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MC Mining enters into US$9.94 million Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note Funding Arrangements
MC Mining Limited
Previously Coal of Africa Limited
(Incorporated and registered in Australia)
Registration number ABN 008 905 388
ISIN AU000000MCM9
JSE share code: MCZ
ASX/AIM code: MCM
ANNOUNCEMENT
11 June 2026
MC MINING ENTERS INTO US$9.94 MILLION UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS WITH KINETIC
DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND EAGLE CANYON
MC Mining Limited (ASX/JSE: MCM) (MC Mining or the Company) is pleased to announce that the
Company has entered into binding agreements with each of Kinetic Development Group Limited
(KDG), the Company's controlling shareholder, and Eagle Canyon International Group Holding (Hong
Kong) Limited (Eagle Canyon), a significant minority shareholder of the Company, pursuant to which
KDG and Eagle Canyon have agreed to subscribe for one or more unsecured convertible promissory
notes to be issued by the Company for principal amounts of US$6,136,000 and US$3,800,000
respectively, representing a principal amount of US$9,936,000 in aggregate 1 (the Promissory Note
Program).
The proceeds of the Promissory Note Program will be applied principally towards the continued
construction and commissioning of the Company's flagship Makhado hard coking coal project in the
Limpopo Province of South Africa (the Makhado Project) as set out in more detail below. Funds raised
under the Promissory Note Program will also be used to support the Company's general working
capital requirements.
KEY TERMS OF THE PROMISSORY NOTE PROGRAM
The Promissory Note Program is documented under two separate but parallel sets of transaction
documents, each comprising a Note Purchase Agreement and one or more Convertible Promissory
1 Equivalent to approximately A$13,800,000 in aggregate based on the prevailing AUD/USD exchange
rate of A$1.00:US$0.72 as at the date of this announcement.
Notes (together, the Transaction Documents). The Transaction Documents have been executed
outside trading hours on the ASX. The key commercial terms of the Promissory Note Program are
summarised below:
• Investors and principal amounts: KDG has committed to subscribe for notes in an
aggregate principal amount of US$6,136,000, and Eagle Canyon has committed to
subscribe for notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$3,800,000, for a combined
aggregate principal amount of US$9,936,000.
• Drawdown: The notes may be drawn down by the Company in one or more tranches
at any time from signing until 30 September 2026 (excluding such date) (subject to
extension by the relevant investor in writing), provided, as is customary for transactions
of this nature, that the specific use of funds for each drawdown is acceptable to the
relevant investor.
• Interest: Interest will accrue on the outstanding principal amount of each note at a rate
equal to the aggregate of (i) the Reserve Bank of Australia's publicly quoted
outstanding business loan rate for medium business, and (ii) a margin of 3.00% per
annum, compounded monthly in arrears based on a 365-day year.
• Maturity: Each note will mature, and be repayable in full (to the extent not converted
in accordance with its terms), on the date that is twelve (12) months from the date
funds were first received by the Company from the relevant investor (Maturity Date).
• Security: The notes are unsecured and rank pari passu with all other unsecured
indebtedness of the Company from time to time.
• Conversion: Each investor may, at its election, elect to convert all (or any portion) of
the outstanding principal amount of its notes (together with any accrued interest
thereon) into new fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on the
maturity date, at a fixed conversion price of US$0.2089 per share (subject to customary
adjustments for any subdivision, consolidation, bonus issue or rights issue of shares
in the Company). The conversion shares, when issued, will rank pari passu with the
existing ordinary shares of the Company.
• Conditions to conversion: The investor's right of conversion is conditional upon,
among other things, the receipt by the Company of all necessary shareholder and
regulatory approvals and in this connection, the Company has agreed to hold a
meeting of its shareholders for this purpose within 1 month and no later than 5 business
days prior to the Maturity Date.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company intends to apply the proceeds of the Promissory Note Program principally towards the
continued construction, commissioning and ramp-up of the Makhado Project, including:
• the completion of the remaining civil works at the Makhado coal handling and
preparation plant;
• the continuing development of the open-cut mining operations, including ongoing
overburden stripping and associated mining contractor costs;
• the completion of supporting infrastructure, including the 22kV power supply main line,
substation equipment, water supply pipelines and ancillary works;
• the commissioning and joint trial operations required for the Makhado Project to
transition into stable commercial production; and
• the general working capital requirements of the MC Mining group and the sustainable
management of the Company's other South African mining assets, including Uitkomst
Colliery and the Vele Colliery.
As is customary for transactions of this nature, the application of proceeds for each note will be
authorised and overseen by the investors, and will be monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance
with the terms of the Transaction Documents.
GOVERNANCE AND INDEPENDENT BOARD PROCESS
The negotiation, evaluation and recommendation of the Promissory Note Program has been overseen,
on behalf of the Board, by an Independent Board Committee (IBC) constituted for that purpose,
comprising Dr Steele West (Non-Executive Director, as Chairman of the IBC) and Mr Mathews Senosi
(Non-Executive Director, as a member of the IBC), each of whom is independent of KDG, Eagle Canyon
and their respective affiliates. The IBC has been advised by K&L Gates as Australian legal counsel to
the Company.
SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
The Company will, within the timeframes required under the Transaction Documents, convene a
general meeting of its shareholders to seek the approvals required to permit the conversion of the
notes into ordinary shares of the Company.
The required meeting documents will be dispatched to shareholders in due course in accordance with
the Corporations Act, the ASX Listing Rules and the JSE Listings Requirements.
In this connection, MC Mining is pleased to confirm that it has received voting intention statements
from shareholders representing in excess of 25% of MC Mining's voting shares that they presently
intend to vote in favour of all resolutions put to shareholders seeking approval to permit the
conversion, in lieu of a cash payment of the same amount, of the total amount due and payable to
KDG under the Promissory Note Program on the Maturity Date into new MC Mining shares at the
conversion price of US$0.2089 (subject to customary adjustments for any subdivision, consolidation,
bonus issue or rights issue of shares in the Company).
STRATEGIC RATIONALE
The Board considers that the Promissory Note Program will:
• provide the Company with timely, committed and flexible funding to support the
continued construction and commissioning of the Makhado Project, the Company's
flagship hard coking coal asset, and to bridge the period to first commercial production;
• further demonstrate the strategic alignment and continued financial support of KDG,
the Company's controlling shareholder and an established profitable coal producer
listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code:
1277);
• continues the participation of Eagle Canyon as a supportive and significant minority
shareholder, providing a meaningful endorsement of the Promissory Note Program by
a non-controlling shareholder; and
• preserve both the Company's funding flexibility and sustainability.
Further updates on the Promissory Note Program, including the timing of the general meeting of
shareholders and operational milestones at the Makhado Project, will be provided to shareholders in
due course.
This announcement has been approved by the Company's Board of Directors.
JSE Equity Sponsor: BSM Sponsors
About MC Mining Limited:
MC Mining is an ASX/JSE-listed coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South
Africa. MC Mining's key projects include the Uitkomst Colliery (metallurgical and thermal coal),
Makhado Project (hard coking coal), Vele Colliery (semi-soft coking and thermal coal), and the Greater
Soutpansberg Projects (coking and thermal coal).
Date: 11-06-2026 10:15:00
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