Great Southern Copper - GSC Secures £0.8m to Expand Exploration in Chile
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Great Southern Copper PLC
07 November 2024
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7 November 2024
Great Southern Copper plc
("GSC" or the "Company")
GSC Secures £0.8m Funding to Expand Exploration Work in Chile
Great Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the Company focused on copper-gold exploration in Chile, is pleased to
announce that it has received an investment of £780,000, before expenses, from two new private investors and
the existing majority shareholder.
The proceeds provide GSC with additional funding to expand its ongoing exploration programme in Chile,
supporting drilling programmes across multiple high-potential targets within the Company's large-scale coppergold Especularita project.
The investment has been raised through the placing of 62,400,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company
at a price of 1.25p, which represents a 5% discount to the 30 day VWAP and a 9% discount to the 10 day VWAP.
Each share will have one warrant, exercisable at £0.025 for a period of 24 months from the date of admission to
trading of the Placing shares.
The investment comes from a highly experienced investor and a corporate institution, matched by GSC's
cornerstone founding investor, Foreign Dimensions PTY Limited.
Sam Garrett, Chief Executive Officer of Great Southern Copper plc, said: "We are very pleased to have been
approached by new investors who have chosen to provide additional support to the Company at this crucial
stage of exploration, alongside our extremely supportive majority shareholder.
"Whilst the equity markets continue to be starved of capital for early stage exploration, this investment reflects
the increasing confidence and excitement around the Company's prospects. The funds will be deployed to
advance our drilling programmes and other exploration activities over the next 6-12 months, and we look forward
to updating the market on our progress."
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Application will be made for the 62,400,000 Placing and Subscription Shares, which will rank pari passu in all
respects with the existing ordinary shares in the Company, to be admitted to listing on the standard listing
segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's ("London Stock
Exchange") main market for listed securities ("Main Market"), which is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on or around
11 November 2024.
Following Admission of the Placing and Subscription Shares, the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights
in the Company will be 510,005,878 The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Great Southern Copper plc
Sam Garrett, Chief Executive Officer
+44 (0) 20 4582 3500
SI Capital Limited
Nick Emerson
+44 (0) 1483 413500
Capital Plus Partners
Keith Swann
+44 (0) 203 8216167
Gracechurch Group
Harry Chathli, Alexis Gore, Henry Gamble
+44 (0) 20 4582 3500
Notes for Editors:
About Great Southern Copper
Great Southern Copper PLC is a UK-listed mineral exploration Company focused on the discovery of copper-gold
and lithium deposits in Chile. The Company has the option to acquire rights to 100% of two projects in the underexplored coastal belt of Chile that are prospective for large scale copper-gold deposits. In addition, the Company
has the option to acquire rights to 100% of a lithium project located in the Salar de Atacama district of Chile. Chile
is a globally significant mining jurisdiction being the world's largest copper producer and the second-largest
producer of lithium.
The two, early-stage Cu-Au projects comprise the Especularita Projects and San Lorenzo, both located in the
coastal metallogenic belt of Chile which hosts significant copper mines and deposits, including Teck's Carmen de
Andacollo copper mine, and boasts excellent access to infrastructure such as roads, power and ports. Significant
historical small-scale and artisanal workings for both copper and gold are readily evident in both exploration
project areas.
The Company's Monti Lithium project is strategically located in the pre-Andean region of Salar de Atacama which
is Chile's premier lithium-producing region with well-established lithium mining operations and infrastructure.
Great Southern Copper is strategically positioned to support the global market for copper and lithium - both
critical battery metals in the clean energy transition around the world. The Company is actively engaged in
exploration and evaluation work programmes targeting both large tonnage, low to medium grade Cu-Au and Li
deposits as well as high-grade Cu-Au deposits.
Further information on the Company is available on the Company's website: https://gscplc.com
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