Horizon Minerals Limited Phillips Find Mining Update

Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ) is pleased to provide an update on funding initiatives for project development which may potentially include retiring or refinancing debt.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Horizon has negotiated and executed a Share Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Golden Crane Holdings Limited, for a two tranche Private Placement to issue a total of 213,888,888 ordinary shares at $A0.045 for A$9,625,000 in cash

- Funds to be used for existing and further project development and potentially for the retiring or refinancing of debt

- Horizon approved the development of Boorara in late July 2024 to mine a series of four open pits containing 1.24Mt of ore at 1.24g/t Au for 49.5koz of gold

- The first ore stockpile of 54,380 tonnes has undergone assaying and metallurgical test work and is being hauled to the Paddington mill for first gold production which is imminent

- Mining at Phillips Find commenced during October 2024 by Joint Venture (JV) with BML Ventures Pty Ltd (BML) and first gold bearing ore is now being mined. Processing of 200kt will commence in February 2025 at FMR Investments Pty Ltd, Greenfields Mill and complete by the end of June 2025.

Placement

The Placement involves the issue of 213,888,888 new fully paid ordinary shares (New Shares) at an issue price of $0.045 per share for total funds to be received of A$6,345,000 (less 2.5% broker fee). The Placement will be completed in two tranches:

- Tranche 1: 141,000,000 New Shares issued Monday to an unrelated party for A$6,345,000 utilising available placement capacity under ASX listing rule 7.1

- Tranche 2: 72,888,888 New Shares issued in the next few months (with timing dependent on Foreign Investment Review Board approval, if required) to an unrelated party for A$3,280,000 utilising available placement capacity under ASX listing rule 7.1A in respect of the issue of 1,967,021 New Shares and the balance of 70,921,867 New Shares will be issued pursuant to listing rule 7.1.

Commenting on the mining progress, Managing Director and CEO Mr Grant Haywood said:

"We are very pleased to have the support of a new private equity investor who has committed to provide $9.625 million to fund the Company's ongoing project developments at Boorara and Phillips Find Project. With the gold price at all-time highs, we look forward to ongoing gold production from Boorara and Phillips Find, and further production optionality in the future from our advanced suite of development ready assets."

About Horizon Minerals Limited:  

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ) is a gold exploration and mining company focussed on the Kalgoorlie and Menzies areas of Western Australia which are host to some of Australia's richest gold deposits. The Company is developing a mining pipeline of projects to generate cash and self-fund aggressive exploration, mine developments and further acquisitions. The Teal gold mine has been recently completed.

Horizon is aiming to significantly grow its JORC-Compliant Mineral Resources, complete definitive feasibility studies on core high grade open cut and underground projects and build a sustainable development pipeline.

Horizon has a number of joint ventures in place across multiple commodities and regions of Australia providing exposure to Vanadium, Copper, PGE's, Gold and Nickel/Cobalt. Our quality joint venture partners are earning in to our project areas by spending over $20 million over 5 years enabling focus on the gold business while maintaining upside leverage.

Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Welcome to the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ). Thank you for joining us today and for your ongoing support as shareholders. It is a privilege to address you as Chairman during what has been a pivotal year for our company.

Horizon made significant advances across resource development, business development and our production pipeline in the year. We achieved key milestones despite the challenges posed by volatile market conditions and change within our business, positioning us for strong future cashflows in what is a high gold price environment.

This past year we have worked tirelessly to secure two ore processing agreements, commenced two mining operations, completed the merger with Greenstone Resources Limited and are now into a proposed merger with Poseidon Nickel Limited.

The processing agreements with FMR Investments Pty Ltd (FMR) and Norton Goldfields Limited Pty Ltd (Norton) underpin our cashflows for the next 18 months and are in line with our strategy of generating cashflow from mining projects through low capital development using existing regional infrastructure and partners. We have sought and received government approvals and awarded contracts for mining at our Boorara and Phillips Find projects. At the same time, we have progressed further studies and approvals on other gold projects in our project pipeline to generate longer-term cashflow.

The merger with Greenstone brought in the Phillips Find project which we quickly turned on with joint venture partner BML Ventures Pty Ltd (BML). The Greenstone merger also brought the cornerstone Burbanks asset which we believe can underpin a larger development and gave us more critical mass in our resource base to look at owning our own plant and not be reliant on third party infrastructure. This is where the proposed merger with Poseidon is a natural pairing and if implemented would result in our in-ground assets being processed through the Poseidon Black Swan processing plant which we would propose to refurbish and repurpose as a gold plant.

As a publicly listed company on the ASX, we are acutely aware of our responsibilities to our shareholders and other stakeholders. Corporate governance remains a cornerstone of our business. This year, we strengthened our governance framework, ensuring alignment with ASX Corporate Governance Council Principles and Recommendations and began a process of Board renewal. We refreshed the Board, welcoming Grant Haywood as Managing Director and Warren Hallam as a Non-Executive Director. Also, I would like to pay our thanks to outgoing Non-Executive Directors Jon Price and Chris Hansen for their service and contribution to the Company.

Our Board undertook a thorough review of policies such as risk management, sustainability, and ESG practices, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and accountability. We also continue to uphold the highest ethical standards in our dealings, with robust systems in place to monitor compliance across our operations.

In the current economic and market environment, effective cost management is more important than ever. The Company successfully implemented measures to optimise our cost base while maintaining the ability to achieve operational excellence and business goals. At a Board level we reduced Directors from four to three, and our corporate compliment of personnel has not significantly increased even following the recent Greenstone merger.

Going forward, growth remains a key priority for Horizon. Looking ahead to next year and beyond, we plan to invest around $6 million in a planned 50,000m of exploration and resource drilling, focusing on strengthening our development pipeline and testing high-potential new targets. This includes drilling our cornerstone projects, including Burbanks and the greater Boorara area, to generate a targeted five year mine plan to supply the Black Swan processing facility that Horizon proposes to acquire and refurbish subject to successful completion of the proposed merger with Poseidon. Assuming a successful merger with Poseidon, we look forward to completing the processing and mining studies to transform the processing facility into a gold plant capable of generating strong cashflows and returns for all shareholders.

On behalf of the board, I would like to thank all of our loyal employees, contractors and business partners for their tireless efforts in what has been a very busy and productive time for Horizon. Finally, I would like to thank you, our fellow shareholders, for your continued support in what is a very exciting growth phase of the Company going forward.

Ashok Parekh
Non-executive Chairman

To view the 2024 AGM Presentation, please visit:
https://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/117U3E8L

About Horizon Minerals Limited:  

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ) is a gold exploration and mining company focussed on the Kalgoorlie and Menzies areas of Western Australia which are host to some of Australia's richest gold deposits. The Company is developing a mining pipeline of projects to generate cash and self-fund aggressive exploration, mine developments and further acquisitions. The Teal gold mine has been recently completed.

Horizon is aiming to significantly grow its JORC-Compliant Mineral Resources, complete definitive feasibility studies on core high grade open cut and underground projects and build a sustainable development pipeline.

Horizon has a number of joint ventures in place across multiple commodities and regions of Australia providing exposure to Vanadium, Copper, PGE's, Gold and Nickel/Cobalt. Our quality joint venture partners are earning in to our project areas by spending over $20 million over 5 years enabling focus on the gold business while maintaining upside leverage.