SouthGobi Resources Ltd., an integrated coal mining, development and exploration company operating in Mongolia, entered into a private placement agreement with Novel Sunrise Investments Limited, an investment holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, and focused on the real estate, logistics and supply chain management industries. Pursuant to this agreement, an aggregate of up to 21,750,000 common shares of SouthGobi are issuable to the BVI company. The proceeds of the agreement, where Novel Sunrise Investments is an investor and strategic partner, will make up to US$7.5 million, with initial tranche of approximately US$3.5 million, to be closed on March 3, 2015. The proceeds will be applied towards general working capital.
Novel Sunrise has also entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd, the largest shareholder of SouthGobi Resources, to purchase 48,705,155 common shares of which Turquoise Hill is the current holder, at a price of CDN$0.35 per common share payable in cash. The closing of this agreement is expected to occur no later than March 31, 2015.
