NQ Minerals Plc (“NQ”) is an Australian mining company focused on the environmental rehabilitation of former precious metal mining operations and the extraction of minerals required in clean energy delivery as well as gold. Its stock is traded on the UK’s AQSE exchange (AQSE: NQMI) and US OTCMarket (OTCQB: NQMLF). It also has a 1:100 ADR traded on the OTCMarket (OTCQB: NQMIY).
NQ commenced its environmental rehabilitation and extraction of battery and precious metals at its 100% owned flagship Hellyer mine (“Hellyer”) in Tasmania in 2018. Hellyer has a published JORC compliant Mineral Resource (updated for mining depletion since the start of reprocessing operations until August 2020) estimated at 7.57 Mt which is host to Gold at 2.60 g/t Au for 633,600 oz Au, Silver at 94 g/t Ag for 22,873,600 oz Ag, Lead at 3.01% Pb for 228,000 tonnes and Zinc at 2.33% Zn for 176,700 tonnes. In addition to these resources, the Hellyer assets include a large mill facility and full supporting infrastructure, including a direct rail line to port.
The Company has also begun the rehabilitation of the historic high-grade Beaconsfield Gold Mine (“Beaconsfield”) in Tasmania which it is planning to re-open. Beaconsfield has a JORC (2012) compliant Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.454 Mt at 10.3 g/t Au for 483,000 ounces of gold. Regular updates on the progress of the Hellyer, Beaconsfield and the Company’s other projects can be viewed on NQ’s website at www.nqminerals.com.
NQ Minerals Plc
Share Information
Share symbol: NQMI
Shares not in public hands: 316,038,535
Percentage of shares not in public hands: 57.76%
Percent of securities in public hands: 42.24%
Number of Ordinary Shares in issue: 547,161,038
Outstanding warrants and options: 73,626,920
Effective as of 22 July 2021
NQ Minerals Plc
Significant Shareholders
Significant shareholders and their percentage holdings as of 17 March 2021
Name
Relationship
Shares held
% of issued share capital
Securities Services Nominees Limited*
Beneficial Owner – Walter Doyle (CEO)
100,000,000
18.28%
First Sentinel Trustees
Beneficial Owner – Company
80,000,000
14.62%
Vidacos Nominees
60,591,567
11.07%
KIWOZ Limited (incl. McCahill)
Group Lender
42,567,521
7.78%
Alpha Prime Investments Ltd.
30,932,321
5.65%
Roger Jackson
Executive Director
1,927,126
0.35%
David Lenigas
Chairman
20,000
0.004%
* Walter Doyle is beneficiary
NQ Minerals Plc
Registered office
PKF LITTLEJOHN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
Company number 04138491
c/o PKF Littlejohn
2nd Floor, 15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf, London E14 4HD
United Kingdom
NQ Minerals Plc
Principal place of business
Level 6, 9 Beach Road
Surfers Paradise, Queensland 4217
Australia
General Enquires: info@nqminerals.com