Troy Resources plans $38m raising

Troy Resources will tap the market for about $38 million through a placement and share purchase plan to fund development at its West Omai gold project in Guyana.

Troy will issue about 22 million ordinary shares at $1.25 per share to institutional investors to raise $28 million.

The issue price represents a 5.9 per cent discount to the company's five-day volume weighted average price.

The company will seek to raise a further $10 million through a share purchase plan at the same price.

Macquarie Capital is acting as global coordinator and joint lead manager to the placement and Argonaut Securities is acting as joint lead manager.

Troy is expecting to complete a pre-feasibility study at West Omai in the June quarter.

The company has estimated its inital capital expenditure requirements for a carbon in leach plant and mining operation at $US86.8 million.

"The capital raising is part of the total financing package for West Omai," Troy chairman David Dix said.

"We are currently in discussions with Investec regarding a new debt facility that, if secured for the facility size currently contemplated together with the funds to be raised by the placement, would complete the funding requirements for West Omai."

Troy this week became the latest Perth-based miner to take a financial hit on the back of a softer gold price, reporting a half-year net loss of $6.8 million.

The result is a far cry from the $13.5 million profit the miner recorded in the previous corresponding period.

Troy's revenue fell 31 per cent to $75.6 million, driven by a 23 per cent fall in realised gold prices and a 33 per cent fall in realised silver prices.

The fall in revenue was also partly influenced by a fall in gold equivalent production at the company's Casposo and Andorinhas mines in South America.

Troy shares are in a trading halt, having last traded at $1.325.