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Keras Resources PLC - Operations Update and award of Options
23rd February 2024, 07:00
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Keras Resources PLC
23 February 2024
 

Keras Resources plc / Index: AIM / Epic: KRS / Sector: Mining

 

23 February 2024

 

Keras Resources plc ('Keras' or the 'Company')

 

Operations Update and award of Options

Operations Update

 

Keras Resources plc (AIM: KRS) is pleased to provide an update on the construction of the granulator plant under the joint venture between the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Falcon Isle Resources Corp ("FIR") and Phosul LLC ("Phosul JV"), as announced on 22 January 2024,  and the relocation of FIR's plant and equipment from Spanish Fork to it's new, wholly owned facility 8 miles north of the town of Delta, Utah (the "Delta Facility").

 

The entire granulator plant is now located at the Delta Facility with the high-pressure grinding rolls ("HPGR") mill, a key component of the integrated processing plant, expected to arrive at the Delta Facility from Spanish Fork during March 2024.  The concrete pour for the civil footings for the granulator plant was completed on 19 February 2024, allowing for the mounting of the twin granulator pans, dryer and cooling rotary kilns to commence in the week starting 26 February 2024, on schedule and within budget. Commissioning of the integrated granulator plant is planned for the second quarter of 2024.

 

All crushed rock phosphate in stock has been transported to the Delta Facility enabling the mobile Pro-sizer mill to produce 10 and 50 mesh products to be sold by FIR to existing customers.

 

Grant of Options

 

The Board of Directors have today awarded Graham Stacey 600,000 options over 600,000 ordinary shares of the Company, further details of which are set out below:

 

Share Option Vesting Dates 

 Vesting Date

21/02/2025

21/02/2026

21/02/2027

Number of options 

200,000

200,000

200,000

Exercise price per share  (GBP)

0.04

0.05

0.06

 

The options are exercisable at any time within a period of 3 years from the Vesting Date.

 

Graham Stacey, CEO of Keras, commented, "The acquisition of the Delta Facility and signature of the Phosul JV has been a key inflection point in our strategy to becoming the premier producer of organic phosphate-based fertilisers in the USA. Our JV partner, Phosul LLC, brings significant experience in the marketing, formulation and field demonstration of the Phosul® product, and construction of the integrated JV granulator plant at our Delta Facility is a very exciting time for Keras and our US subsidiary, Falcon Isle Resources. Constructing a new production facility on our own property is in a sense going back to our roots as a mining and mineral processing business, and having Phosul LLC as a partner, being experts in the agricultural and fertiliser fields, positions us perfectly for significant volume and profitability growth. I look forward to providing regular updates as we approach commissioning at our Delta Facility."

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as amended) as it forms part of the domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended). Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information please visit www.kerasplc.com, follow us on Twitter @kerasplc or contact the following:

 

Graham Stacey

 

Keras Resources plc

info@kerasplc.com

 

Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Ewan Leggat / Caroline Rowe / Harry Davies-Ball

 

Joint Broker

Damon Heath / Erik Woolgar

 

 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP

 

 

Shard Capital Partners LLP

 

+44 (0) 20 3470 0470

 

 

+44 (0) 207 186 9900

 

Notes:

Keras Resources (AIM: KRS) wholly owns the Diamond Creek organic rock phosphate mine in Utah, US. Diamond Creek is one of the highest-grade organic phosphate deposits in the US and is a fully integrated mine to market operation with in-house mining and processing facilities. The operation produces a variety of organic phosphate products that can be tailored to customer organic fertiliser requirements.

 

The Company is focused on continuing to increase market share in the fast-growing US organic fertiliser market and build Diamond Creek into the premier organic phosphate producer in the US. 

 

Appendix

 

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name:

Graham Stacey

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status:

Chief Executive Officer

b)

Initial notification/amendment:

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name:

Keras Resources plc

b)

LEI:

213800OZFKFM2N4R4F47

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument:

 

Identification code:

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each

 

ISIN:    GB00BMY2T534

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Grant of options

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

 

 

 

Prices(s)

Volume(s)

1.    

4p

200,000

2.

5p

200,000

3.

6p

200,000




 

d)

Aggregated information:

 

Aggregated volume:

 

Price:

Multiple transactions as in 4 c) above

 

Prices(s)

Volume(s)

1.    

4p

200,000

2.

5p

200,000

3.

6p

200,000




e)

Date of transaction:

22 February 2024

 

 

f)

Place of transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

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