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ORION MINERALS LIMITED - Tembo Capital Extends Term of Loan Facility Advanced for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Project

Release Date: 24/01/2020 13:03
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Tembo Capital Extends Term of Loan Facility Advanced for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Project

Orion Minerals Limited
Incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia
Australian Company Number 098 939 274
ASX share code: ORN
JSE share code: ORN
ISIN: AU000000ORN1
(“Orion” or “the Company”)

Tembo Capital Extends Term of Loan Facility Advanced for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Project


Private equity group Tembo Capital extends the term of the $3.6M Loan Facility, confirming its continued
support of Orion.

Loan Facility repayment date extended to 25 June 2020.

Orion Minerals Limited (ASX/JSE: ORN) (Orion or the Company) is pleased to announce that mining-focused,
private equity group Tembo Capital Mining Fund II LP (Tembo Capital), has confirmed its continued support of
Orion through an extension to the term of the $3.6M Loan Facility from 25 January 2020 to 25 June 2020.

On 25 January 2019, Orion announced that a $3.6M unsecured convertible loan facility had been agreed with
Tembo Capital (Loan Facility).

Under the terms of the Loan Facility, Tembo Capital may elect for repayment of the balance of the Loan Facility
(including capitalised interest and fees) (Outstanding Amount) to be satisfied by the issue of fully paid ordinary
shares (Shares) by the Company to Tembo Capital at a deemed issue price of $0.026 per Share (subject to receipt
of Shareholder approval if applicable). The Outstanding Amount must be repaid by 25 June 2020 (previously 25
January 2020), or if Tembo Capital elects to receive Shares in repayment of the Outstanding Amount in lieu of
payment in cash, the date on which the Shares are to be issued to Tembo Capital (or such later date as may be
agreed between Tembo Capital and Orion) (refer ASX release 25 January 2019). At 31 December 2019, the
balance of the Loan Facility was $4.02M (including capitalised interest and fees).

The extension to the term of the Loan Facility relieves Orion of its requirement to repay the loan by 25 January
2020 ensuring that proceeds from the recent capital raisings can be used principally to progress the
redevelopment of Orion’s flagship Prieska Copper-Zinc Project in South Africa and progress its highly prospective
regional Nickel-Copper-Cobalt and Zinc-Copper exploration projects within the Areachap Belt.


For and on behalf of the Board.


Errol Smart
Managing Director and CEO

24 January 2020

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Date: 24-01-2020 01:03:00
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