Bezant Resources plc (LON:BZT) is raising £800,000 to move forward with its Mankayan copper-gold project in Luzon, the Philippines.
Executive chairman Colin Bird is putting up £50,000, which will take his stake to 2.5% once the fund raise completes.
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Shares in the placing and subscription were priced at 0.36p with the money earmarked to upgrade the historical scoping study, onsite community development work and for drill target selection.
A portion will also be allocated to the Eureka project in Argentina, which is being assessed
The previous study undertaken at Mankayan in 2014 by Goldfields indicated a post-tax net present value of approximately US$793mln (8% discount), with total post-tax net cash flows of approximately US$3.7bn.
Laurence Read, chief executive, said reassessment of the existing Mankayan engineering studies and a focus on the last, high-grade copper-gold intersections drilled by Goldfields will be key objectives going forward.