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Vancouver, B.C. Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) (“Monument” or the “Company”) announces its intention to carry out a non-brokered private placement of up to 156,250,000 units at a price of $0.45 per unit for gross proceeds to the Company of up to $70,000,000 (the “Offering”).
Each unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.67 per share for a period of 36 months from the closing of the Offering.
The Company may pay finders’ fees and/or commissions in connection with the Offering in cash and/or securities of the Company in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”). The Offering is subject to the approval of the Exchange and, if required by the Exchange, the approval of the Company’s shareholders and is also subject to the Company completing satisfactory due diligence, announcing it will proceed to close the Mengapur acquisition and completing the Mengapur acquisition.
The proceeds of the Offering will be allocated to fund acquisition and development for the Mengapur Polymetalic Project.
About Monument Mining Limited
Canadian based Monument Mining Limited has two wholly-owned principal properties: Selinsing Gold Mine Project (“Selinsing”); and Damar Buffalo Reef Prospect (“Buffalo Reef”); which are located in Pahang State in the Central Gold Belt District of Malaysia. In addition, the Company recently acquired the Famehub properties comprising 32,000 acres of prospective exploration land adjacent and nearby the Selinsing and Buffalo Reef properties; and 49% interest in the Mersing Gold Project, approximately 300 km from the Selinsing gold mine.
In conjunction with extensive exploration programs at Selinsing, Buffalo Reef and the Famehub properties, the Company recently announced it exceeded its 2011 financial gold production target of 40,000 ounces by 10%. The Selinsing Gold Mine is scheduled to increase its annual production rate to approximately 55,000 ounces of gold inside its first full year of commercial production with an estimated average operating cash cost of approximately $317 per ounce. The phase III capacity expansion of the 400,000 tpa gold treatment plant to 1,000,000 tpa through the addition of an additional milling circuit is targeting completion in May 2012. The Company has recently announced that construction has commenced on the processing plant expansion and the expansion of the tailings storage facility to enable throughput of approximately 1,000,000 tpa for 10 years.
The Company has also signed a binding MOU to acquire a 70% interest in the Mengapur Polymetalic Project in Malaysia subject to due diligence, and a variety of conditions including regulatory approval. Details of the project are available on the website.
