Shareholders will be entitled to acquire nine new shares for every one existing share held at the September 4 record date, at an offer price of $0.005 per new share.
Continental Coal will use the funds to develop its portfolio of thermal coal projects in South Africa’s including two operating mines, the Vlakvarkfontein and Penumbra Coal Mines, producing about 2 million tonnes per annum of thermal coal for the export and domestic markets.
A feasibility study was also completed on a proposed third mine, the De Wittekrans coal project with a mining right granted in September 2013.