A$6 Million Placement to Advance the Sorby Hills Project
Released
Released
Announcement PDF
16 June 2025
A$6.0 Million Placement to Advance the Sorby Hills Lead-Silver
Project Toward a Final Investment Decision
Boab Metals Limited (ASX: BML) (Boab or the Company) is pleased to announce the successful
completion of a A$6.0 million capital raising through a Placement to sophisticated, professional and
institutional investors (Placement) to progress its 75% owned Sorby Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Project
(Sorby Hills Project), located in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Firm commitments received to raise A$6.0 million via an oversubscribed Placement to
sophisticated, professional and institutional investors to advance the Sorby Hills Project.
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Strong support received from existing and new investors, including domestic and
international funds.
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Funds will be used to advance pre-development expenditure, partially refurbish the workers
camp, project finance costs and early site establishment works.
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The capital raise will also free up existing cash reserves to support additional drilling,
including follow-up exploration at the Keep Target—underscoring Boab’s commitment to
unlocking further resource potential at Sorby Hills.
Boab Managing Director and CEO, Simon Noon, stated:
“Against the backdrop of a bullish silver market—and following the achievement of key milestones
such as the Offtake and Prepayment Agreement with Trafigura and the acquisition of the DeGrussa
processing plant from Sandfire Resources—momentum continues to build toward a Final Investment
Decision (FID) at Sorby Hills.
The funds raised via this Placement will allow us to ramp up pre-development activities, including
contract tendering, early site establishment, and the refurbishment of the existing workers’ camp.
Importantly, this capital injection also frees up existing cash reserves, to expand our exploration
programs, including follow-up drilling at the Keep Target.
We look forward to an exciting second half of 2025 as we continue to advance Sorby Hills toward
development and deliver further exploration success.”
Placement
The Placement raised $6.0 million (before costs) through the issue of approximately 37.5 million fully
paid ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.16 per Share (Placement Shares) to sophisticated,
professional and institutional investors. Shaw and Partners Acted as Lead Manager to the Placement
with Alpine Capital acting as Co-Manager to the offer.
The Company has utilised its placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1. (14,160,490 Ordinary shares will
be issued) and a further 23,339,510 ordinary shares are to be issued under the company’s 7.1(A) capacity.
Allotment of the Placement Shares is expected to occur on Monday, 23 June 2025.
The issue price of A$0.16 per New Share represents a:
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11.1% discount to the last traded Share price of $0.18;
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14.0% discount to the 5-day VWAP of $0.186; and
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8.7% discount to 15-day VWAP of $0.175
Use of Funds
The Placement will raise a total of A$6.0 million.
Funds raised under the Placement will be applied in the following manner:
Item
Total A$m
Sorby Hills Pre - Development Costs
1.5
Early site works at Sorby Hills Project
1.0
Partial Workers Camp Refurbishment
0.5
Project finance Costs
0.5
Working capital purposes
2.5
Total
A$6.0M
The allocation to working capital will provide Boab with the financial flexibility to expand its exploration
programs, including follow-up drilling at the Keep Target and broader step-out targets across the
Sorby Hills tenure.
The Board of Directors have authorised this announcement for release to the market
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Simon Noon
Managing Director & CEO
Phone: +61 (0)8 6268 0449
Email: info@boabmetals.com
About Boab Metals Limited
Boab Metals Limited (“Boab”, ASX: BML) is a Western Australian based exploration and development company.
The Company is currently focused on developing the Sorby Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Joint Venture Project in the east
Kimberley region of Western Australia. Boab owns a 75% interest in the Joint Venture with the remaining 25%
(contributing) interest held by Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co. Ltd.
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