250's are pushing it back up again. This has been happening since KMR price started to move a week or so ago. Can anyone shed any light???
Di

glad you asked that question - those 6250 trades have been intriguing me since they started. can't answer your question unfortunately but would also like to know what others think!

>> Dynamite

Regular trades like that are nearly always programmed trades by the larger security houses, of not too great value, so that they will definately get filled. Not sure why they are both buy and sell orders though, unless they are programmed to take profits at certain levels. It's a good idea to follow the trades if possible (ie be on the same side at the robots).

rgrds
gk

Looks like we have lost all the volume of the last 10 days, could be a good sign if the speculators are out.

cheers GF.

Stick with it guys. It's a GOOD share and will come really good over time. Be patient. 6250 isn't here to stay. WE are!!!

They are all marked as 'AT' automatic trades originated by SETS system - not entirely sure what that means, but 6,250 is 1/4 of 25,000 which is 1//4 of 100,000. So I'd guess it is a programmed purchase and/or sale of a large amount of stock in unthreatening bite sizes.

I would also guess (but much vaguer here) that the buys and sells are not from same source, since the buy,sell margin is too small to make a profit on each turn, isn't it?

Any other ideas? Is it a bad thing, or just neutral to the ultimate destiny of our SP?

So long as the buys are as good as the sells then the overall share price is being consolidated. Which is good. Those who bought cheap are cashing in whilst newcomers are buying in at todays prices. This means there is less chance of other people cashing in cheaper shares ...that is, until the share price goes up to a tempting level again. ...and we don't mind that do we?!!

I agree this share is bound to have its profit takers after such a big move up but better is still to come. Thank you Gallick...I had fogotten about the robots.
Di

Buyers are in for this one today. Price is really cheap!! Time to top up!!

150,000 @ 22.75 ...what a steal!!!