Gryphon Minerals
Gryphon Minerals (ASX: GRY) is a Perth-based mineral exploration company established with the express purpose of exploring and developing gold deposits in West Africa. At the company's flagship Banfora Gold Project an aggressive drilling and regional exploration programme is being carried out to assist in unlocking the full potential of the project. Gryphon considers the results to date to be extremely significant, reinforcing the potential for the Banfora Gold Project to host large scale gold mineralisation.
Gryphon Minerals raises $20 million to advance exploration at Banfora Gold Project
Perth-based mineral exploration company Gryphon Minerals (ASX code: GRY) has raised $20 million as part of a strategy to grow its flagship Banfora Gold Project in Burkina Faso in West Africa.
The company received firm commitments for 40.0 million shares at $0.50 per share to raise the funds.
The Placement was strongly supported by new and existing institutional investors, including a number of UK and North American based international resource funds.
Gryphon announced an upgraded inferred resource of 1,100,000 ounces of gold at 2.4 grams per tonne in September this year.
Proceeds from the Placement will be applied to undertake further work targeting additional increases in resources at the highly prospective Banfora Gold Project. This includes funding further in‐fill drilling within the existing defined resource zone, continuation of the drilling program, the capability to assess ongoing additional prospective land acquisition opportunities within West Africa as they arise and general ongoing working capital requirements.
The Placement to institutional and sophisticated investors will be made in two tranches. Tranche 1 will comprise 24.8 million shares at 50 cents to raise $12.4 million will be issued immediately under the Company’s 15% capacity.
The second tranche will comprise of 15.2 million shares at 50 cents to raise a further $7.6 million, subject to shareholder approval at a meeting of members to be held within the next seven weeks.
Other Gryphon Minerals news
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15/01/10 Gryphon Minerals voted "2009 Explorer of the year"
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21/09/09 Gryphon Minerals reaches one million oz Banfora resource milestone
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21/08/09 Gryphon Minerals has more high grade gold hits at Banfora Gold Project
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24/07/09 Gryphon Minerals adds to the high grade gold bounty at Banfora in West Africa
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03/07/09 Gryphon Minerals reveals high grade rock chips found at Banfora Gold Project, Africa
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24/04/09 Gryphon Minerals raises A$10 million to upgrade gold resources at Banfora Gold Project
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16/04/09 Gryphon Minerals finds more gold at Banfora Gold Project, Burkina Faso
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16/03/09 More high grade gold drill intercepts at Banfora Gold Project for Gryphon Minerals
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10/02/09 Gryphon Minerals intercepts multiple high grade gold zone in West Africa
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