Galileo Resources PLC (LON:GLR) has raised £500,000 in a share placing to help fund the advancement of its Star Zinc project in Zambia.
The exploration firm said it had placed 100mln new shares with institutional and retail investors at a placing price of 0.5p each, a 13.8% discount to its last close price of 0.58p on 16 April.
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Galileo said the proceeds of the placing would be used to produce an independent resource estimate for the Star Zinc project as well as a preliminary pit design and the application for a small-scale mining permit.
The share placing follows an update for the project in December, when the company said a non-JORC conceptual grade tonnage estimate from phase two drilling August suggested the project’s maiden resource estimate would be a larger tonnage and contained metal at lower grade than previously announced.
Colin Bird, Galileo’s chairman, said the funds would allow the company to “add further value to what is undoubtedly a significant project with potential for early production”.
“The directors believe that the potential ore at Star Zinc lends itself to a simple trucking operation for parties looking to enhance their feedstock with high grade zinc ore and early- stage discussions have started with potential off-take partners."