Piedmont Lithium Ltd (ASX:PLL) (NASDAQ:PLL) has a new substantial holder in Fidelity International (FIL) which now holds 74 million shares for a 9.08% stake in the US lithium pre-developer.
The worldwide investment firm became a substantial holder on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after participating in Piedmont Lithium's A$21 million placement.
PLL securities are trading at A$0.14.
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Earlier this month the company received A$21 million for the issue of 145 million shares priced at A14.5 cents to institutional investors.
Proceeds will be used to complete a definitive feasibility study (DFS) and continue development of the 100%-owned Piedmont Lithium Project in North Carolina, US.
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As well as Fidelity, Piedmont’s largest shareholder, AustralianSuper, the largest industry super fund in Australia, also increased its investment through the placement.
PLL recently revealed a major JORC resource update for its flagship project within the world-class Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt.
The global resource for the project increased 47% to 27.9 million tonnes grading 1.11% lithium oxide for 309,000 tonnes of lithium oxide and 764,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.