Sam?s Seafood: Agreement to acquire coal, manganese assets in Indonesia
Monday, November 23 2009 - 02:28 AM WIB
Additional Coal Projects (90% interest)
Of the sixteen coal assets being acquired, thirteen are in East Kalimantan; one is in Central Kalimantan & two in Sumatra.
These coal holdings comprise four exploitation permits, nine exploration permits & three applications. In total these permits cover more than 80,000 hectares of high potential coal holdings.
Of the four exploitation permits, two are in East Kalimantan and are thermal coal projects.
One is in production and another in start -up mode. One of the exploration applications covers an area of 8,000 ha over very prospective ground for coking coal in Central Kalimantan.
As part of the commitment to acquire this portfolio of projects the company has committed to advance US$500,000 to Innovation West Pty Ltd (IW, Innovation West) for the undertaking of four drilling programmes (approximately 20 holes per programme initially) immediately. These programmes cover three areas in East Kalimantan & one in Lampung, Sumatra.
These coal projects are in addition to the TCM coal project (75% interest) previously announced in the abovementioned ASX Announcements regarding the proposed IW acquisition.
Additional Manganese Projects (90% interest)
An additional six permits covering an area of more than 15,000 ha are being acquired through the acquisition of IW. Four of these are in Flores & West Timor in the Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia with one in East Kalimantan & one in Sumatra. The additional areas in Flores & West Timor cover surrounding areas to the manganese holdings already being acquired under the detailed ASX announcement made on 21 October 2009. A site visits to one these areas by the Company?s geological staff recently confirmed the presence of significant size boulders containing extensive visible manganese.
These concessions are in addition to the four Manganese projects (55% interest) previously announced in the abovementioned ASX Announcement regarding the proposed IW acquisition.
As part of the due diligence on these projects, the Company has scheduled an early follow up visit to Indonesia to view all the details on each of the areas comprising this project portfolio and to assist it in prioritizing its evaluation and development plans going forward.
Further details on the projects will be provided after due diligence is completed and will be included in a notice of meeting to shareholders to assist their consideration of the purchase.
Variation to Acquisition of Innovation West Pty Ltd
The acquisition of this portfolio of projects is via a variation to the agreement for the acquisition of Innovation West. In addition to the original suite of assets in Indonesia being acquired by IW announced on 21 & 26 October 2009 and 5 November 2009 the company will now acquire further projects subject to the Company increasing the number of shares to be issued to the shareholders of IW.
On 21 October 2009, the Company announced the agreement to acquire 100% of IW in consideration for a cash payment of US$100,000 (as reimbursement for expenses) and the issue of 300 million ordinary shares in the Company. This agreement was subject to the completion of satisfactory due diligence and necessary statutory and shareholder approval.
While conducting due diligence in respect of the abovementioned transaction, significant larger opportunities were identified by IW.
As a result of IW securing these projects, IW and the Company have agreed to vary the Heads of Agreement (as announced on 21 October 2009) whereby the Company has now agreed to acquire 100% of 1W in consideration for a cash payment of US$300,000 (as reimbursement for expenses) and the issue of 630 million ordinary shares in the Company. The acquisition is conditional upon:
(a) the Company completing a legal and technical due diligence on 1W (to the Company?s sole satisfaction) which is anticipated to be completed by 15 December 2009
(b) the Company obtaining all necessary shareholder, statutory and regulatory approvals
The company will provide further updates on the progress of due diligence enquiries and the status of this transaction.
The existing projects
Please refer to ASX announcements released on 21 & 26 October 2009 and 5 November 2009 for details regarding the Manganese and Coal projects already acquired by IW.
We point out that the projects referred to in this announcement are in addition to the coal project and four manganese projects as previously announced. (end of edited release)