AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX:AVZ) has been granted a trading halt by the ASX with an announcement pending in relation to a proposed equity raising.
In its application for the halt, AVZ said: “The trading halt is requested pending the release of an announcement by the company in relation to a potential equity raising (comprising an institutional placement and a share purchase plan) and to allow the placement to take place in an orderly fashion.”
The halt will remain in place until the start of normal trading on the ASX on Friday, July 2, 2021, or when an announcement is released to the market.
Long-term land concession
Earlier this month the company's subsidiary Nyuki Logistics Company SASU secured a renewable 25-year lease on a 1,227-hectare site around 4 kilometres southeast of the regional town of Kabondo Dianda in the DRC.
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The site will host the Kabondo Dianda Intermodal Staging Station, which will form a vital part of AVZ’s logistics infrastructure plan to export finished products produced from the Manono Lithium and Tin Operation (MLTO) for export to global markets.
“Milestone in logistics plan”
AVZ managing director Nigel Ferguson said: “Signing the agreement to lease industrial land at Kabondo Dianda is another important milestone in the company’s logistics plan, which will see MLTO’s finished products, exported through the ports of Lobito in Angola and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
“Our Nyuki Logistics team has visited Kabondo Dianda several times to conduct community meetings with key local stakeholders.
“These meetings have resulted in successful ESIA’s being approved for the rehabilitation of the road from Manono, the proposed new ferry crossing site, material handling site and depot for both finished products being exported to global markets and in-bound consumables and materials, bound for MLTO and the greater community.”