Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
16 Sept 2016regulatory community update▼ Bad
Forrest & Forrest has appealed the Supreme Court decision to the WA Court of Appeal. No hearing date is set, so the three licence applications remain unresolved and the earlier win is now open to challenge.
Supreme Court of WA dismissed Forrest & Forrest's judicial review of the Minister's decision to progress Cauldron's three Yanrey-region exploration licence applications (lodged April 2012), with costs awarded to Cauldron. A step toward grant, not a grant itself.
Corporate governance statement and Appendix 4G for the year ended 30 June 2016, pointing to the company's website. Administrative compliance filing with no new operational or financial information in the readable text.
Annual report for the year to 30 June 2016, listing Tony Sage as Executive Chairman with Qiu Derong, Judy Li and Mark Gwynne as non-executive directors. The readable text is the directory and director profiles; no new operational or financial figures are visible.
Executive Chairman Tony Sage signed a new three-year consultancy contract from 1 July 2016 at $240,000 a year plus GST, with three months' notice. No fixed bonus formula. The fee had not changed since June 2009.
Administrative disclosure: 33,898,318 shares, those the receiver sold from Guangzhou City's holding, are under voluntary escrow for six months from 5 July 2016. Shares on issue unchanged at 288,002,620.
A court-appointed receiver sold Guangzhou City's 33.9m Cauldron shares, recovering $508,475 against the $1m-plus-interest judgment debt. Cauldron considers further recovery doubtful and is seeking advice on registering the judgment in China.
MGT Resources confirms receiving 16,949,176 Cauldron shares and 20m options (exercisable at $0.138 by 31 December 2016) after paying $2m. Duplicates Cauldron's own announcement of the issue; no new information.
Third-party release by MGT Resources: it will buy about 16.95m Cauldron shares for $2m, funded by a $2m converting note to Auskong, giving about 5.89% of Cauldron. Explains who paid the $2m of the Joseph judgment debt.
29 Mar 2016capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Cauldron issued 16,949,176 shares at $0.118 ($2m) plus 20m options at $0.138 expiring 31 December 2016 to MGT Resources, about 5.89%. Funds go to working capital and Bennet Well field leach trials. Shares now 288.0m, options 44m.
What it means for a shareholder
16.9m new shares at A$0.118 to raise about A$2.0m. That's 5.9% dilution: every existing holder's slice gets 5.9% smaller. If you held A$1,000 of shares (8,475 at the issue price), your slice goes from 0.00313% to 0.00294% of the company. To keep it you'd need 530 more shares - about A$63 at the issue price.
Cauldron recovered $2,530,539 of the Joseph parties' judgment debt: $530,539 from them and $2m from MGT Resources, which takes the shares that were to be issued to them. $1m plus interest is still owed by Guangzhou City, whose shares are under a holding lock.
Presentation to Perth brokers titled 'Exploration Success Update', covering the uranium market and Bennet Well's in-situ recovery project and WA Government support. Appears to repeat previously announced results; no new figures visible in the readable text.
Half-year to 31 December 2015: loss after tax of $2,066,368, versus $2,480,299 a year earlier. Of the $15m Chinese placements, $10m has been received; a $1.65m R&D refund arrived in December. Nothing new beyond known events.
WA Supreme Court ruled for Cauldron against Joseph Investment, Joseph Investment International and Guangrong City, ordering $3m plus interest, $55,000 damages and 85% of legal costs. Resolves the unpaid placement dispute; collection still has to be enforced.
WA's Department of Mines and Petroleum gave Bennet Well Lead Agency Project status, assigning officers to help coordinate approvals. It also published guidance for small-scale field leach testing, which Cauldron plans for the June 2016 quarter, subject to funding. Company targets potential production in 2020.
Administrative notice: 39.2m unlisted options at $0.138 expired 31 December 2015. Shares now 271,053,444 and unlisted options 24m; the share rise suggests 3m options were exercised (inference).
Bennet Well resource rises to 38.9Mt @ 360ppm eU3O8, 30.9Mlb (up from 21.5Mlb in July), with Indicated 18.1Mlb and Inferred 12.5Mlb. Grade up 33% from 270ppm. This follows the Bennet Well Channel drilling; mineralisation remains open.
25 more holes (2,411m) show Bennet Well Channel mineralisation extends at least 7km southeast, with at least 11km total known length, still open. Best: 4.45m @ 518ppm. Ravensgate will be commissioned to estimate a resource for the channel.
Drilling restarted at Bennet Well Channel, with hole BW0098 hitting 1.80m @ 2,900ppm eU3O8, including 1.10m @ 4,520ppm. Drilling continues at spacing aimed at an Inferred resource; inclusion in the 21.5Mlb resource is not yet determined.
9 Nov 2015capital raising announcement● NeutralMajor
After AGM approval, director Qiu was issued 16,949,178 shares at $0.118 (A$2m) plus 16m unlisted options, of which he can exercise at most 8m. Completes the Qiu placement from the open threads. Shares now 268.05m.
What it means for a shareholder
16.9m new shares at A$0.118 to raise about A$2.0m. That's 6.4% dilution: every existing holder's slice gets 6.4% smaller. If you held A$1,000 of shares (8,475 at the issue price), your slice goes from 0.00343% to 0.00321% of the company. To keep it you'd need 581 more shares - about A$69 at the issue price.
First two holes (159m) at a regional target, Manyingee South, about 16km from Bennet Well, hit uranium, e.g. 0.75m @ 289ppm eU3O8. It is 4.5km from Paladin's Manyingee deposit. Early and thin; extends the 22 September Exploration Target testing beyond Bennet Well.
Recent drilling plus historic Dynasty Metals holes suggest the Bennet Well Channel could extend 7.5km southeast, beyond Cauldron's licence. It has applied for new licence ELA E08/2774 to secure the ground. The extension is interpreted, not yet a resource.
First seven holes (703m) in the Bennet Well Channel hit uranium, e.g. 4.15m @ 529ppm eU3O8 from 88.9m. A new channel extends 3.2km southeast, and the company says its Exploration Target for this area rose five-fold. Drilling of the 4,000m program continues.
New Exploration Target 'BW Extended' of 19-54Mt at 300-420ppm, for 18-53Mlb U3O8, across 17 areas, on top of the existing 21.5Mlb resource. It is conceptual, not a resource; drilling is under way to test it.
About to start a 40-hole, 4,000m mud rotary program at Bennet Well, mostly to extend the resource and improve metallurgical understanding. Part is greenfield targets co-funded by the WA grant of up to $150k. Follows the July resource upgrade.
Administrative notice: 275,000 unlisted employee and consultant options at $0.138 lapsed. Unlisted options now 55.225m; shares unchanged at 251,104,266.