Mkango Resources announces Director Dealing
Mkango Resources Ltd. announces that William Dawes, CEO of the Company, has purchased 800,000 common shares without par value in the Company, comprising 400,000 Shares at a price of 12.95p per share and 400,000 Shares at a price of 12.75p per share.
Following the purchase of the Shares, William Dawes is the beneficial owner of or directly or indirectly controls a total of 9,521,443 Shares in the Company, which represents 4.42% per cent of the issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company. William Dawes holds 975,238 Shares in his own name, with 8,546,205 of the Shares controlled through Leo Mining & Exploration Limited, a company in which William Dawes is a Director and owns 17.3% of the issued and outstanding shares.
About Mkango Resources Limited
Mkango’s corporate strategy is to develop new sustainable primary and secondary sources of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium to supply accelerating demand from electric vehicles, wind turbines and other clean technologies. This integrated Mine, Refine, Recycle strategy differentiates Mkango from its peers, uniquely positioning the Company in the rare earths sector.
Mkango is developing Songwe Hill in Malawi with a Feasibility Study completed in July 2022. Malawi is known as “The Warm Heart of Africa”, a stable democracy with existing road, rail and power infrastructure, and new infrastructure developments underway.
In parallel, Mkango and Grupa Azoty PULAWY, Poland’s leading chemical company and the second largest manufacturer of nitrogen and compound fertilizers in the European Union, have agreed to work together towards development of a rare earth Separation Plant at Pulawy in Poland (the “Pulawy Separation Plant”). The Pulawy Separation Plant will process the purified mixed rare earth carbonate produced at Songwe Hill.
Through its ownership of Maginito, Mkango is also developing green technology opportunities in the rare earths supply chain, encompassing neodymium (NdFeB) magnet recycling as well as innovative rare earth alloy, magnet, and separation technologies. Maginito holds a 42% interest in UK rare earth (NdFeB) magnet recycler, HyProMag, with an option to increase its interest to 49%. Mkango also has an extensive exploration portfolio in Malawi, including the Mchinji rutile exploration project, the Thambani uranium-tantalum-niobium-zircon project and Chimimbe nickel-cobalt project.
