Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
30 Sept 2021joint venture update● NeutralMajor
Drilling samples are assayed, with resource results due in October, slipping from the September target. DRA expects the DFS by end Q1 2022 and Dorfner's final report by end 2021. US OTC listing (EULIF) planned for October; banks being approached for project finance.
Annual report for year to 30 June 2021: net loss A$3.96M (2020: A$3.26M loss), no dividend, principal activity lithium exploration in Austria. Post-year-end events recap the A$6.5M placement, board changes and Winance note conversion.
6M shares issued on conversion of the remaining 300 Winance convertible notes, ending that Tranche 2 drawdown. Routine issue notice; no cash raised is stated.
20 Aug 2021director officer appointment● NeutralMajor
Michael Carter, a stockbroker with CPS Capital, joins as non-executive director from 31 August. Executive Director Kimon Gkomozias, appointed through the Talaxis engagement, steps down the same day to take a role at Welsbach Holdings.
Listing Rule 5.23 clarification to the 16 August drilling update, confirming no new information materially affects the 2 June drilling results it refers to. No new facts.
Completes the 10 August placement: 104M shares issued, plus 2M to lead manager Evolution and 200,000 to settle a A$12,000 debt. Also issued 52M placement options and 20M broker options (7.5c, April 2024). Administrative follow-up with no new facts.
Phase 2 drilling reaches 20 holes (7,925m), with completion due 17 August; the 1.91m and 2.4% Li2O results are repeated. Resource update, aiming for 11Mt at 1% Li2O, is now expected in September. Zone 2 work is deferred until after mining begins.
10 Aug 2021capital raising announcement● NeutralMajor
Raises A$6.5M from sophisticated investors at 6.25c per share, with one free 7.5c option (expiring April 2024) per two shares, to fund the DFS. Lead manager Evolution gets 6% fee, 20M options and 2M shares. Chair expects drilling and metallurgy results in September.
Company confirms it paid a fine to Austria's Financial Market Authority over unauthorised statements made in May 2019 by former director Stefan Muller, inconsistent with ASX announcements. Fine was about 50% of the maximum if disputed; paid without admission of liability; rights against Muller reserved. Amount not stated.
Clarification that the 3 and 10 June drilling announcements omitted some disclosures required by the JORC code; an updated Table 1 is attached. No new drilling results or company information.
Re-release of the 3 June drilling update adding a competent person statement (Don Hains) and JORC table. Repeats pegmatite up to 1.91m true thickness and up to 2.4% Li2O from two of six sample batches. Table notes nine of 21 holes (3,790m) done. No new results.
Seven holes (2,929m, over 30% of the program) are done. Early assays on two of six sample batches show pegmatite up to 1.91m true thickness at up to 2.4% Li2O. A second rig is on site; program remains on budget.
Signed a letter of intent to be industrial partner in a University of Graz battery-recycling research project, aiming to use recycled material in its planned lithium hydroxide process. Drilling and metallurgical testing are said to remain on track for July and under budget.
Settled legal disputes with Glock Gut-und Forstverwaltung, landowner of the mining and exploration licences. The company now expects the feasibility study in 2021 or early 2022, with mine set-up between late 2022 and early 2023.
Routine notice: 6,666,666 shares and 3,333,333 options (7.5c, expiring July 2022) issued for the Jadar stake purchase announced 11 May. This suggests the acquisition has completed (inference).
11 May 2021asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
European Lithium agrees to buy a 20% stake in Jadar Resources' Austrian lithium projects (Weinebene, Eastern Alps), 20km from Wolfsberg, for A$125,000 cash plus 6.67M shares with an option. A collaboration agreement is also signed. Completion is subject to conditions.
Jadar's own release of the same collaboration agreement with European Lithium, covering the Weinebene and Eastern Alps projects. It repeats the terms already reported, with no new facts.
Four holes are complete and a fifth started, with 1,690m of core and over 98% recovery. A second rig arrives in May; all 21 holes are expected finished by end of July, with results in Q3 2021.
Following the 16 April general meeting, 1.4M shares and 110.5M options (7.5c, expiring April 2024) were issued, plus 10M options at 15c expiring November 2021. This completes the approvals pending from the January placement.
First Phase 2 hole reached target depth of 440.7m, with spodumene-bearing pegmatite seen in core. Company says geology broadly fits its model and the campaign is below budget. No assay results yet.
Drilling rigs mobilised and Phase 2 drilling began at Wolfsberg on 23 February 2021, as scheduled on 2 February. This ends the contractor delay seen since 2020. No results yet.
Half-year report to 31 December 2020 restates known events: the A$2.1M placement at 4.5c, Winance note conversions (800 Tranche 2 notes left), AQSE withdrawal and the Phase 2 drilling tender. No new figures are drawn out here.