Beacon Minerals Ltd (BCN) is pleased to announce it has signed the legal sale agreement with Ramelius Resources Ltd to sell Mining Lease ML 77/1254 (BCN ownership 80%) at the Barlee Gold Project. The sale of this asset will establish a strong financial base for the Company to grow, potentially through both the acquisition of new ground and further exploration of the remaining Barlee tenements. This recapitalisation will allow the Company to continue exploration of several prospective targets at Barlee as well as continue the current advanced negotiations on project opportunities which are located in geological regions where existing large scale gold resources occur. Further details of the Company’s planned activities will be released to shareholders in the coming weeks. The payment terms for sale of the Mining Lease are : Payment of $4 million cash representing reimbursement of exploration expenditure.
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ASX Company News: Boral To Sell Indonesian Construction Materials Business
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012In line with Boral’s (BLD) strategy to divest of non-core assets and focus on the core product portfolio, the Group announced that it has reached agreement to sell the Indonesian construction materials business for an enterprise value of US$135 million to Siam Cement Group. The sale includes Boral’s concrete, quarry and precast operations, including limestone reserves in Indonesia. In FY2011, the collective businesses generated revenue of US$150 million and EBITDA of US$14 million. A once-off pretax profit of circa US$35 million against current book value is expected in the FY2012 results.
Commenting on the sale, Boral’s Chief Executive, Mark Selway, said: “The sale of the Indonesian construction materials business is in line with our strategy to realign the product portfolio to focus on core businesses where we hold leading market positions.” Boral will make its first half results announcement on 28 February 2012, with the record date for the FY2012 interim dividend now being 9 March 2012. As foreshadowed at the 2011 AGM, the Group expects first half results to be similar to the results for the second half of FY2011, after adjusting for property earnings which are all expected to arise in the second half of the year and the impact of the closure of the Galong lime plant in Cement. This produces an expected Group Profit After Tax range of $65 – $70 million, before significant items.
ASX Company News: West Wits Mining Sells South Africa Mining Leases
Friday, January 27th, 2012West Wits Mining Limited (WWI) is pleased to announce it has accepted a joint offer from a consortium comprised of Mintails Limited (MLI) and Galabyte (Pty) Limited to sell all the rights to four of its mining leases in South Africa including the West Wits Lease, West Rand Consolidated Lease, Luipaardsvlei Lease and East Champ D’Or Lease for A$9 million.
The sale price agreed is to be paid as an upfront payment of $4,000,000 on completion of due diligence (a period of 30 days due diligence has been allowed) and signing of definitive legal agreements; a first interim payment of $1,000,000 after 6 months; a second interim payment of $1,000,000 after 12 months subject to regulatory approval for transfer of the leases; and further payments totalling $3,000,000 following regulatory approval for the transfer of leases will be paid progressively based on the tonnage of ore processed by the Consortium.
The Consortium has agreed to deliver guarantees in a form reasonably satisfactory to West Wits for payment of the upfront amount of $4,000,000 (within 14 days) and for a further $2,000,000 of interim payments by completion of the due diligence period.
ASX Company News: Tap Oil Sells Santos Interest In Exploration Permit
Monday, January 16th, 2012Tap Oil Limited (TAP) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Santos Limited (STO) whereby Santos will acquire Tap’s 8.2% interest in the WA-191-P exploration permit for a total cash payment of $21.7 million. WA-191-P is located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia and includes the proposed Fletcher Finucane oil development. Santos will pay $18.0 million as consideration for the interest with the balance of $3.7 million representing a refund of cash already spent by Tap on the oil development. A critical factor in the Fletcher Finucane development economics is the commercial terms under which the Mutineer Exeter facility will process the Fletcher Finucane oil. When it became clear these terms could not be satisfactorily agreed between all participants, negotiations led to the sale of Tap’s interest to Santos.
Tap’s Managing Director/CEO, Mr Troy Hayden, said: “While we would have preferred to develop the project and generate a return from oil production, this was not possible despite extensive negotiations with the Mutineer Exeter joint venture. The proceeds from this sale bolster Tap’s cash reserves ahead of a year of exciting exploration and development activity, commencing with the spudding of the highly prospective Tallaganda-1 well in the WA-351-P permit in February with BHP Billiton as Operator.” Santos has paid a $4 million deposit with the balance expected by the end of January 2012. The
ASX Company News: Extension Hill To Buy Mt Gibson Gold Project
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Further to the ASX announcement on 22 November 2011 regarding the proposed sale of the Mt Gibson Gold Project by Legend Mining Limited (LEG) subsidiary Gibson Metals Pty Ltd to Top Iron Pty Ltd, Legend wishes to announce that on 3 January 2012 Extension Hill Pty Ltd advised it wished to exercise a right of first refusal with respect to the sale pursuant to an existing licence agreement. One of the conditions of the sale to Top Iron Pty Ltd required Gibson Metals Pty Ltd to exhaust all relevant rights of first refusal and similar third party rights under the existing licence agreement. As a result of Extension Hill Pty Ltd’s exercise of its rights under the existing licence agreement, and provided that Extension Hill Pty Ltd is able to complete the acquisition of the Mt Gibson Project, then the sale of the Mt Gibson Gold Project to Top Iron Pty Ltd will not proceed on the terms previously announced to the market. Extension Hill Pty Ltd is now entitled to purchase the Mt Gibson Gold Project on the same terms agreed with Top Iron Pty Ltd, for $7 million cash and the return to Legend’s working capital account of the $1.4 million term deposit currently securing performance bonds in relation to the Project.
Extension Hill Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong Based Asia Iron Holdings Ltd which owns a number of iron ore and coal development projects in the Mid West of Western Australia as well as a strategically located magnetite pellet plant project in Nanjing, China. Extension Hill Pty Ltd operates the Extension Hill magnetite development project neighbouring the Mt Gibson Gold Project and has been leasing facilities at the Mt Gibson Gold Project for the past 3 1⁄2 years.
ASX Company News: Transerv Energy Enters Farm In Agreement
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Transerv Energy (TSV) is pleased to advise it is set to realise a significant cash injection following the execution of a letter of intent (LOI) for a sale and farm-in agreement on the Alberta Joint Venture’s Duvernay Shale and Rock Creek acreage (TSV 34 per cent). The LOI has been signed with a well-credentialed Calgary petroleum exploration and production company, which provides the AJV with an industry experienced partner with strong capital support to develop the Duvernay and Rock Creek projects. Under the LOI, the investor will acquire an 80 per cent interest in 30 sections (19,200 acres) in the Duvernay and Rock Creek fairway for a total of C$20 million in cash. Transerv’s share of this will be C$6.8 million ($7m). The Joint Venture partners will also be free-carried through the first two wells drilled on the Duvernay. The first is a vertical well to be drilled in 2012 at an estimated cost of C$5 million. The second well, an optional horizontal well, is to be drilled during the 2013 drilling season with the AJV carried for the first C$15 million of expenditure. The Joint Venture’s total exposure to drilling costs above C$15m on the horizontal well is capped at $1m. In addition, the investor has agreed to fund its pro rata 80% share of a Rock Creek horizontal well within 2 years of execution of the LOI, or return the Rock Creek rights in the lands to the AJV.
Transerv Managing Director Stephen Keenihan said “The AJV partners decided to review their sale and farm- out options for these assets in light of the increasing prices being paid for exploration acreage in the region during 2011,” he said. “This transaction realises significant value while enabling the Joint Venture partners to maintain exposure to the region through its 20 per cent interest in 30 sections and 100 per cent interest in the remaining 111 sections. This transaction provides a strong platform for the Company to advance its exploration and development activities in Australia and Canada.”
Core Laboratories is a leading provider of proprietary and patented Reservoir Description, Production Enhancement, and Reservoir Management services. The primary objective of this project is to provide operators with measured geological, petrophysical, geomechanical, geochemical, and production properties of the Duvernay Shale in order to improve their formation evaluation and to optimize stimulation and production. Understanding the similarities and differences in the section on a regional basis is the key to successful exploration and exploitation. The resultant database will be an invaluable tool to operators in evaluating, comparing, and designing completion and stimulation methods for the Duvernay Shale.
ASX Company News: Galileo Japan Trust Sells Asakusa Vista Hotel
Friday, December 9th, 2011Galileo Japan Funds Management Limited, as responsible entity of Galileo Japan Trust (GJT), announced the Japanese TK business has exchanged contracts to sell its beneficial interest in Asakusa Vista Hotel, Tokyo for ¥1.05 billion. Settlement is scheduled to occur on 10 January 2012. The sale price represents a discount to the most recent independent valuation (30 June 2011) and current book value (¥1.30 billion) of approximately 19%.
The net proceeds of the sale (approximately ¥1.09 billion2) will be applied to the partial repayment of the Mezzanine Eurobonds. The net proceeds of the sale represents gross sale proceeds less selling costs plus release of capital expenditure reserves held by the trust bank.
The Trust is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with an indirect interest in a portfolio of 24 Japanese Real Estate investments valued at approximately ¥64.3 billion as at 30 June 2011 (approximately A$805 million)1. The portfolio is diversified by both sector and geography, however, retains a bias to Tokyo.
ASX Company News: Lend Lease Sells UK Shopping Centre
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Lend Lease (LLC) announced the sale of its 75% interest in the Chelmsford Meadows Unit Trust to Legal & General Property for a consideration of £42 million (circa A$65 million).
The Chelmsford Meadows Unit Trust owns The Meadows Shopping Centre in Chelmsford, east of London and two retail/commercial properties on the adjacent High Street. The shopping centre has 14,300 sqm of retail space and a multi-storey carpark.
Lend Lease Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Steve McCann, said Lend Lease will use the proceeds from the sale of its interest in the Partnership to reinvest in our significant development pipeline.
ASX Company News: Greencap Sells Leeder Laboratory Testing Business
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Greencap Limited (GCG) directors are pleased to announce completion of the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Leeder Consulting Pty Ltd. The Leeder Laboratory testing business has been sold today to SGS Australia Pty Ltd for $12.3 million subject to a net asset completion adjustment, which is not expected to be material. Consistent with previous announcements, this sale will enable a restructure of the company’s balance sheet by significantly reducing debt and reposition the company for the future.
Greencap Limited (GCG) provides risk management services in every state of Australia and South East Asia. These services include Occupational Health and Safety, Property Risk Services, Business Continuity Management, Sustainability, Environmental Services, Hazardous Materials Risk Management, Contaminated Site Management, Fire Safety Engineering and incorporates training and web based solutions. With over 350 professional, technical and engineering staff based in 8 offices, the group services over 5,000 business and government entities in the education, property, resources, industrial, manufacturing, retail and services sectors. The diversity of clients and services allows Greencap to live up to its claim of “protecting people, property and environment”.
ASX Company News: Coffey International Sells Rail Consultancy Business
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011Coffey International Limited (COF) announced the sale of its rail consultancy business, Coffey Rail, to Opus International Consultants for a cash consideration of A$9.0 million. Coffey Rail provides specialist rail advisory services to owners, operators and contractors in the public and private rail transport sector.
John Douglas, Managing Director of Coffey, said: “The sale of Coffey Rail completes our strategic review initiatives announced in June this year. We have refocused Coffey on its core businesses of Geosciences, International Development and Project Management, and have resolved the future of those businesses deemed non-core. The sale proceeds will be used to further reduce Coffey’s debt. “I believe the sale of our rail business to Opus is a positive outcome for all stakeholders, including staff and clients, as it removes the uncertainty with respect to future ownership and provides the business with a renewed level of support and direction that a company such as Opus will be able to deliver,” he said.
Opus is a multidisciplinary consultancy that provides asset development and management solutions for infrastructure facilities in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, and North America. Opus currently employs approximately 2,400 staff working from 76 offices globally. Coffey Rail is a specialist rail advisory, engineering and management consulting business providing strategic modelling, design, management and implementation services to the rail industry. Coffey International Limited is a specialist professional services consultancy with expertise in geosciences international development, and project management.



