Keen to accelerate a restart at its Kayelekera uranium project in Malawi, mid-cap Lotus Resources has announced plans to raise $110 million, or $US74 million.
A Supreme Court judge has criticised Lotus Resources director Grant Davey's credibility as a witness during legal proceedings over a stake in the Kayelekera uranium project.
Paladin Energy has received formal approval from the government of Malawi to proceed with the sale of its Kayelekera uranium project to Perth-based Lotus Resources and Lily Resources.
Uranium company Paladin Energy has announced it will raise $30.2 million through a share placement and a further $7 million from a share purchase plan, with the proceeds to help cover the cost of maintaining its mothballed African mines.
Shares in West Perth-based Hylea Metals were up 592 per cent today after the junior announced it acquired a 65 per cent stake in Paladin Energy's Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi.
Perth-based minerals explorer Dragon Energy has announced a $21.4 million capital raising to finance its acquisition of the Rocklea iron ore project in the Pilbara.