Empire Metals Limited Announces £8m Subscription by Institutional Shareholders
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Empire Metals (OTCQX:EPMLF, LON:EEE) has raised £8 million via a subscription of 26,666,667 new shares at 30p to existing institutional shareholders.
Pro-forma cash is expected to be about £14.5 million, funding Pitfield development studies, product testwork, marketing and ASX dual-listing costs.
Positive
- £8 million gross proceeds raised via subscription at 30 pence per share
- Pro-forma cash position expected to be circa £14.5 million post-raise
- Funding directed to Pitfield engineering, economic studies and MRE expansion drilling
- Proceeds support product testwork, market development and ASX dual-listing costs
Negative
- Issue of 26,666,667 new ordinary shares dilutes existing shareholders’ ownership percentages
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LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / May 11, 2026 / Empire Metals Limited ("Empire" or "the Company")(LON:EEE)(OTCQX:EPMLF), the AIM-quoted and OTCQX-traded resource exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it has raised gross proceeds of £8 million by way of a subscription of 26,666,667 new ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company at a price of 30 pence per ordinary share (the 'Subscription Shares') to existing institutional shareholders (the 'Subscription').
Highlights
Subscription raises gross proceeds of £8 million from existing institutional shareholders
Pro-forma cash position circa £14.5 million on completion
Proceeds will fund key value accretive workstreams including Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') updates and mine planning work, metallurgical batch and continuous pilot scale testwork and engineering and economic studies
Product development testwork and marketing studies advancing, focusing on the TiO₂ rutile pigment and titanium sponge metal markets
ASX dual listing on track for H2 2026, with Canaccord Genuity (Australia) to act as lead adviser
Shaun Bunn, Managing Director, said: "Existing institutional investors increasing their positions reflects strong support for our strategy and the progress at Pitfield. With momentum across all workstreams and our ASX dual listing on track for H2 2026, this investment underpins the strategic value of a high-grade titanium project of Pitfield's quality and scale in a Tier-1 jurisdiction."
Use of Proceeds
The proceeds will allow acceleration of current development work at Pitfield and fund Empire's development studies, principally:
Engineering and economic studies - mining, process plant, infrastructure and energy workstreams
Resource growth - MRE expansion drilling and classification upgrade
Product and market development - pilot-scale production and offtake engagement with TiO₂ pigment and titanium metal end-users
Corporate - ASX listing costs and general working capital
Application for Admission and Total Voting Rights
The Subscription Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company. Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective at 8:00 a.m. on 15 May 2026.
As a result of the issue of the Subscription Shares as described above, the issued share capital of the Company now consists of 757,559,888 ordinary shares of no-par value.
The above figure of 757,559,888 may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information please visit www.empiremetals.co.uk or contact:
Empire Metals Ltd Shaun Bunn / Greg Kuenzel / Arabella Burwell | Tel: 020 4583 1440 |
S. P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nomad & Joint Broker) Ewan Leggat / Adam Cowl | Tel: 020 3470 0470 |
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) James Asensio / Christian Calabrese / Rory Blundell / Charlie Hammond | Tel: 020 7523 8000 |
Shard Capital Partners LLP (Joint Broker) Damon Heath | Tel: 020 7186 9950 |
Tavistock (Financial PR) Emily Moss / Josephine Clerkin | Tel: 020 7920 3150 |
About Empire Metals Limited
Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE) and (OTCQX: EPMLF) is an exploration and resource development company focused on the commercialisation of the Pitfield Titanium Project, located in Western Australia. The titanium discovery at Pitfield is of unprecedented scale and hosts one of the largest and highest-grade titanium resources reported globally, with a Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) totalling 2.2 billion tonnes grading
Titanium mineralisation at Pitfield occurs from surface and displays exceptional grade continuity along strike and down dip. The MRE extends across just
Conventional processing has already produced a high-purity product grading
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SOURCE: Empire Metals Limited
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