Beadell Resources has secured an additional $10 million in financing from Macquarie Bank as the company nears completion of construction of the processing plant at its Tucano gold mine in Brazil.
Beadell announced today it had sold Macquarie call options over 48,485 ounces of gold, at a strike price of $US1,700 per ounce.
The options will expire on December 31, 2014.
The additional funding takes Beadell’s cash balance to around $37 million, with approximately $14 million earmarked for construction of a carbon leaching plant at Tucano.
Beadell said construction was on track for first ore to be fed to the mill in October.
“Our financial contingency has been bolstered by a simple, non-dilutive funding option,” managing director Peter Bowler said.
“Additionally we are very excited about the prospects of the exceptionally high grade gold results recently released at the Duckhead gold resource.
“This deposit has the real potential to transform the company’s mine plan in a very short time frame.”
At 2:00PM, WST, Beadell stocks were down 1.2 per cent, trading at 78.5 cents.
