1920 Bassari Prospectus Draft 2.indd - Bassari Resources
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Broker to the Offer:<br />
Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited<br />
ACN 123 939 042<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
For the offer of up to 48,000,000 ordinary shares at an<br />
issue price of $0.25 per share to raise up to $12,000,000<br />
This is an important document that you should read in its entirety.<br />
If you do not understand it you should consult your professional advisor.<br />
The shares offered by this <strong>Prospectus</strong> should be considered speculative.<br />
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Corporate Directory<br />
Company<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited**<br />
ACN 123 939 042<br />
**The <strong>Bassari</strong> people are an African people living<br />
in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.<br />
Directors<br />
Clive Wright – Chairman (non-executive)<br />
Andrew Smith – CEO (executive)<br />
Jozsef Patarica (non-executive)<br />
Aaron Treyvaud (non-executive)<br />
Company Secretary<br />
Andrew Smith<br />
Offices:<br />
Head Office - Australia<br />
Level 26, 500 Collins Street<br />
Melbourne, Vic 3000<br />
Email: admin@bassari.com.au<br />
Website: www.bassari.com.au<br />
Ph: +61 3 9614 0600<br />
Operating Office – Senegal<br />
29 Cité Asecna, Derkle<br />
Dakar<br />
Ph: +221.33 8641030<br />
Email: senegal@bassari.com.au<br />
Registered Office<br />
C/- I. Grant<br />
Level 1, 323 Camberwell Road<br />
Camberwell Victoria 3124<br />
Ph. 03 9813 3599<br />
Independent Accountant & Auditor<br />
Ian Grant<br />
Chartered Accountant<br />
Level 1, 323 Camberwell Road<br />
Camberwell Victoria 3124<br />
Independent Consulting Geologists<br />
RSG Global Pty Ltd<br />
Ground floor<br />
1162 Hay Street<br />
West Perth WA 6005<br />
Broker to the Offer:<br />
Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd<br />
Level 5, 60 Collins Street<br />
Melbourne VIC 3000<br />
Telephone: 03 9200 7000<br />
Fax: 03 9200 7077<br />
Share Registry<br />
Link Market Services Limited<br />
Level 9, 333 Collins Street<br />
Melbourne VIC 3000<br />
Telephone: 1300 558 249<br />
Facsimile: 02 9287 0303<br />
Proposed ASX Code<br />
BRS<br />
Website: www.bassari.com.au
CONTENTS<br />
Investment Summary 2<br />
Important Information 3<br />
Chairman’s Letter 4<br />
1. Investment Overview 6<br />
2. Details of the Offer 9<br />
3. The Company and its Business 13<br />
4. Directors & Management 26<br />
5. Corporate Governance & Risk Factors 30<br />
6. Independent Geologist’s Report 36<br />
7. Tenement Report 86<br />
8. Independent Accountant’s Report 89<br />
9. Material Agreements 105<br />
10. Additional Information 110<br />
11. Authorisation 118<br />
12. Glossary 119<br />
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Investment Summary<br />
I N I T I A L PUBLIC O F F E R<br />
• Issuing 40 – 48 million shares at<br />
$0.25 per share.<br />
• Minimum raising $10,000,000.<br />
• Maximum raising $12,000,000.<br />
K E Y DAT E S<br />
Opening Date 27/11/07<br />
Closing Date 14/12/07<br />
Expected Dispatch of<br />
Allocation Statements 21/12/07<br />
Quotation of Shares on ASX<br />
expected to commence: 7/01/08<br />
These dates are indicative only and may change<br />
without notice.<br />
R I S KS<br />
Shares offered under this <strong>Prospectus</strong> are<br />
considered speculative.<br />
Exploration is at an early stage with a number<br />
of risks specific to the Company as well as<br />
general risks associated with mining and<br />
investments in listed securities.<br />
These and other risk areas are set out in<br />
section 5 and you should carefully consider<br />
these risk factors before making a decision to<br />
invest.<br />
This section is not intended to provide<br />
full information for investors planning to<br />
apply for Shares under this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
You should read and consider this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> in its entirety.<br />
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H I G H L I G H T S<br />
• World class target area hosting a number of<br />
major gold producing deposits in immediate<br />
vicinity (i.e. within approx. 60km).<br />
• Substantial portfolio (1300km2+) of<br />
contiguous gold permit areas centrally<br />
located among other permit areas with<br />
announced discoveries.<br />
• In excess of $1.6 million expended by<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> on identification of initial targets.<br />
• Numerous defined hard rock anomalous<br />
drilling targets PLUS identified alluvial gold<br />
areas.<br />
• Experienced Management team “on the<br />
ground” in Senegal.<br />
• Senegal considered one of the most stable<br />
democracies in Africa, with a “pro-mining”<br />
government introducing a new mining code<br />
in 2003 to encourage mineral exploration<br />
and exploitation and offer security of tenure<br />
and a variety of tax and duty concessions.
This <strong>Prospectus</strong> is dated 19 November 2007 and<br />
was lodged with ASIC on that date.<br />
Neither ASIC nor ASX takes any responsibility for<br />
the contents of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> or the merits of<br />
the investment to which this <strong>Prospectus</strong> relates.<br />
No Shares will be issued on the basis of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> later than 13 months after the date<br />
of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Within seven days after the date of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>, the Company will apply to ASX for<br />
admission to the Official List of ASX and for<br />
the Shares offered by this <strong>Prospectus</strong> to be<br />
admitted to quotation on ASX.<br />
S P E C U L AT I V E I N V E S T M E N T<br />
It is important that you read this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
carefully and in its entirety before deciding to<br />
invest in the Company.<br />
The Shares offered under this <strong>Prospectus</strong> are<br />
considered speculative. There is no guarantee<br />
that the Shares offered by this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
will make a return on the capital invested, that<br />
dividends will be paid on the Shares or that there<br />
will be an increase in the value of the Shares in<br />
the future.<br />
Potential investors should carefully consider<br />
whether the Shares offered by this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
are an appropriate investment for them. In<br />
particular, you should consider the risk factors<br />
set out in Section 5 that could affect the financial<br />
performance of the Company. You should<br />
carefully consider these factors in light of your<br />
personal circumstances (including financial and<br />
taxation issues) and seek professional advice<br />
from your legal, financial or other professional<br />
adviser before deciding whether to invest.<br />
R E S T R I C T I O N S O N T H E D I S T R I B U T I O N<br />
O F T H I S P R O S P E C T U S<br />
No Application Form which forms part of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> should be made available to any<br />
person unless it is attached to or provided with<br />
a full copy of the <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
This <strong>Prospectus</strong> does not constitute an offer of<br />
Shares in any place in which, or to any person<br />
to whom, it would not be lawful to do so. The<br />
distribution of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in jurisdictions<br />
outside Australia may be restricted by law<br />
and any person into whose possession this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> comes (including nominees, trustees<br />
and custodians) should seek advice on and<br />
observe those restrictions. No action has been<br />
taken to register this <strong>Prospectus</strong> or the Shares<br />
offered by it or otherwise permit a public offering<br />
of Shares in any jurisdiction outside Australia.<br />
Important Information<br />
E L E C T R O N I C P R O S P E C T U S<br />
This <strong>Prospectus</strong> is available in a paper version<br />
and in electronic form. The electronic version<br />
can be found on the Company’s home page at<br />
http://www.bassari.com.au from the beginning<br />
of the Exposure Period until the Offer closes.<br />
The Application Form will be made available<br />
in electronic form after the expiration of the<br />
Exposure Period.<br />
The Offer constituted by this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in<br />
electronic form is available only to persons<br />
receiving this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in electronic form<br />
within Australia. However, there is no facility to<br />
process applications electronically.<br />
If you wish to apply for the Shares offered by<br />
this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, you may only do so by:<br />
• completing and returning an Application Form<br />
which is included in the paper version of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>; or<br />
• downloading the <strong>Prospectus</strong> and Application<br />
Form in their entirety from the Company’s<br />
internet address and completing and returning<br />
the Application Form.<br />
If you view an electronic copy of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>, please ensure that you have<br />
received the entire <strong>Prospectus</strong> accompanied<br />
by the Application Form before applying for the<br />
Shares offered by this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. If you have<br />
not, please contact the Company.<br />
E X P O S U R E PE R I O D<br />
In accordance with Chapter 6D of the<br />
Corporations Act, this <strong>Prospectus</strong> is subject to<br />
an Exposure Period of seven days from the date<br />
of lodgment with the ASIC. This period may be<br />
extended by the ASIC for a further period of up to<br />
seven days. The purpose of this Exposure Period<br />
is to enable this <strong>Prospectus</strong> to be examined by<br />
market participants prior to the raising of funds.<br />
If this <strong>Prospectus</strong> is found deficient, Applications<br />
received during the Exposure Period will be<br />
dealt with in accordance with section 742 of the<br />
Corporations Act. Applications received prior to<br />
the expiration of the Exposure Period will not<br />
be processed until after the Exposure Period.<br />
No preference will be conferred on Applications<br />
received during the Exposure Period and all<br />
Applications received during the Exposure Period<br />
will be treated as if they were simultaneously<br />
received on the Opening Date.<br />
Any person may obtain a hard copy of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> free of charge by contacting the<br />
Company by telephone on 03 9614 0600.<br />
A B B R E V I AT I O N S<br />
Defined terms and abbreviations used in this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> are explained in the Glossary in Section 12.<br />
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Chairman’s<br />
Letter<br />
Dear Investor<br />
My fellow Directors and I are delighted to offer you this opportunity to invest in <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Limited, a company focused on mineral discoveries (predominantly gold) in the<br />
West African country of Senegal.<br />
We have selected Senegal primarily for what we believe is the great potential of its underexplored<br />
Birimian greenstone gold belt which overlays into the bordering countries of Mali<br />
and Guinea. The <strong>Bassari</strong> permits adjoin each other and cover an area of over 1,300 km2,<br />
located in the Birimian belt. The permits are centrally located, and in close proximity to<br />
recent discoveries of major gold deposits, including Sadiola (8.6 mill oz), Loulo (11.35 mill<br />
oz), Yatela (1.38 mill oz) and Sabodala (2.74 mill oz). In addition to these proven deposits<br />
other major exploration companies such as Oromin Explorations Ltd (a Canadian listed<br />
miner), Randgold Inc. and Etruscan <strong>Resources</strong> Inc. have recently reported gold discoveries<br />
in permit areas immediately to the north and east of the <strong>Bassari</strong> permit areas.<br />
Significant exploration funds have been expended on our 3 gold permit areas by previous<br />
exploration groups, such as the United Nations, the French Government (BRGM) and a<br />
number of private exploration companies and by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal S.A.R.L. (a<br />
fully owned subsidiary of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited). The <strong>Bassari</strong> subsidiary has expended<br />
in excess of $1.6 million on exploration of the permits over the last 20 months.<br />
As a consequence of the exploration work, numerous gold anomalies and hard rock gold<br />
drilling targets have been identified for drilling in 2008. In addition our permits contain<br />
large alluvial gold fields presently worked by local artisinal miners (known locally as<br />
Orpayeurs). Early preliminary evaluation indicated these areas have good prospects for<br />
early development, as limited work indicated good grade, low overburden rates and are<br />
metallurgically suited for production. In this regard we have identified an Australian alluvial<br />
plant system developed by the Gekko company based in Ballarat, Victoria, which could be<br />
ideal for use in the Senegal terrain.<br />
Funds raised from the <strong>Prospectus</strong> will be primarily used for drilling of the hard rock<br />
anomalies and sampling and proving up of the grade and extent of the alluvial gold fields to<br />
justify production to establish an early cash flow for the Company.<br />
The <strong>Bassari</strong> executive and consulting team has a wealth of experience and success<br />
working in Senegal and West Africa and has an excellent working relationship with the<br />
Mines Department and Government of Senegal. This working relationship, together with<br />
the fact that Senegal prides itself on its democratically elected government and support<br />
for international exploration groups in their mining activities in Senegal is encouraging.<br />
Companies from Canada, South Africa, Australia, the UK and India have commenced major<br />
exploration and development in recent times in Senegal.<br />
The Board looks forward to you participating in this Offer and to welcoming you as a<br />
shareholder in the company.<br />
Yours faithfully<br />
Clive A Wright<br />
Chairman<br />
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<strong>Bassari</strong> Exploration Permits<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> Exploration Permits<br />
Moura<br />
Sambarabougou<br />
Bounsankoba<br />
5<br />
Other Key Exploration Permits<br />
Oromin Explorations Ltd (Sabodala)<br />
Randgold & Exploration Company Ltd (3 Permits)<br />
Mineral Deposits Ltd (Dembola Berola)<br />
Mineral Deposits Ltd (Branson)<br />
Mining Concession<br />
8<br />
4<br />
Mineral Deposits Ltd (Sabodala)<br />
5<br />
5<br />
7<br />
3<br />
2<br />
6<br />
1<br />
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1. Investment<br />
Overview<br />
This section is a summary only and is not intended to provide full details and<br />
information on the Offer. Applicants should read this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in full to make an<br />
informed investment decision.<br />
CAPITAL STRUCTURE - see Section 2.2 for further detail<br />
Existing Shareholders 1 . 48,107,222<br />
IPO Offer @ 25c (minimum subscription) 40,000,000<br />
IPO Offer @ 25c (maximum subscription) 48,000,000<br />
Total Issued Shares (assuming min. subscription) 88,107,222<br />
Total Issued Shares (assuming max. subscription) 96,107,222<br />
Options 1,2. 10,000,000<br />
1. Refer to section 10 for details of the escrow restrictions applicable to these Securities.<br />
2. To acquire shares @ $0.30 expiring 31/12/2010. Refer to section 10 for terms attaching<br />
to the Options.<br />
1.1 I N V E S T M E N T H I G H L I G H T S<br />
World Class Target Area<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> exploration permits fall within the Senegal Mali Greenstone Gold Belt of West<br />
Africa. This Greenstone Belt already hosts major gold projects including Sadiola (8.6<br />
million oz), Loulo (11.35 million oz), Yatela (1.38 million oz) and the emerging 2.74 million oz<br />
Sabodala deposit of ASX listed Mineral Deposits Limited. In addition, various international<br />
mining groups, including Oromin Explorations Ltd, Randgold & Exploration Company Ltd<br />
and Etruscan <strong>Resources</strong> Inc. have announced gold discoveries in surrounding permit areas,<br />
giving strong support to a positive view on the prospectivity of the area.<br />
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Substantial portfolio of well located permit areas<br />
The <strong>Bassari</strong> permit areas total in excess of 1,300 km2 and are centrally located in the heart<br />
of the Greenstone Belt. They are strategically located between the Sadiola deposit (60 kms<br />
to the North East), the Loulo and Yalea deposits (10 kms to the South-East) and Mineral<br />
Deposit Limited’s Sabodala mine (30 kms to the North-West)<br />
Significant expenditure by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal to date on initial exploration<br />
has created a sound foundation for future exploration.<br />
Approximately $1.6 million and much effort has been spent over the last 20 months on<br />
the initial exploration program locating anomalies identified by previous United Nations<br />
and French surveys, conducting sampling programs, identifying drill targets and reviewing<br />
potential alluvial gold deposits located within the permit areas.<br />
Identified numerous hard rock anomalies and alluvial gold workings.<br />
Exploration to date has identified that the permit areas contain substantial alluvial gold<br />
workings and defined hard rock exploration targets for drilling.<br />
In addition, <strong>Bassari</strong> has identified numerous un-drilled geochemical and gold-in-soil<br />
anomalies throughout the permit areas with one continuous anomalous zone of 50km<br />
running through the adjoining <strong>Bassari</strong> permits of Bounsankoba and Sambarabougou.<br />
Experienced team<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> has engaged an experienced consulting management team to run its Senegal<br />
operations. The team, led in Senegal by Alex Mackenzie and Senegalese geologist Lamine<br />
Diouf, has extensive knowledge of the West African gold fields with all the Company’s<br />
consulting geologists having worked in the region for more than 20 years.<br />
Members of the Board have extensive financial and commercial experience and / or<br />
geological and operational experience operating in both Australia and overseas.<br />
Government<br />
The West African country of Senegal is recognised as one of Africa’s model democracies<br />
with its established multi-party political system and tradition of civilian rule.<br />
Security of Tenure<br />
Senegal has, in recent years, enacted a new Mining Code designed to encourage mineral<br />
exploration and development and to give mining companies tax incentives and security<br />
of tenure.<br />
1. 2 B A S S A R I ’ S O B J E C T I V E S<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong>’s wholly owned subsidiary, <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal S.A.R.L. has entered into<br />
three separate joint venture agreements to acquire a 70 % interest in three contiguous<br />
permit areas located in Senegal – Moura (311.7km2), Sambarabougou (645.6km2) and<br />
Bousankoba (375km2).<br />
To date, <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal has expended around $1.6 million on initial exploration<br />
programs locating anomalies identified by previous surveys conducted by the United<br />
Nations and the French Government, conducting sampling programs, identifying drill<br />
targets and reviewing a number of highly prospective alluvial gold deposits located within<br />
the permit areas. The exploration work carried out by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists has included:<br />
• approximately 3,660m3 of trenching;<br />
• assaying 49 artisinal pits;<br />
• excavating 19 alluvial pits; and<br />
• sampling and assaying of:<br />
– 9,347 soil samples;<br />
– 349 stream samples; and<br />
– 516 vein samples.<br />
In 2008, <strong>Bassari</strong>’s primary objective will be to further progress exploration and resource<br />
definition within the permit areas in order to identify mineral (primarily gold) deposits, both<br />
hard rock and alluvial, that meet commercial parameters of grade and tonnage needed for<br />
profitable exploitation.<br />
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Additionally, the Company intends to pursue a detailed study of the main alluvial gold areas<br />
to determine the economics of an alluvial mining operation and the benefits to achieving<br />
the primary objective that would be derived from being able to become self supporting via<br />
cash flow from the relatively quick establishment of an alluvial mining operation.<br />
1. 3 P U R P O S E O F T H E O F F E R & P L A N N E D E X P E N D I T U R E<br />
The purpose of the Offer is to raise funds to enable the Company to carry out exploration<br />
and, if economically advantageous, alluvial development of the Moura, Sambarabougou<br />
and Bousankoba gold permits in Senegal, West Africa, and to provide for expenses of<br />
the Offer.<br />
Pursuant to the Offer, <strong>Bassari</strong> is seeking to raise a minimum of $10,000,000 (with up to<br />
a further $2,000,000 in allowable oversubscriptions). It is proposed that these funds be<br />
used as follows:<br />
Expenditure based on minimum raising Year 1 ($) Year 2 ($) Total ($)<br />
Exploration Costs<br />
Moura 957,000 1,171,000 2,128,000<br />
Sambarabougou 967,000 1,323,000 2,290,000<br />
Bounsankoba 895,000 959,000 1,854,000<br />
Sub Total *2,819,000 *3,453,000 *6,272,000<br />
Head Office Administration Costs 500,000 500,000 1,000,000<br />
Issue Costs 590,000 - 590,000<br />
Total Expenditure 3,909,000 3,953,000 7,862,000<br />
Funds Raised by this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
(Min assumed) 10,000,000 - 10,000,000<br />
Closing Balance of Funds 6,091,000 2,138,000 2,138,000<br />
* For further detail on proposed exploration costs see the exploration budget summary in Section 3.5<br />
The exploration expenditure is based on the planned program detailed in the section<br />
“Independent Geologist’s Report”. This program may be modified as results are<br />
progressively received and assessed. Any over or under expenditure in exploration work<br />
will reduce or increase the amount available for working capital.<br />
With oversubscriptions, the Company will have up to an additional $2,000,000 to<br />
accelerate exploration or to advance an alluvial exploration and development program.<br />
As part of the exploration budget, the Company intends to conduct a full feasibility study<br />
assessing the feasibility of using a “Gekko” plant to process alluvial gold. If this proves<br />
economic, the Company will utilise any additional cash and or reduce drilling programs in<br />
order to commence alluvial production as soon as possible.<br />
The Directors consider that the amount sought to be raised by this Offer will provide<br />
enough working capital to carry out the stated objectives as set out in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Depending on the Company’s exploration success, the economic feasibility of commencing<br />
alluvial gold production and any new opportunities that may become available, the<br />
Company may require further capital in the future to expedite growth.<br />
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Gekko Plant
2 .1 T H E O F F E R<br />
This is an offer by <strong>Bassari</strong> at the Offer Price of $0.25 per Share to raise the Minimum<br />
Subscription of $10 million and up to the Maximum Subscription of $12 million. The Offer<br />
is not underwritten and no Shares will be allotted under the Offer until the Minimum<br />
Subscription is achieved. If the Minimum Subscription for the Offer is not achieved within<br />
four months after the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, all Applications will be dealt with under<br />
Section 724 of the Corporations Act.<br />
2 . 2 C A P I TA L S T R U C T U R E<br />
2.2.1 Pre-Offer Capital Structure<br />
The Company has issued 48,107,222 Shares and 10,000,000 Options as follows:<br />
• Vendors: 25,000,000 Shares to the Vendors of the shares in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Senegal S.A.R.L, the company that is a party to the joint venture agreements relating<br />
to the mining permits;<br />
• Promoters: 4,000,000 Shares and 4,000,000 Options (convertible on a one for one basis<br />
at 30 cents per Share) to Promoters;<br />
• Seed Capitalists: the Company’s subsidiary and, subsequently, the Company raised<br />
money to fund early exploration activities in two tranches from seed investors and has<br />
issued a total of 19,107,220 Shares to those investors as follows:<br />
– US$808,836 was raised from investors in June-August 2006. 14,091,220<br />
Shares have been issued to those investors; and<br />
– $627,000 was raised from investors in March 2007. 5,016,000 Shares<br />
have been issued to those investors.<br />
• two original subscriber Shares; and<br />
2. Details of<br />
the Offer<br />
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• 6,000,000 Options convertible on a one for one basis at 30 cents per Share as follows:<br />
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– Directors (vesting 12 months post quotation): 3,100,000; and<br />
– Consultants (vesting upon quotation): 2,900,000.<br />
Further details on the escrow arrangements applicable to these Shares and Options and<br />
their terms are contained in Section 10.<br />
2.2.2 Capital Structure – post Offer<br />
The capital structure of the Company following completion of the Offer, net of capital<br />
raising expenses is summarised below:<br />
Offer ($10,000,000 raised)<br />
Issued Share Capital Number of Shares % of Shares<br />
Shares on issue at date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> 1 48,107,222 54.6<br />
Shares to be issued pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> 40,000,000 45.4<br />
Total Shares on issue at close of Offer 88,107,222 100.0<br />
Offer (with maximum $12,000,000 raised)<br />
Issued Share Capital Number of Shares % of Shares<br />
Shares on issue at date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> 1 48,107,222 50.1<br />
Shares to be issued pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> 48,000,000 49.9<br />
Total Shares on issue at close of Offer 96,107,222 100.0<br />
1. Refer to section 10 for details of the escrow restrictions applicable to these shares.<br />
The Company has issued options to acquire shares, with an exercise price of 30c and an<br />
expiry date of 31 December 2010. Refer to section 10 for terms attaching to the options.<br />
Options Number of Options<br />
Directors 3,100,000<br />
Others 6,900,000<br />
Total Options 10,000,000<br />
Shares and the Unlisted Options on issue at the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> (Existing<br />
Securities) will be subject to the restricted security provisions of the Listing Rules as a<br />
condition of the Company’s application for admission to the Official List and Quotation of<br />
its Shares. Accordingly, a proportion of the Existing Securities will be required to be held in<br />
escrow for the period required by the Listing Rules and may not be transferred, assigned,<br />
encumbered or otherwise disposed of during that period (see section 10 for further detail).<br />
2 . 3 A P P L I C AT I O N S A N D A L L OT M E N T P O L I CY<br />
Applications for shares must be made on the Application Form that accompanies this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>. You should read this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in full before deciding to complete and lodge<br />
an Application Form. Applicants should also read the instructions on the Application Form<br />
before applying for Shares.<br />
Applications must be for a minimum of 8,000 Shares for an investment of $2,000.<br />
Applicants may apply for any number of Shares in excess of that minimum, but only in<br />
multiples of 4,000 Shares. To have their Applications considered as part of the Offer,<br />
Applicants should post or deliver their completed Application Forms and Application Money
in accordance with the instructions on the Application Form.<br />
Payment must be made by way of cheque or bank draft in Australian dollars drawn on<br />
and payable to an Australian bank, and should be made payable to “<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Limited - Share Issue Account” and crossed “Not Negotiable”. Until the issue of Shares to<br />
Applicants all application monies will be held by the Company in trust in the Share Issue<br />
Account which will be established for the sole purpose of holding application monies.<br />
For unsuccessful Applicants, Application Money will be refunded without interest.<br />
In consideration for the Directors of the Company agreeing to consider an Application,<br />
the relevant Applicant agrees, except if section 724 of the Corporations Act applies, that<br />
the Application is a binding and irrevocable Application for the number of shares specified<br />
in the Application Form which cannot be withdrawn unless the Applicant has a right to<br />
withdraw under the Corporations Act or the Company consents. The Application Form<br />
does not need to be signed to be a binding Application.<br />
The acceptance of Applications and the allocation of Shares is at the discretion of the<br />
Directors. <strong>Bassari</strong> reserves the right to allot to an Applicant a lesser number of Shares<br />
than the number for which the Applicant applies or to reject an Application. If the number<br />
of Shares allotted is less than the number applied for, surplus Application Money will be<br />
refunded without interest.<br />
2 . 4 N O N - R E S I D E N T A P P L I C A N T S<br />
This <strong>Prospectus</strong> does not constitute an Offer or invitation in any place in which, or to any<br />
person to whom, it would not be lawful to make such an Offer or extend such an invitation.<br />
No action has been taken to register or qualify the Shares or the Offer or otherwise to<br />
permit a public offering of the Shares in any jurisdiction outside Australia.<br />
The distribution of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> in jurisdictions outside Australia may be restricted<br />
by law and persons outside Australia who come into possession of this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
should seek advice on and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with such<br />
restrictions may constitute a violation of applicable securities law.<br />
It is the responsibility of applicants outside Australia to obtain all necessary approvals for<br />
the allotment and issue of Shares pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. The return of a completed<br />
Application Form will be taken by the Company to constitute a representation and warranty<br />
by the applicant that all relevant approvals have been obtained.<br />
2 . 5 A SX L I S T I N G<br />
Application will be made to the ASX not later than seven days after the date of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> for the Company to be admitted to the Official List and for all the Shares<br />
to be granted Official Quotation by the ASX. If the ASX does not grant permission for<br />
Official Quotation of the Shares within three months after the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, or<br />
any longer period permitted by the Corporations Act, all Applications will be dealt with in<br />
accordance with section 724 of the Corporations Act.<br />
The ASX takes no responsibility for the contents of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, including any experts’<br />
reports that it may contain. The fact that the ASX may admit the Company to the Official<br />
List is not to be taken in any way as an indication by the ASX of the merits of the Company<br />
or the Shares offered under this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
2 . 6 C H E S S<br />
The Company will be admitted to participate in the Clearing House Electronic Sub register<br />
System (“CHESS”) in accordance with the Listing Rules and the SCH Business Rules. On<br />
admission to CHESS, the Company will operate an electronic issuer-sponsored sub register<br />
and an electronic CHESS sub register. The two sub registers together will make up the<br />
Company’s principal register of securities.<br />
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The Company will not issue share certificates to investors. Instead, investors who elect<br />
to hold their Shares on the issuer-sponsored sub register will be provided with a holding<br />
statement (similar to a bank account statement) by the Company which sets out the<br />
number of Shares allotted to each investor under this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. For investors who elect<br />
to hold their Shares on the CHESS sub register, the Company will, on allotment, issue an<br />
advice to investors that sets out the number of Shares allotted to the investor under this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> and at the end of the month following the allotment, CHESS (acting on behalf<br />
of the Company) will provide investors with a holding statement that confirms the number<br />
of Shares allotted.<br />
2 .7 P R I VACY<br />
If you apply for Shares you will be asked to provide personal information to <strong>Bassari</strong> (and to<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong>’s share registry) which collects, holds and uses that personal information in order<br />
to assess your application, service your needs as an investor, provide facilities and services<br />
that you may request and carry out appropriate administration.<br />
By submitting an Application Form, each applicant agrees that the Company may use<br />
the information in the Application Form for the purposes set out in this privacy disclosure<br />
statement and may disclose it for those purposes to the share registry, the Company’s<br />
agents, contractors and third party service providers (including mailing houses), ASX, ASIC<br />
and other regulatory authorities.<br />
2 . 8 TA X AT I O N<br />
The taxation consequences of any investment in Shares will depend on the Applicant’s<br />
particular circumstances. It is an obligation of the Applicant to make their own enquiries<br />
concerning the taxation consequences of an investment in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>. If you are<br />
in doubt as to the course of action you should take, you should consult your professional<br />
advisors.<br />
2 . 9 S P O N S O R I N G B R O K E R<br />
Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd has agreed to act as Broker to the Offer. Further details of the<br />
agreement entered into by the Company are set out in the material contracts summary in<br />
section 9.<br />
2 .10 E N Q U I R I E S<br />
Any questions concerning the Offer should in the first instance be directed to the Company<br />
on 03 9614 0600 or to the Broker to the Offer, Lodge Corporate on 03 9200 7000.<br />
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3 .1 B AC KG R O U N D<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> is the sole owner of the Senegalese company, <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal<br />
S.A.R.L., having acquired all the shares in that company on 30 October 2007 via the<br />
Acquisition Agreement.<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd<br />
100%<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Senegal SARL<br />
70%<br />
70%<br />
70%<br />
3. The Company<br />
and its Business<br />
Permits<br />
Moura<br />
Sambarabougou<br />
Bounsankoba<br />
Prior to acquisition, <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal had entered into three joint venture<br />
agreements to acquire a 70% interest in three large prospective adjoining gold exploration<br />
permits in Senegal, West Africa and over a twenty month period had expended<br />
approximately $1.6 million on exploration and evaluation work. This work concentrated on<br />
previously identified gold anomalies with the aim of identifying hard rock drilling targets and<br />
assessing the potential for early production of the extensive alluvial gold areas. The terms<br />
of the Acquisition Agreement and the JV Agreements are summarised in section 9.<br />
The three gold exploration permits comprise contiguous blocks covering an area in<br />
excess of 1,300 km2 and are located within the highly prospective Birrimian Greenstone<br />
belt that overlays the border between Senegal and Mali. The permit areas and the<br />
proposed exploration projects are summarised in this section and described further in the<br />
Independent Geologist’s Report in section 6 of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
30%<br />
30%<br />
30%<br />
W.A.T.I.C.<br />
Sengold Mining NL<br />
Libah Investments Ltd<br />
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3 . 2 S E N E G A L – C O U N T RY P R O F I L E<br />
3.2.1 Overview: Republic of Senegal<br />
The Republic of Senegal is located on the western coast of Africa. It is bordered by the<br />
Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and<br />
Guinea-Bissau to the south.<br />
Senegal gained independence from France in 1960. It has a democratic political culture,<br />
and is regarded as one of the more successful post-colonial democratic transitions in Africa<br />
and considered one of the most stable democracies in Africa.<br />
The Senegal region lies within the Sahel, the semi-desert or savannah region that forms<br />
a broad band across Africa between the Sahara desert to the north and the forested<br />
countries to the south. The landscape is generally made up of low, rolling plains rising to<br />
foothills in the southeast. The climate is tropical with a hot and humid wet season (May<br />
– October) and a dry season (November – April) dominated by hot Harmattan winds.<br />
3.2.2 Economy<br />
Senegal’s economy is based on primary sector activities (agricultural crops and fishing);<br />
secondary industrial activities (such as food processing, phosphate mining, downstream<br />
petroleum products and tourism); and services. The estimated 2006 GDP breakdown by<br />
sector is agriculture – 18.3%, industry – 19.2% and services – 62.5%. The primary sector,<br />
which accounts for approximately one-fifth of GDP, remains the core of the economy<br />
supporting almost three quarters of the economically active population and is the largest<br />
source of foreign exchange income.<br />
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Key Facts<br />
Full Name: Republic of Senegal<br />
Area 196,196 km2<br />
Population: 11.6m (2005 UN estimate)<br />
Capital: Dakar (2.1m 2005 UN est)<br />
Language: French (official), Wolof, Pular,<br />
Jola, Mandinka<br />
Religion: 94% Muslim. Christianity (5%) and<br />
indigenous African religions (1%)<br />
also practised.<br />
Life Expectancy: 54yrs (men), 57 yrs (women)<br />
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine CFA franc.<br />
Fixed exchange rates to the Euro:<br />
1 euro= 655.957CFA francs<br />
GDP (PPP): US$22.01 billion (2006 est.)<br />
GDP (official exchange rate) US$10.8 billion (2006 est.)<br />
GDP Growth Rate 4.9% (2006 est.)<br />
GDP per capita (PPP) US$1,800 (2006 est.)<br />
Labour Force: 4.75million (2006 est.)<br />
Unemployment Rate: 48% (2001 est.)<br />
Inflation Rate: 2.0% (2006 est.)<br />
Main Economic Sectors: Agricultural products, fish processing,<br />
phosphate mining, fertilizer production.<br />
Main Exports: Fish, groundnuts, petroleum products,<br />
phosphates, cotton.<br />
Main Trade Partners: Mali, the EU (France, Spain and Italy) and India.<br />
Major Political Parties: The two largest parties are the ruling<br />
Senegalese Democratic Party and the<br />
Socialist Party.<br />
Head of State: President Abdoulaye Wade<br />
Prime Minister / Premier Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare<br />
Economic Indicators sourced from CIA World Factbook.<br />
3.2.3 Macroeconomic Policy<br />
In January 1994, Senegal undertook an ambitious economic reform program with the<br />
support of the international donor community. This reform began with a 50% devaluation<br />
of Senegal’s currency, the CFA franc, which was linked at a fixed rate to the French franc.<br />
Government price controls and subsidies have been steadily dismantled. After seeing its<br />
economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important economic turn around with<br />
real growth in GDP averaging over 5% annually during 1995-2006. As a member of the<br />
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward greater<br />
regional integration with a unified external tariff and a more stable monetary policy.<br />
The government’s economic policies continue to concentrate on large scale infrastructure<br />
projects, including a planned second international airport near Dakar. The country runs<br />
a successful airline (Air Senegal) in partnership with the Moroccan national airline.<br />
Telecommunications is another dynamic sector.<br />
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3.2.4 Politics and the Legal System<br />
Senegal is a stable and democratic republic under multi-party rule based on the French<br />
civil law system. For this reason the country is the location of choice of many foreign<br />
embassies and international banks as the headquarters for the West African region.<br />
After independence in 1960, Senegal’s Socialist party ruled for 40 years. That era came to<br />
a peaceful end in 2000 and was hailed as a rare democratic power transfer on a continent<br />
plagued by coups, conflict and election fraud. The current Chief of State, President<br />
Abdoulaye Wade, was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2007. The President appoints the<br />
Head of Government, with the current Prime Minister being Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare.<br />
The Senegal Mines Department is headed by Minister Maitre Madicke Niang and is<br />
supported by the Director of Mines & Geology, Dr Moussa Sylla.<br />
Senegal’s unicameral National Assembly has 120 members elected separately from the<br />
president. An independent judiciary also exists. The nation’s highest courts that deal with<br />
business issues are the Constitutional Council and the Court of Justice.<br />
3.2.5 Mineral Policy and Legislation<br />
Senegal’s government is considered “pro-mining” with increased mining activity likely as<br />
the government is targeting the natural resource sector as a means of attracting foreign<br />
investment. A new Mining Code was passed in November 2003 which is based on French<br />
precedents, with mining tenure secured after granting of a permit and execution of a<br />
convention agreement by the government.<br />
An exploration permit is granted for an initial period of three years and can be renewed<br />
twice. During the exploration phase, the permit holder is exempt from the sales tax and<br />
duties on imported equipment and supplies necessary for exploration activities, as well as<br />
on fuel used for operation of fixed installations.<br />
Under the Mining Code, if an economical deposit (proven by a feasibility study) is found,<br />
an exploitation permit (seven years) or a mining concession for major projects (up to 25<br />
years) is granted. As part of the grant, the permit holder must enter into a new contract<br />
with the government; which regulates the relationship between the two parties during the<br />
mining phase. The Code provides benefits such as a minimum seven year exemption from<br />
company tax for holders of a Mining Concession.<br />
3 . 3 G E O L O GY & PE R M I T LO C AT I O N S<br />
3.3.1 Location<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong>’s 3 permits cover a large area of approximately 1,300 sq km and abut each other in<br />
a central location in the highly prospective Birrimian Greenstone belt of the Senegal/Mali<br />
border belt.<br />
The Moura, Sambarabougou and Bounsankoba permits are located in the Tambacounda<br />
region of South Eastern Senegal some 770kms from the capital city of Dakar, and<br />
approximately 70km north east of the town of Kedougou. The north eastern boundary of the<br />
Moura permit is along a portion of the Faleme River which forms the boundary with Mali.<br />
Access from Dakar to Kedougou (700kms) is good on sealed roads with only the last<br />
70kms from Kedougou to the permits on unsealed roads.<br />
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Ke d o u g o u - Ke n i e b a I n l i e r, h o s t t o m u l t i p l e p l u s m i l l i o n o u n c e g o l d d e p o s i t s<br />
The permit areas are located within close proximity of other major gold deposits in the<br />
area, namely:<br />
Approx. Resource size (Moz) Approx. Distance (km)<br />
• Sadiola Hill 8.60 60 NE<br />
(Mali’s largest producing mine)<br />
• Loulo (Mali) 11.35 20 SE<br />
• Yatela (Mali) 1.38 70 NE<br />
• Sabodala (Senegal - operated by ASX 2.74 30 NW<br />
listed company Mineral Deposits Ltd)<br />
Other companies exploring and developing projects in the region include AXMIN Inc.,<br />
Harmony Gold Mining Company, Randgold & Exploration Company Ltd and Oromin<br />
Explorations Ltd.<br />
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3.3.2 Physiography<br />
Terrain in <strong>Bassari</strong>’s permits is undulating with numerous minor hills capped with Ferricrete<br />
(duricrust) or caused by resistant quartz vein swarms. On the Sambarabougou Permit,<br />
minor granite outcrops also occur with a prominent dolerite filled east-west shear zone.<br />
Vegetation is typical Savannah grassland which affords good access during the dry season<br />
of October to July. The monsoonal rains from July to September cause grass to grow<br />
extremely high and very dense, thus hindering access and exploration in this three-month<br />
period.<br />
3.3.3 Geology – West Africa<br />
West Africa features a wide variety of geological terrains with a complicated geological<br />
history. The map below outlines the major geological ‘provinces’ of West Africa, including<br />
the West African Craton, which contains all of the West African Greenstone Belts. These<br />
Greenstone Belts are host to numerous world class deposits of gold and base metals, and<br />
are therefore the primary targets for exploration.<br />
The region features a West African Craton of older Precambrian rocks surrounded by<br />
younger Precambrian and Phanerozoic units. The southern part of this craton is now<br />
generally referred to as the Man Shield.<br />
The oldest Precambrian rocks are Archean in age (>2500 Ma) and appear to be limited to<br />
a core zone along the coastal region extending from western Côte d’Ivoire through Liberia,<br />
Sierra Leone and into southern Guinea.<br />
The most extensive units of the Man Shield are the Paleoproterozoic metasediments,<br />
metavolcanics and associated intrusive complexes that are exposed and cover much of<br />
Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and into southern Mali, northern Guinea and the SW<br />
corner of Niger. Inliers in eastern Senegal and western Mali confirm that Paleoproterozoic<br />
units probably underlie large areas in northern Burkina Faso and Mali where they are<br />
covered by unmetamorphosed Infracambrian-Paleozoic sediments.<br />
3.3.4 Regional Geology<br />
The permits are located within the Paleoproterozoic Age Birimian volcanic-sedimentary<br />
sequences or rocks known as the Kedougou- Kenieba Inilier and within Birimian<br />
Supergroup metasedimentary sequence and intrusive granitoids of the Diale Series. The<br />
Diale Series rocks comprise schists and phyllites derived from the metamorphism of<br />
greywackes and argillaceous sediments.<br />
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<strong>Bassari</strong><br />
Projects
The Paleoproterozoic metasediments, volcanics and related intrusives are extremely<br />
important as they host the vast majority of the substantial gold resources and manganese<br />
deposits of the region.<br />
The most important Paleoproterozoic units are extensive sediments and volcanics, which<br />
are generally referred to as the Birimian Supergroup. The Birimian rocks are very widely<br />
distributed throughout a large part of West Africa.<br />
The Birimian Supergroup throughout the region consists of narrow ‘greenstone’ (volcanic)<br />
belts, which can be traced for hundreds of kilometres along strike but are usually only 20-<br />
60km wide and they are separated by wider basis of mainly marine clastic sediments which<br />
appear to grade laterally into finer grained, more distal units towards the basins where they<br />
are commonly interbedded with basic clastics (wackes and argillites). Extensional tectonics<br />
led to rift valley (graben) formations and the extrusion of predominantly basic volcanics.<br />
Continued graben subsidence and horst erosion led to the sedimentary deposition of<br />
greywackes, argillites, conglomerates and other sediments, with a corresponding decrease<br />
in volcanism.<br />
Although there is considerably heterogeneity in the extent and styles of deformation in<br />
many areas, most of the structural elements have common features which are compatible<br />
with a single, extended and progressive phase of regional deformation involving substantial<br />
NW-SE compression. This extended period of compression results in early stage N-S<br />
sinistral (left-lateral) faults of regional extent and later stage dextral (right lateral) faults<br />
oriented approximately NE-SW. A considerable amount of thrusting with a SE convergence<br />
was localised along the margins of the major volcanic belts. This is well displayed on the<br />
NW margin of the Ashanti Belt in Ghana.<br />
The metamorphism, deformation and extensive intrusive activity are all part of the<br />
Eburnean thermo tectonic event (or orogenic cycle), which produced mountain belts.<br />
The Eburnean orogenic event appears to have affected virtually all of the Paleoproterozoic<br />
units in West Africa.<br />
Later compressional tectonic from the NW effected by the Eburnean Orogeny resulted<br />
in further folding of the sequences and to the widespread development of syntectonic<br />
granitoid intrusions along the margins of the highly deformed, supracrustal belts.<br />
The tectonically induced supracrustal belts appear to have served as fluid conduits for<br />
mineralisation with deposition concentrated within these belts, often along associated<br />
secondary-order structures.<br />
These granitoid intrusions are suspected to have been the “heat engines” which mobilised<br />
deep seated magmatic mineralised fluids which intruded through favourable shear zones to<br />
form localised late stage mineralised deposits within the Kedougou – Kenieba Inlier.<br />
3 . 4 P R O J E C T S<br />
The <strong>Bassari</strong> permit areas have been subject to significant exploration. Numerous gold<br />
anomalies and drilling targets have been identified which the Company believes can be<br />
brought rapidly into drill ready status. In addition a number of highly prospective alluvial<br />
gold deposits exist on all three permit areas and a study has commenced to determine the<br />
economics of an alluvial mining operation using the Gekko alluvial plant system designed in<br />
Australia.<br />
Permits are granted by the government for a period of 3 years and may be renewed for<br />
two further periods of 3 years. As noted in sections 3.4.2 and 7, an application for renewal<br />
of the Sambarabougou permit has been submitted. The Company has been notified by<br />
its joint venture partner that the renewal has been approved and signed by the Senegal<br />
Minister for Mines and that the permit is in the process of registration with the relevant<br />
government department. The Company and its joint venture partner are also in the process<br />
of preparing the relevant application for renewal of the Moura permit next year. The status<br />
of the 3 permit areas is summarised in the Tenement report in section 7.<br />
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3.4.1 Moura<br />
The Moura permit covers a very prospective area of the Diale series of the Birrimian Belt<br />
along the structural shear zone contiguous with the large Sadiola gold operations in Mali –<br />
approximately 60km along the Senegal Mali Shear Zone (SMSZ). Moura has been subject<br />
to exploration by the United Nations, the French government (BRGM) and a number of<br />
private mining groups, including <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>, Senegal. BRGM had identified 31 gold<br />
anomalies for follow up exploration. All of these anomalies have been located by <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Senegal and a detailed sampling program is underway. Infill sampling by <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Senegal geologists has identified at least 3 extensive NE-SW anomalous zones,<br />
centred around Benajiggi (4 km long). Konkoutou (4km long) and Yorova (1.5km long and<br />
open to the north).<br />
Gold mineralisation in the Moura area is concentrated in brittle-ductile strike-slip faults,<br />
and is closely associated with alteration and brittle-ductile deformation of late shearing<br />
which accommodate regional shortening. The orientation and associated sense of such<br />
structures suggest that they are spatially controlled by a NNE-SSW trending strike slip fault<br />
system formed during the late deformational phase.<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> geologist have targeted two main hard rock target areas within Moura being<br />
Konkoutoard Bennajiggi (see map of Moura below).<br />
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Moura Permit highlighting key gold prospect<br />
areas: Konkoutou and Bennajiggi
The following table summarises the best trench and pit intersections for the Konkouto and<br />
Benajiggi prospects (Moura permit area). Further detail is contained in the Independent<br />
Geologists report in Section 6.<br />
Konkouto Prospect – best Trench & Pit intersections<br />
Trench / Pit ID Northing From To Width (m) Grade (g/t Au)<br />
06KOTR001 1464050 84 90 6 1.15<br />
“ “ 86 87.6 1.6 4.53<br />
“ “ 88.3 90 1.7 5.24<br />
“ “ 88 90 2 83.01<br />
06KOTR003 1464183 24 26 2 2.71<br />
Northing Easting Depth Grade (g/t Au)<br />
06KOPT001 1464167 214816 8.480<br />
06KOPT002 1464185 214824 8.228<br />
Profile ID Northing Easting Easting Strike Qtz vein Av<br />
(From) (From) Length (m) Grade (g/t Au)<br />
Profile 1 1464244.1 214703.9 214837.7 133.8 8.797<br />
Profile 2 1464185.3 214684.8 214842.6 157.8 5.203<br />
Profile 3 1464025.9 215112.9 215190.8 77.9 6.125<br />
Profile 4 1463971.1 215134.6 215198.2 63.6 4.690<br />
Profile 5 1464058.0 215043.8 215080.8 37.0 5.562<br />
At the Konkoutou prospect, within the Moura Permit, the UNDP geologists reported that<br />
they excavated a total volume of 1465 m3 and drilled 86.9 metres of diamond drill core in 2<br />
holes. Their trenches discovered 10 small isolated auriferous zones. Follow up sampling by<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> geologists has confirmed the prospectivity of the area.<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong>’s geologists geologically logged and sampled 49 pits. All of the pits exposed<br />
quartz veins and quartz stock works. The abundance of pits allowed profiles to be selected<br />
and constructed in 5 lines across the Konkoutou Hill and valleys to the east and west.<br />
Significant gold mineralisation was located in all 5 pit profiles. Results of the 5 profiles are<br />
noted in the table above under the column heading “Profile ID”.<br />
From the results of the Konkoutou pit profiles and trenches, the mineralised zones<br />
suggest that there could be three composite shear zones developed within the Konkoutou<br />
prospect. This zone will be a priority drilling target for <strong>Bassari</strong>.<br />
The Bennajiggi Prospect (approx 2 km) from Konkoutou comprises a low hill made up of<br />
shattered, brecciated massive milky quartz veins. The result of the mineralisation in two<br />
pits and two trenches are in the table below.<br />
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Bennajiggi Prospect – best trench and pit intersections:<br />
Trench/Pit ID Northing From To Width (m) Grade (g/t Au)<br />
06BETR001 1465897 24 26 2 0.999<br />
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1465897 54 62 8 4.334<br />
Incl. 58 60 2 2m@12.080<br />
06BETR001 1465994 54 55 1 2.670<br />
1465994 56 57 1 1.650<br />
1465994 58 59 1 4.920<br />
Trench/Pit ID Northing Easting Qtz vein Av Grade (g/t Au)<br />
06BEOT001 1465547.3 214594.5 2.977<br />
06BEPT002 1465707.1 214693.1 20.570<br />
At the Benajiggi prospect, within the Moura Permit, UNDP geologists reported that they<br />
had drilled 2 diamond holes to depths of 70.5 metres and 45.5 metres respectively and<br />
excavated a total of 2,295 m3 of trenches. The best results from trenching work (quartz<br />
vein channels) were 75 g/t and 110 g/t over widths of 0.5 metres. These high grade results<br />
have been reconfirmed by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists. The best results for mineralised stock works<br />
were 12.0 metres @ 3.86 g/t and 4.0 metres @ 6.89 g/t indicating the prospectivity of the<br />
Moura permit. Russian geologists of the UNDP team also reported that they considered<br />
the Moura area and the Douta Area (part of <strong>Bassari</strong>’s Sambarabougou permit) the most<br />
prospective in Senegal for gold next to Sabodala. Sabodala has already been defined by<br />
Mineral Deposits Limited of Australia as a gold resource of nearly 3 million ounces.<br />
A further 3 anomalous shear zones have also been discovered by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists in the<br />
Moura permit which warrant major exploration work. With 5 significant targets identified<br />
plus numerous other anomalies confirmed, Moura is considered a highly prospective<br />
permit for detailed and extensive exploration over the next 12 months.<br />
Prospective gold mineralisation is also associated with alluvial workings in well developed<br />
drainage systems around Konkoutou, Mourako and in the east near the Faleme River<br />
at Bouton-Wassangara. Further alluvial workings are evident in the north Douta and<br />
Sambarabougou areas, south of Moura. Inspection of gold from the alluvial workings<br />
revealed that the gold is angular and locally derived. Some of the gold particles observed<br />
were up to one cm in size (nuggets) and accordingly warrants detailed follow-up<br />
exploration work. These areas will be sampled and evaluated by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists in 2008.<br />
3.4.2 Sambarabougou<br />
The Sambarabougou Permit has recently come up for renewal and application has been<br />
made for renewal for a second three year term. The Company has been notified by its joint<br />
venture partner that the renewal has been approved and signed by the Senegal Minister<br />
for Mines and that the permit is in the process of registration with the relevant government<br />
department.<br />
This Permit is located within the Palaeoproterozoic Birimian volcano-sedimentary<br />
sequences and the intrusives of the Dialé Series. The Dialé Series lithologies commonly<br />
comprise chlorite-sericite schists and phyllites derived from the metamorphism of<br />
greywackes and argillaceous sediments. The south eastern portion of the permit is<br />
underlain by the Eburnean Saraya Granite.<br />
The Sambarabougou permit adjoins the Moura permit to the N-W. Three anomalous shear<br />
zones have been identified by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists. One major East-West structure runs<br />
through the Moura and Sambarabougou permit and through the major gold projects of<br />
Loulo/Yalea (combined 11.35 million ounces) onto Sitakili (a newly discovered porphyry<br />
gold deposit in the east). To the north-west this structure continues through to the
Previous exploration was carried out by HGMC (Hansa Geomin Consult) of Germany and<br />
from 1996 to 1998 they conducted the following exploration work:<br />
Sabodala permit just south of the Sabodala gold deposit. This structure is deemed highly<br />
prospective by <strong>Bassari</strong> geologists who have commenced a sampling program to define<br />
drilling targets. Limited assays to date have shown this E-W shear zone to be anomalous<br />
which warrants detailed sampling and exploration.<br />
Sambarabougou also contains the major alluvial gold area of Douta as well as numerous<br />
other alluvial areas being mined by local miners (orpayeurs). Most of these stream<br />
sediment areas are located along the western margin of the permit, about 30 km in length.<br />
The potential for larger alluvial resources at the Douta Prospect is considerable as the<br />
primary catchment area known to be mineralised is at least 5 km long, and the entire widths<br />
of the drainages (up to 300m) have yet to be fully assessed. Gold grains and small nuggets<br />
observed are mostly angular, suggesting that the primary gold source is in close proximity<br />
to these alluvial deposits. The area also has significant tin and uranium mineralisation.<br />
An aeromagnetic map of the southern portion of Sambarabougou and of the adjoining<br />
permit Bounsankoba clearly showed the “intense dyke swarm”, a unit of rocks which<br />
marks the transition between the regionally mineralised volcanic “greenstone” rock units<br />
to the west, which includes Sabodala, and the sedimentary rock units to the east. This<br />
dyke swarm unit trends NE-SW across Senegal from the Mali border in the NE towards the<br />
Guinea border in the SW.<br />
Geochemical anomalies on Bounsankoba and the southern section of Sambarabougou<br />
(>200 ppb or 0.2 g/t) obtained during an augur drill campaign by the previous permit holder<br />
identified an anomalous zone of approximately 20 kms long in the Sambarabougou permit.<br />
The results of this program imply that gold mineralisation is located either within this dyke<br />
swarm or along its margins.<br />
This anomalous zone continues into <strong>Bassari</strong>’s Bounsankoba permit for a further 30km<br />
giving a total length of approximately 50 km in length. This significant anomalous zone<br />
warrants further exploration as proposed in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> to identify higher grade gold<br />
mineralisation within this anomalous zone.<br />
3.4.3 Bounsankoba<br />
The Bounsankoba permit abuts Sambarabouga to the west. An exploration program was<br />
conducted by Hansa Geomin Consulting (HGMC) from 1996 to 1998, including geological<br />
mapping, soil geochemistry, geophysics (airborne and ground surveys) and saprolite<br />
geochemistry.<br />
The Bounsankoba property is located in the early proterozoic “Kenieba Inlier” in the socalled<br />
“super group” of Dialle’-Dalema. The Dialle’ series are predominantly composed<br />
of meta-sediments-greywackes, sandstones and pelites. The inlier is crossed by two<br />
major structural features: the ASM (Accident Senegalo-malien) described by Bassot<br />
and Dommanget (1986) running north-south; and the main transcurrent zone (MTZ) a<br />
major shear zone described by Ledru (1991), running Northeast – Southwest within the<br />
metasediments along the contact with the Mako supergroup (dominantly metavolcanics).<br />
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HGMC Exploration work Km2 Samples No.<br />
Regional Geological Mapping – 410 -<br />
Detailed Geological Mapping - 20 -<br />
Airborne Geophysics - 400 -<br />
Soil Geochemistry (500 x 200m) 91 913<br />
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(200 x 100m) 40 2,009<br />
(250 x 100m) 35 1,342<br />
(200 x 25m) ~10 867<br />
54 Holes - Deep Auger Drilling (20m) 524<br />
Ground EM (31 line km)<br />
Ground Mag. (120 line km)<br />
The soil geochemistry highlighted a chain of narrow Au – As anomalies stretching<br />
southwest-northeast through the permit over 30 km in length and 5 km in width. Several<br />
gold placers (alluvials) east, southeast of the 30 km chain of anomolies confirmed the<br />
existence of gold mineralisation as a primary source. The gold mineralisation on the<br />
Bounsankoba permit has several characteristics with meso thermal gold deposits and a<br />
detailed exploration program has been planned to further enhance <strong>Bassari</strong>’s interpretation<br />
of the geology of the Bounsankoba permit.<br />
3 . 5 E X P L O R AT I O N B U D G E T S U M M A RY<br />
The proposed exploration budget will allow the Company to conduct a detailed and<br />
systematic exploration program of the permit areas.<br />
The proposed exploration budget for the initial two years is outlined in the following table.<br />
Any oversubscriptions will be used to accelerate exploration or to advance an alluvial<br />
exploration and development program.<br />
Subscription ($10,000,000)<br />
Item Year 1 Year 2 Total<br />
A$ A$ A$<br />
Geological Management 388,000 388,000 776,000<br />
Plant and equipment 367,000 222,000 589,000<br />
Geophysics Data and Processing 65,000 - 65,000<br />
Acquire remote Sensing Data 35,000 - 35,000<br />
Structural Work 53,000 35,000 88,000<br />
Geochem/Mapping 242,000 259,000 501,000<br />
Drilling (RAB) 294,000 1,239,000 1,533,000<br />
Analytical Drilling and Geochem 729,000 515,000 1,244,000<br />
Contingencies 169,000 318,000 487,000<br />
Administration 477,000 477,000 954,000<br />
Total 2,819,000 3,453,000 6,272,000
Notes:<br />
(i) All amounts are in A$ and assume an exchange rate of USD0.85 = A$1.00.<br />
(ii) The exploration program and budget will be subject to modification on an ongoing basis depending<br />
on results received from current field activities. This includes the results of a feasibility study into<br />
alluvial gold production which, if economically feasible, may result in any excess working capital being<br />
allocated to this area and, if necessary, a reduced drilling program.<br />
(iii) Due to market conditions, the development of new opportunities and or any number of other<br />
factors (including the risk factors outlined in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>), actual expenditure levels may differ<br />
significantly to the above estimates. The Company also intends to capitalise on other resource<br />
opportunities as they arise which may result in costs being incurred that are not included in these<br />
estimates.<br />
Further detail with respect to the application of funds to be raised by this Offer is set out in the<br />
Independent Geologist’s Report in Section 6 of this Prospect<br />
Mr Lamine Douif with Orpeyeurs at Moura<br />
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From left to right:<br />
Andrew Smith (CEO), Aaron Treyvaud (Director),<br />
Alex Mackenzie (Project Manager), Clive Wright<br />
(Chairman)<br />
Right: Jozsef Patarica (Director)<br />
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4. Directors<br />
and Management
4 .1 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S<br />
Non- Executive Directors:<br />
Mr Clive Wright<br />
MAICD MCIMM<br />
Non-Executive Chairman<br />
Clive has had more than 40 years experience in the mining and related industries.<br />
After studying chemical engineering in London, he transferred to South Africa where he<br />
specialised in marketing of specialist products for the mining industry, particularly in the<br />
Zambian copper belt. In 1965 he arrived in Australia and became assistant to the project<br />
engineer of the Hamersley iron ore project. In 1969 he joined Nylex Corporation Ltd as<br />
Marketing Manager, Mining and Heavy Construction. In 1975 he started the Euratech<br />
Ltd group of companies which specialised in the manufacture of piping systems to the<br />
resource industries, especially mining. Since 1986 he has continued his involvement in the<br />
mining industry in Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Senegal in various roles as an investor,<br />
consultant and supplier of mining materials, particularly to the Senegal mining industry. He<br />
was a Board member of Euratech Ltd, Eurapipe (Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore)<br />
and Marplex Ltd. In recent years Clive has specialised in water projects ranging from water<br />
recycling to the construction of water pipelines for agriculture and mining projects.<br />
Clive was appointed a Director of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited on 14 February 2007.<br />
Mr Jozsef Patarica<br />
B.Eng MBA MAICD<br />
Non-executive Director<br />
Jozsef is a mining professional with a strong track record in the gold industry. He was<br />
involved with the development of the Fosterville Sulphide Gold Project for ASX listed<br />
Perseverance Corporation Ltd where he is currently General Manager. He has been<br />
involved in management, project evaluation and operational roles throughout his career<br />
in a number of mining centres across Australia. Prior to joining Perseverance he worked<br />
for Placer Dome as part of the Corporate and Project Development Group based in<br />
Western Australia. He joined Newcrest at Cadia Hill Gold Mine where he was involved in<br />
construction and commissioning of the Cadia Project. Whilst in Western Australia he was<br />
part of the team which successfully constructed and commissioned the Stage 3 expansion<br />
of he Fimiston Plant for Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines.<br />
As well as his general manager role at Perseverance Corporation Ltd he is currently a nonexecutive<br />
director of Calare Credit Union Limited based in Orange, NSW (since 1999) and<br />
is Chair of both the Audit and Remuneration Committee. He is a non-executive director<br />
of the Eaglehawk United Friendly Society Limited based in Bendigo, Vic (since 2006)<br />
and is Chair of the Audit Committee. He is a member of Australian Institute of Company<br />
Directors, Australian Institute of Credit Union Directors, Australian Friendly Societies<br />
Pharmacies Association and Institute of Engineers Australia.<br />
Jozsef was appointed a Director of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited on 14 November 2007.<br />
Mr Aaron Treyvaud<br />
B. Eng (Mining), Master of Applied Finance<br />
Non-executive Director<br />
Aaron is an investment banker who specialises in resources mergers and acquisitions.<br />
During 2004 – 2007 he worked with UBS Investment Bank and, most recently, Gresham<br />
Partners, covering public/private merger and acquisitions and general corporate advice.<br />
Previously a mining engineer, Aaron has extensive experience in both coal and<br />
metalliferrous mining operations. Aaron gained his mining experience through working<br />
at the Zacatecas Silver mine in Mexico (Penoles), Eloise Copper mine in Queensland<br />
(Peabody) and finally as a consultant at BHP’s Blackwater Coal mine in Queensland<br />
(Minserve). Aaron’s experience has involved dealing with all aspects of mining, from<br />
reserve estimation to final feasibility studies.<br />
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Aaron was appointed a Director of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited on 15 November 2007.<br />
Executive Directors:<br />
Mr Andrew Smith<br />
BComm (Accounting & Finance), Master of Applied Finance, ACA<br />
Executive Director / CEO<br />
Andrew is a chartered accountant who in recent times has worked for Ernst & Young in<br />
Melbourne and previously for PriceWaterhouseCooper in the USA. At Ernst & Young he<br />
was an Associate Director and worked in the Entrepreneurial Growth Markets division and<br />
in the Transaction Support division. His work as a Chartered Accountant has involved buy<br />
and sell side due diligence for large transactions, initial public offerings, tax and audit of<br />
a wide variety of ASX listed public companies. He has had significant experience in the<br />
management and organisation of large teams.<br />
Andrew was appointed a Director of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited on 14 November 2007.<br />
4 . 2 S E N I O R M A N AG E M E N T, C O N S U LTA N T S A N D E X P L O R AT I O N T E A M<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> has a seasoned and experienced team of geologists and mining consultants with<br />
long term operational experience in Senegal and West Africa.<br />
Alex Mackenzie (Senegal Project Manager and special adviser)<br />
Alex graduated as a chartered accountant in 1971 and for many years worked at Price<br />
Waterhouse concentrating on the mining sector. From 1985 he has been a consultant to<br />
the mining industry and has held directorships in a number of mining companies operating<br />
in Senegal, Ghana, Ecuador and Australia. In 1993 he was a director of Paget Mining<br />
N.L. during the time of its drilling and feasibility program at Sabodala in Senegal. Since<br />
that time (14 years) he has worked predominantly in Senegal promoting and developing<br />
that country’s mineral resource industry. In conjunction with Lamine Diouf (Senegalese<br />
geologist), he identified the gold and resource potential in the Birrimian mining belt in<br />
Senegal. Specifically, Alex and Lamine Diouf were directly responsible for identifying the<br />
potential of the Sabodala gold deposit and the Grand Cote Zircon deposit, then inviting<br />
and assisting Mineral Deposits Limited, an ASX listed company, to Senegal to review and<br />
ultimately acquire the Sabodala gold project and Grand Cote Zircon project.<br />
Alex is contracted to <strong>Bassari</strong> for the next 2 years and, along with Lamine Diouf, will<br />
manage all material facets of the Senegal operations, including research, exploration and<br />
development and assistance with the on-going relationships with the local geological and<br />
administrative team and with central and regional governments.<br />
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BRL Board<br />
BRS Board<br />
Arrows indicate<br />
reporting lines<br />
Aust Operations<br />
A. Smith (CEO)<br />
Key Responsibilities<br />
• Aust regulatory & legal requirements<br />
• reporting & financial controls<br />
• overall goverance<br />
Senegal Operations<br />
A. Mackenzie (Senegal Project Manager)<br />
L. Diouf (Managing Geologist)<br />
+ <strong>Bassari</strong> exploration team<br />
Key Responsibilities<br />
All major facets of Senegal operations, inc:<br />
• research;<br />
• exploration;<br />
• development;<br />
• government liaison.
Lamine Diouf (Senegalese geologist)<br />
Lamine has worked in the Senegal mining industry for the last 30 years (including gold,<br />
mineral sands and petroleum) and has an excellent relationship with the Senegal Mines<br />
Department and the Senegal Government. He was directly responsible for the development<br />
of the first gas production permit in Senegal and, with Alex Mackenzie, has worked<br />
tirelessly in developing the mineral resources industry of Senegal.<br />
Lamine manages field operations and government liaison. He has been managing <strong>Bassari</strong>’s<br />
field exploration program at Moura and Sambarabougou over the last 18 months.<br />
Michael Bal (Senior consulting geologist)<br />
B.Sc & M.Sc in Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy (Belgium)<br />
Michael has over 30 years experience in the mining sector, many of those managing<br />
projects funded by development institutions. In particular, he has managed and worked on<br />
sysmin/EDF-funded mining projects in West Africa where he has achieved considerable<br />
success in discovering significant mineral deposits. In the neighbouring country of Mali he<br />
managed a mineral inventory in West Mali with emphasis on discovering mineral deposits.<br />
This included a regional survey of a 27,000 km2 area in Birrimian and upper proterozoic<br />
terrain and led to the discovery, among others, of the large Sadiola gold deposit. Similarly<br />
he managed a regional survey of a 4,000 km2 area in Niger which led to the discovery of<br />
the Samira Hill gold deposit. He also has significant experience in exploration geology in<br />
Senegal including working on the Sysmin Eligibility study, sectoral overview and design of<br />
a 15 million Euro mining sector development program for Senegal. He has held a variety<br />
of management positions, most recently as manager of a German consulting firm, Hansa<br />
Geomin, with responsibility for the development and management of projects with the<br />
European Commission, World Bank, EIB and private clients.<br />
Kofi Agyemang (Senior consulting geologist)<br />
PhD Research-Mineral Resource/Reserve Evaluation (Ghana), M.Sc Mineral Exploration<br />
(Ghana), Diploma-Geological Engineering )(Ghana)<br />
Kofi has worked in West Africa as a geologist for more than 30 years, including preparation<br />
of ore reserves for bankable study documents on gold projects. In addition he has been<br />
involved in project assessment, outlining effective exploration programs and documentation<br />
of guidelines on geological data collection. In 2006 and 2007 he has carried out field<br />
geological work for <strong>Bassari</strong>’s subsidiary in Senegal including the overseeing of <strong>Bassari</strong>’s<br />
four Senegalese geologists and up to eighty labourers engaged in carrying out <strong>Bassari</strong>’s<br />
sampling and trenching programs. Kofi has also had significant experience in alluvial gold<br />
exploration and development.<br />
Doudou Tall<br />
Diploma Engineer in Meteorology (France)<br />
Diploma Engineer in Agromology (Niger)<br />
Doudou is a Senegalese citizen and is a respected member of the Senegalese community<br />
who has worked in agronomy, hydrology and meteorology projects in Senegal over the last<br />
30 years. He has developed administrative and organisation skills and his knowledge of<br />
hydrology and agronomy will be of great benefit as and when any of the exploration projects<br />
become development projects.<br />
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5 .1 C O R P O R AT E G OV E R N A N C E<br />
The Directors monitor the business affairs of the Company on behalf of Shareholders and<br />
have formally adopted a corporate governance policy which is designed to encourage<br />
Directors to focus their attention on accountability, risk management, ethical conduct and<br />
conflicts of interest.<br />
The Company has adopted systems of control and accountability as the basis for the<br />
administration of corporate governance. The Board is committed to administering the<br />
policies and procedures with openness and integrity, pursuing the true spirit of corporate<br />
governance commensurate with the Company’s needs.<br />
Further information about the Company’s corporate governance practices will be set out on<br />
the Company’s website at www.bassari.com.au. In accordance with the recommendations<br />
of the ASX, information published on the Company’s website will include charters (for<br />
the board and its sub-committees), codes of conduct and other policies and procedures<br />
relating to the board and its responsibilities.<br />
As the Company’s activities develop in size, nature and scope, the size of the Board and<br />
the implementation of additional corporate governance structures will be given further<br />
consideration.<br />
5 . 2 R I S K FAC TO R S<br />
The Directors consider that there are a number of risk factors that may affect the financial<br />
performance of <strong>Bassari</strong> and the value of an investment in the Shares, the subject of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>. While some of these risks can be minimised, some are outside the control<br />
of the Company. There are also specific risks associated with <strong>Bassari</strong>’s business and<br />
investment in the mineral exploration and mining industry in a foreign country. There are<br />
also general risks associated with any investment in shares.<br />
The Shares offered under this <strong>Prospectus</strong> are considered speculative. There is no<br />
guarantee that the Shares will make a return on the capital invested, that dividends will be<br />
paid or that there will be an increase in value of the Shares in the future.<br />
Careful consideration should be given to the risk factors raised in this section, together<br />
with all other matters raised in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> before making a decision to subscribe for<br />
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5. Corporate Governance<br />
and Risk Factors
the Shares.<br />
5.2.1 Specific risks in relation to <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
Exploration and Development<br />
The business of mineral exploration, project development and mining, by its nature,<br />
contains elements of significant risk with no guarantee of success. Currently, there are<br />
no identified economic mineral resources on the tenements described in this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
and there can be no guarantee that planned exploration programmes will lead to positive<br />
exploration results and the discovery of a commercial deposit or further, a commercial<br />
mining operation.<br />
By its nature, the business of mineral exploration which the Company will be undertaking<br />
contains risks. For its part, exploration is a speculative endeavour and can be hampered<br />
by the unpredictable nature of mineral deposits, particularly with respect to predicted<br />
extrapolations to depth from known mineralisation, poor drilling techniques, incorrect grade<br />
estimates, unforeseen and adverse ground conditions, flooding, inclement weather, poor<br />
equipment availability, force majeure circumstances and cost overruns from unforeseen<br />
events. Resource estimates themselves are necessarily imprecise and depend upon<br />
interpretations that can prove to be inaccurate. Any future successful mining operations<br />
will depend on exploration success, mineral resource calculations, appropriate economic<br />
circumstances, ore reserve calculations, successful statutory planning approvals, mine<br />
design and the construction of efficient processing facilities, competent operations and<br />
management, and efficient financial management.<br />
Possible future development at any of the Company’s projects is dependent on a number<br />
of factors including, but not limited to, the discovery of recoverable ore bodies, favourable<br />
geological conditions, receiving the necessary approval from all relevant authorities and<br />
parties, seasonal weather patterns, unanticipated technical and operational difficulties<br />
encountered in extraction and production activities, cost overruns, access to the required<br />
level of funding and contracting risk from third parties providing essential services.<br />
Tenement & Title Risk<br />
Some or all of the tenements may not be renewed by regulatory authorities for various<br />
reasons. The Directors are not aware of any reason why any tenement applied for would<br />
not be renewed and, in particular, while the Sambarabougou permit has recently come up<br />
for renewal, the Directors are not aware of any reasons why the Sambarabougou permit<br />
will not be renewed (see Section 3.4.2 for further discussion). Interests in tenements<br />
in Senegal are governed by the Mining Code enacted in 2003 and are evidenced by the<br />
granting of tenements through the issuing of a lease or licence. Each lease or licence is<br />
for a specific term and carries with it annual expenditure and other conditions requiring<br />
compliance. Consequently, <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal could lose title to, or its interests in,<br />
tenements if licence conditions are not met or if sufficient funds are not available to meet<br />
expenditure commitments.<br />
In the event that <strong>Bassari</strong> is successful in the discovery of an economic body of<br />
mineralisation, it will have the right to apply for an exploitation licence. The grant of such<br />
licence is also subject to the Mining Code and will only be granted on the terms and<br />
conditions that the relevant Minister considers appropriate. Once granted, such licences<br />
are liable to forfeiture on breach of any conditions.<br />
For further information on the Company’s tenements see section 7.<br />
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Regulatory Risk<br />
Changes in Government regulations and policies may adversely affect the financial<br />
performance of the Company and its subsidiary. <strong>Bassari</strong> is not aware of any current or<br />
proposed material changes in relevant regulation in any country in which it or its subsidiary<br />
operates.<br />
Operations by the Company may require approvals from regulatory authorities which may<br />
not be forthcoming or which may not be able to be obtained on terms acceptable to the<br />
Company. While the Company has no reason to believe that all requisite approvals will not<br />
be forthcoming and whilst the Company’s obligations for expenditure will be predicated<br />
on any requisite approvals being obtained, Applicants should be aware that the Company<br />
cannot guarantee that any requisite approvals will be obtained. A failure to obtain any<br />
approvals would mean that the ability of the Company to develop or operate any projects,<br />
or possibly acquire any projects, may be limited or restricted either in part or absolutely.<br />
Funding Requirements<br />
The future capital requirements of the Company will depend on many factors including the<br />
results of the proposed exploration programs. The Company believes the net proceeds<br />
of this Offer should be adequate to fund the continued exploration of the projects and<br />
objectives as stated in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Should the Company require additional funding, there can be no assurance that additional<br />
financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Any inability to obtain additional<br />
funding, if required, would have an adverse effect on the Company’s business and its<br />
financial condition and performance.<br />
Dependence on Key Personnel<br />
The Company’s success depends to a significant extent on the key management personnel<br />
referenced in Section 4, as well as other management and technical personnel, including<br />
those employed on a contractual basis. The loss of services of certain personnel or the<br />
inability to attract and retain other qualified personnel could have an adverse effect on the<br />
Company and its operations.<br />
Environmental Risks<br />
The Company’s operations and projects are subject to laws and regulations regarding<br />
environmental hazards. The Company intends to conduct its activities in an environmentally<br />
responsible manner, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.<br />
Country, Political and Foreign Risks<br />
There are risks associated with operating in foreign countries. There can be no guarantee<br />
that the Government regulations in Australia, Senegal or any other country in which<br />
the company will operate, in particular in relation to foreign investment, repatriation of<br />
foreign currency, taxation and the regulation of the mineral exploration industry, including<br />
expiration of mining rights, will not be amended in the future to the detriment of the<br />
Company’s business.<br />
Senegal’s economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many<br />
respects, including government intervention; level of development; growth rate; control of<br />
foreign exchange; and allocation of resources. A significant component of the Company’s<br />
ability to conduct exploration and eventual exploitation activities in Senegal is through<br />
maintaining good relations with government representatives. Whilst the Directors believe<br />
excellent relationships are currently in place and there is no expectation that this will<br />
change, there is no certainty that this will continue into the future.<br />
Currency and Exchange Risk<br />
Movements in currency exchange rates can be volatile. <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal’s<br />
mining expenditure obligations for exploration operations in Senegal are incurred<br />
predominantly in USD. The company is raising funds under the Offer in A$ and will be<br />
converting a major portion of this A$ into US$ for the purposes of its operations. Currency<br />
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isk may result in an exchange rate loss or gain to the Company, depending on the<br />
movement in the currency rates between the currencies discussed earlier in this section<br />
and the local Senegal currency being the Franc Communante Financiere Africaine (FCFA).<br />
The return on equity and any dividends for Australian shareholders may be exposed to<br />
fluctuations and volatility on the exchange rates among the A$, US$ and FCFA.<br />
Climate<br />
The Company’s tenements are situated in an area with a prevailing tropical climate. The<br />
autumn wet season in this region is variable and given the climatic conditions, it may not<br />
always be possible for exploration work to be carried out during this period.<br />
Competition<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> will compete with other companies, including major mineral exploration and mining<br />
companies. Some of these companies have greater financial and other resources than<br />
the Company and, as a result, may be in a better position to compete for future business<br />
opportunities. Many of the Company’s competitors not only explore for and produce<br />
minerals, but also carry out refining operations and produce other products on a worldwide<br />
basis. There can be no assurance that the Company can compete effectively with these<br />
companies.<br />
5.2.2 Other Mining Industry Specific and General Risks<br />
Mining<br />
In the event that production commences, the Company’s operations may be disrupted by a<br />
variety of hazards which are beyond its control, including environmental hazards, industrial<br />
accidents, technical failures, labour disputes, unusual or unexpected rock formations,<br />
flooding and extended interruptions due to inclement or hazardous weather conditions,<br />
fires, explosions or other accidents. No assurances can be given that the Company will<br />
achieve commercial viability through the successful exploration and/or mining of its project<br />
interests.<br />
Commodity Price Risk<br />
The Company’s prospects and share price will be influenced by the price obtained from<br />
time to time for the commodities targeted in its exploration programs. Commodity prices<br />
fluctuate and are affected by factors including the relationship between global supply<br />
and demand for minerals, forward selling by products, the cost of production and general<br />
global economic conditions. These factors may have an adverse affect on the Company’s<br />
exploration and any subsequent development and production activities, as well as its ability<br />
to fund its future activities.<br />
Mineral Resource Estimation and Reported Drilling Results Risks<br />
There are no defined mineral resources within the tenements controlled by the Company.<br />
All persons applying for Shares should understand that all estimations of resources are<br />
an expression of judgment on behalf of the person making the estimate. Even if the<br />
Company or any tenement holder establishes resources or reserves, it must be appreciated<br />
that reserve calculations or resource estimates are expressions of judgment based on<br />
knowledge, experience and industry practice. Estimates which were valid when originally<br />
calculated may alter significantly when new information or techniques become available.<br />
By their very nature, resource estimates are imprecise and depend to some extent on<br />
interpretations, which may prove to be inaccurate. As further information becomes<br />
available through additional field work and analysis, these calculation estimates are likely<br />
to change. These changes may increase or decrease the amount of any such estimates or<br />
calculations dependent on the nature of additional information obtained and may result in<br />
alterations to development and mining plans which may, in turn, adversely affect mining<br />
operations.<br />
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Securities Investments<br />
There are risks associated with any securities investment, particularly where the company<br />
involved has a small market capitalisation. The prices at which the Shares trade may<br />
fluctuate in response to a number of factors. Furthermore, the stock market, and in<br />
particular the market for mining and exploration companies, has experienced extreme price<br />
and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating<br />
performance of such companies. There can be no guarantee that these trading prices will<br />
be sustained. These factors may materially affect the market price of the Shares regardless<br />
of the Company’s operational performance.<br />
Share market Conditions<br />
The market price of the Shares may fall as well as rise and may be subject to varied and<br />
unpredictable influences on the market for equities in general and resource stocks in<br />
particular. Neither the Company nor the Directors warrant the future performance of the<br />
Company, or any return on an investment in the Company.<br />
Economic Risk<br />
Changes in the general economic climate in which the Company operates may adversely<br />
affect the financial performance of the Company. Factors that may contribute to that<br />
general economic climate include, the level of direct and indirect competition against the<br />
Company, industrial disruption, the rate of growth of gross domestic product in Australia<br />
and Senegal (and any other jurisdictions in which the Company may acquire mineral<br />
exploration assets), interest rates and the rate of inflation.<br />
Risks related to investment in the resources sector<br />
Exploration and/or development of resources generally are subject to higher levels of risk.<br />
An investment in the Shares of the Company is highly speculative and subject to a high<br />
degree of risk and only those who can bear the risk of the entire loss of their investment<br />
should invest.<br />
Each prospective investor should view their purchase of Shares as a long-term investment<br />
and should not consider such a purchase unless they are certain they will not have to<br />
liquidate their investment for an indefinite period of time.<br />
Fiscal Risks<br />
These involve the imposition of additional taxes, imposts and other charges by government<br />
from time-to-time, relating to revenue or cash flow. Industry profitability can be affected by<br />
changes in tax policies, its interpretation and application.<br />
Management Risk<br />
The future success of the Company will be primarily dependent on the ability of the<br />
operators of the Company’s various projects and on each operator’s capacity to manage<br />
day-to-day operations.<br />
Contract Risks Generally<br />
The Company will operate through a series of contractual relationships with operators<br />
generally and sub-contractors. All contracts carry risks associated with the performance<br />
by the parties of their obligations both as to financial performance and technical capacity,<br />
and as time-frames in which operations are carried out and in relation to the quality of work<br />
performed.<br />
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Operating Risks<br />
Any exploration activities that the Company decides to undertake may be affected by factors<br />
including:<br />
- mechanical failure or plant breakdown;<br />
- adverse weather conditions;<br />
- workplace and environmental accidents;<br />
- workplace disputes;<br />
- unexpected shortages or increases in the costs of consumables,<br />
spare parts, and plant equipment; and<br />
- availability of suitable plant and expertise from contractors and consultants.<br />
Litigation Risk<br />
Neither the Company nor its subsidiary are presently involved in litigation and the Directors<br />
are not aware of any basis on which litigation against the Company or its subsidiary may<br />
arise.<br />
Investment Speculative<br />
These risks are not necessarily exhaustive and Applicants should realise that a Company<br />
undertaking exploration is subject to a wide range of risks, many of which may not be<br />
foreseeable.<br />
Therefore, the Shares to be issued pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> carry no guarantee with<br />
respect to the payment of dividends, returns on capital or the market value of those Shares.<br />
Potential investors should consider that the investment in the Company is speculative and<br />
should consult their professional advisers before deciding whether to apply for securities<br />
pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
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6. Independent<br />
Geologist’s Report
7.1 I N T R O D U C T I O N<br />
The Company holds, via its various joint ventures, existing interests in, or entitlements in<br />
mineral permits (“permits”) described in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
The permits have been granted to the Company’s joint venture partners by the Government<br />
of the Republic of Senegal in accordance with the Mineral and Mining Law (Law<br />
number 2003-36 dated 24 November 2003 for the Mining Code and its Implementing<br />
Decree 2004-647 dated 17 May 2003). The Mining Code has been based on French<br />
Law, accordingly once a permit is granted and a Convention Agreement signed by the<br />
Government the tenure is secured under the Mining Code permits generally. Exploration<br />
permits for minerals are granted for an initial period of 3 years and can be renewed another<br />
two times of 3 years each.<br />
Under the Mining Code, if an economically viable deposit is found (proven by feasibility<br />
study) an exploitation permit (7 years) or a mining concession for major projects (up to 25<br />
years) is granted.<br />
The Code also grants the following concessions:<br />
a) no import duty on capital equipment imported;<br />
b) no excise duties on fuel;<br />
c) free transfer of funds including gold; and<br />
d) no company tax for a period of 7 to 15 years for projects granted a mining concession.<br />
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7. Tenement<br />
Reports
7. 2 T E N E M E N T S C H E D U L E<br />
The Directors have undertaken an examination of all permits held by the Company’s joint<br />
venture partners and subject to Joint Venture Agreements between the parties. This<br />
examination involved the collating, summarising and interpreting all available information<br />
to ascertain the location, standing, registered ownership and terms regarding the permits<br />
tabled in the following Tenement Schedule.<br />
The Tenement Schedule is included in two parts:<br />
• Part A contains a list of joint venture partners, the name of the permit and percentage of<br />
joint venture held, date exploration granted and budgeted funds to be expended; and<br />
• Part B contains the permit coordinates and size of the permit areas.<br />
7. 3 S O U R C E S O F I N F O R M AT I O N<br />
Information in respect of the tenements has been derived from company records and<br />
searches and examination of convention agreements between the Company’s joint venture<br />
partners and the Government of the Republic of Senegal.<br />
Confirmation has also been received from the Senegal Mines Department that the permits<br />
held by the Company’s joint venture partners are current and in good standing. In relation<br />
to the application to renew the Sambarabougou permit, the Company has been notified<br />
by its joint venture partner that the renewal has been approved and signed by the Senegal<br />
Minister for Mines and that the permit is in the process of registration with the relevant<br />
government department.<br />
7. 4 C O N C LUSION<br />
The Directors report that the tenements are in good standing in accordance with the details<br />
provided in respect of each of the permits in the Tenement Schedule.<br />
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Tenement Schedule<br />
Part A<br />
Name on Joint Venture Date Joint Budgeted<br />
Permit Partner and Exploration Venture % Funds per<br />
Permit Holder Permit held by Mining<br />
Granted <strong>Bassari</strong> Concession<br />
($US)<br />
Moura Sengold Mining NL 31.01.2005 70% 1,000,000<br />
Sambarabouga W.A.T.I.C 13.09.2004 70% 1,464,119*<br />
Bounsankoba Libah Investments Ltd 13.06.2007 70% 2,000,000<br />
*W.A.T.I.C.’s first 3-year term expired on 13.09.2007. Prior to expiry W.A.T.I.C. applied for their<br />
second 3-year term as allowed by the Mining Code. WATIC has notified the Company that the renewal<br />
has been approved and signed by the Senegal Minister for Mines, and that the permit<br />
is in the process of registration with the relevant government department.<br />
Part B<br />
Name on Permit Points North West<br />
Moura A 13º 19` 35” 11º 35` 22”<br />
(area 311.7 km2) B 13º 15` 12” 11º 38` 15”<br />
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C 13º 09` 41” 11º 44` 04”<br />
D 13º 09` 41” 11º 40` 00”<br />
E 13º 04` 25” 11º 40` 00”<br />
F 13º 04` 25” 11º 35` 00”<br />
G 13º 06` 15” 11º 35` 00”<br />
H 13º 10` 15” 11º 33` 00”<br />
I 13º 10` 15” 11º 28` 28”<br />
Sambarabougou A 13º 09` 41” 11º 50` 00”<br />
(area 645.6 km2) B 13º 09` 41” 11º 40` 00”<br />
C 12º 55` 36” 11º 40` 00”<br />
D 12º 55` 36” 12º 00` 45”<br />
Bounsankoba A 12º 55` 40” 11º 50` 33”<br />
(area 375 km2) B 12º 47` 30” 11º 50` 33”<br />
C 12º 47` 30” 12º 07` 30”<br />
D 12º 55` 40” 12º 00` 50”
8. Independent<br />
Accountant’s Report<br />
13 November 2007<br />
The Directors<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited<br />
Level 1<br />
323 Camberwell Road<br />
CAMBERWELL VIC 3124<br />
Dear Sirs<br />
Independent Accountant’s Report<br />
1. I N T R O D U C T I O N<br />
We have prepared this Independent Accountant’s Report (“Report”) at the request of the<br />
Directors of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited hereafter referred to as (“<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>” or<br />
“the Company”) for inclusion in a <strong>Prospectus</strong> relating to the offer of 40,000,000 ordinary<br />
shares in the Company.<br />
Expressions defined in the prospectus have the same meaning in this Report<br />
2 . B AC KG R O U N D I N F O R M AT I O N<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> was incorporated as a public company on 14 February 2007. The<br />
company was incorporated with the intention of acquiring <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal<br />
SARL, an exploration company which holds exploration tenements in Senegal (West<br />
Africa).<br />
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3 . S C O P E<br />
We have been requested to prepare an Independent Accountants Report covering the<br />
following financial information:<br />
• Historical Financial Information comprising the historical Balance Sheet as at 30 June<br />
2007 and the historical Income Statement for the period ended 30 June 2007 as set out<br />
following this report in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2; and<br />
• Pro-forma financial information comprising the pro-forma parent company and<br />
consolidated Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2007 which assumes completion of the<br />
transaction described in Appendix 3 – Note 2 as at that date<br />
The Historical Financial Information as at 30 June 2007 has been extracted from the<br />
audited accounts of the Company for the year ending 30 June 2007.<br />
The Directors have prepared and are responsible for the historical and pro-forma financial<br />
information. We disclaim any responsibility for reliance on this report or on the financial<br />
information to which it relates for any purposes other than that for which it was prepared.<br />
The Report should be read in conjunction with the full <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
The historical and pro-forma financial information is presented in an abbreviated form<br />
insofar as it does not include all of the disclosures required by the Australian Accounting<br />
Standards applicable to annual financial reports prepared in accordance with the<br />
Corporations Act 2001.<br />
3.1 Audit of Historical Financial Information<br />
We have conducted an independent audit of the historical financial information as at 30<br />
June 2007 in order to state whether on the basis of the procedures described, anything has<br />
come to our attention that would cause us to believe that the historical financial information<br />
is not presented fairly in accordance with the measurement and recognition requirements<br />
(but all of the disclosure requirements) of applicable Accounting Standards and other<br />
mandatory professional reporting requirements of Australia.<br />
3.2 Review of Pro-forma Financial Information<br />
We have conducted an independent review of the pro-forma financial information as at 30<br />
June 2007 in order to state whether on the basis of the procedures described, anything<br />
has come to our attention that would cause us to believe that the pro-forma Balance<br />
Sheet as at 30 June 2007 is not presented fairly in accordance with the measurement and<br />
recognition requirements (but not all of the disclosure requirements in Australia as if the<br />
pro-forma transaction set out in Appendix 3, Note 2 had occurred at 30 June 2007.<br />
Our review has been conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards<br />
applicable to review engagements and has been limited to reading of relevant Board<br />
minutes, inquiries of management personnel and analytical procedures applied to the<br />
financial data. We have also determined whether the pro-forma transactions form a<br />
reasonable basis for the preparation of the pro-forma Balance Sheet. The procedures<br />
do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, thus the level of<br />
assurance provided is less than that given in an audit. We have not performed an audit and,<br />
accordingly do not express an audit opinion on the pro-forma financial information.<br />
4 . O P I N I O N<br />
4.1 Historical Financial Information<br />
Based on our audit of historical information as at 30 June 2007, nothing has come to<br />
our attention which causes us to believe that the historical financial information of<br />
the Company as set out in Appendix 1 and 2 of this report does not present fairly, in<br />
accordance with measurement and recognition requirements (but not all of the disclosure<br />
requirements) of Applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional<br />
reporting requirements in Australia.<br />
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4.2 Pro-forma Financial Information<br />
Based on our review, which was not an audit, nothing has come to our attention which<br />
causes us to believe that the pro-forma financial information of the Company does not<br />
present fairly, in accordance with measurement and recognition requirements (but not all<br />
of the disclosure requirements) of Applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory<br />
professional reporting requirements in Australia as if the pro-forma transaction set out in<br />
Appendix 3 – Note 2 occurred on that date.<br />
5 . S U B S E Q U E N T E V E N T S<br />
To the best of our knowledge and belief, there have been no material items, transactions or<br />
events subsequent to 30 June 2007 not otherwise disclosed in this report that have come<br />
to our attention during the course of its review which would cause the information included<br />
in this report to be misleading.<br />
6 . I N D E P E N D E N C E<br />
We recommend that intending investors consult their own professional advisors for<br />
independent advice that an investment pursuant to the <strong>Prospectus</strong> to which this report<br />
relates is appropriate for their individual circumstances. Intending investors should also<br />
note that;<br />
• Ian Grant – Chartered Accountant has not been involved in any other aspect of the<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> and did not authorise or cause the issue of any other part of the <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
and we have only issued our consent in respect of inclusion of this report in the<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>;<br />
• Ian Grant – Chartered Accountant does not have any interest in the company, except<br />
for the fact that Ian Grant – Chartered Accountant is appointed as auditor of <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd;<br />
• The giving of our consent to the inclusion of this report in the <strong>Prospectus</strong> should not be<br />
taken as an endorsement of the company or a recommendation by Ian Grant – Chartered<br />
Accountant of any participation in the share issue by an intending investor;<br />
• Ian Grant – Chartered Accountant gives no assurance or guarantee whatsoever in respect<br />
of the future success of or financial returns associated with the subscription of shares<br />
being offered pursuant to the <strong>Prospectus</strong>; and<br />
• Ian Grant – Chartered Accountant does not have any interest in the outcome of the<br />
listing of the shares other than in connection with the preparation of this report for which<br />
normal professional fees will be received.<br />
Consent to the inclusion of the Independent Accountant’s Report in the <strong>Prospectus</strong> in<br />
the form and context in which it appears, has been given. At the date of this Report, this<br />
content has not been withdrawn.<br />
Yours faithfully<br />
IAN GRANT<br />
Chartered Accountant<br />
Ian Grant<br />
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A P P E N D I X 1<br />
Income Statement<br />
Set out below is the income statement of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd for the actual audited<br />
period ended 30 June 2007 and pro-forma period ended 30 June 2007 with the pro-forma<br />
income statement for the consolidated group for the year ended 30 June 2007 based on<br />
the pro-forma assumptions in Note 2 of Appendix 3.<br />
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Notes Audited Pro-forma Pro-forma<br />
Historical Reviewed Consolidated<br />
30/06/07 Historical Reviewed<br />
(<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07 Historical<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd) (<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd<br />
$ $ $<br />
Interest received 1,470 1,470 -<br />
Foreign currency gain 37,953<br />
Depreciation - - 12,295<br />
Occupancy expenses - - 5,456<br />
Other expenses 46,411 46,411 12,630<br />
Share based payments 9 - 1,068,000 1,068,000<br />
(Loss) before tax (44,941) (1,112,941) (1,060,428)<br />
Income tax expense - - -<br />
(Loss) after income tax expense (44,941) (1,112,941) (1,060,428)<br />
The income statement should be read in conjunction with Appendix 3.
A P P E N D I X 2<br />
Balance Sheet<br />
Set out below is the balance sheet of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd for the actual period ended<br />
30 June 2007 and pro-forma period ended 30 June 2007 with the pro-forma balance<br />
sheet for the consolidated group for the year ended 30 June 2007 based on the pro-forma<br />
assumptions in Note 2 of Appendix 3.<br />
Current Assets<br />
Notes Audited Pro-forma Pro-forma<br />
Historical Reviewed Consolidated<br />
30/06/07 Historical Reviewed<br />
(<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07 Historical<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd) (<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd)<br />
$ $ $<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 3 241,656 9,651,656 9,733,537<br />
Trade and other receivables 4 340,405 1,291,977 405<br />
Total Current Assets 582,061 10,943,633 9,733,942<br />
Non-Current Assets<br />
Financial Assets 5 - 6,250,000 -<br />
Plant and equipment - - 36,886<br />
Intangible Assets 6 - - 1,180,833<br />
Total Non-Current Assets - 6,250,000 1,217,719<br />
Total Assets 582,061 17,193,633 10,951,661<br />
Net Assets 582,061 17,193,633 10,951,661<br />
Equity<br />
Contributed equity 7 627,002 17,844,274 11,551,753<br />
Option Reserve 8 - 462,300 462,300<br />
Accumulated losses (44,941) (1,112,941) (1,062,392)<br />
Total Equity 582,061 17,193,633 10,951,661<br />
The balance sheet should be read in conjunction with Appendix 3.<br />
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A P P E N D I X 3<br />
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION<br />
NOTE 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies<br />
The financial information presented herein has been prepared in accordance with<br />
the measurement and recognition (but not all disclosure) requirements of applicable<br />
Accounting Standards. The financial information is presented in an abbreviated form<br />
in so far as it does not comply with all disclosure requirements set out in the Australia<br />
equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (‘AIFRS’) and the Corporations<br />
Act 2001.<br />
The financial information presented in the <strong>Prospectus</strong> and referred to as presented on<br />
an AIFRS basis reflects the current assessment of the standards issued by the Australia<br />
Accounting Standards Board (‘AASB’) as at the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. The company<br />
has adopted the accrual basis of accounting including the historical cost convention and<br />
the going concern assumption. In the view of the Directors of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd, the<br />
omitted disclosures provide limited relevant information to potential investors.<br />
The significant accounting policies which have been adopted in the preparation of the<br />
historical and pro-forma historical financial information (collectively referred to as the<br />
“financial statements”) are:<br />
(b) Basis of Consolidation<br />
The consolidated pro-forma financial information comprise the financial statements of<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd and its subsidiaries (“the Group”). The financial information of the<br />
subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the parent company, using<br />
consistent accounting policies. In preparing the consolidated financial information, all<br />
intercompany balances and transactions, income and expenses and profit and loss resulting<br />
from intra-group transactions have been eliminated in full.<br />
Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the<br />
Group and cease to be consolidated from the date on which control is transferred out of<br />
the Group.<br />
The acquisition of subsidiaries is accounted for using the purchase method of accounting.<br />
On acquisition, the assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of a subsidiary are measured<br />
at their fair values at the date of acquisition. Any excess of the cost of acquisition over<br />
the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognised as goodwill. If, after<br />
reassessment, the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired exceeds the cost of<br />
acquisition, the deficiency is credited to the profit and loss in the period of acquisition.<br />
(c) Business combinations<br />
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for all business combinations<br />
regardless of whether equity instruments or other assets are acquired. Cost is measured<br />
as the fair value of the assets given, shares issued or liabilities incurred or assumed at<br />
the date of exchange plus costs directly attributable to the combination. Where equity<br />
instruments are issued in a business combination, the fair value of the instruments is their<br />
published market price as at the date of exchange unless, in rare circumstances, it can be<br />
demonstrated that the published price at the date of exchange is an unreliable indicator of<br />
fair value and that other evidence and valuation methods provide a more reliable measure<br />
of fair value. Transaction costs arising on the issue of equity instruments are recognized<br />
directly in equity.<br />
The purchase method views a business combination from the acquirer’s perspective, it<br />
assumes that one of the parties to the transaction can be identified as the acquirer. In the<br />
case of the <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd Group the acquiring entity has been identified as <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
Senegal SARL, and therefore <strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal Ltd is assumed to have acquired <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd for accounting purposes.<br />
Except for non current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale (which are<br />
measured at fair value less costs to sell), all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and<br />
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contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their<br />
fair values at the acquisition date, irrespective of the extent of any minority interest. The<br />
excess of cost of the business combination over the net fair value of the Group’s share of<br />
the identifiable net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. If the cost of the acquisition<br />
is less than the Group’s share of the net fair value of the identifiable net assets of the<br />
subsidiary, the difference is recognized as a gain in the income statement, but only after a<br />
reassessment of the identification and measurement of the net assets acquired.<br />
Where settlement of any part of the consideration is deferred, the amounts payable in the<br />
future are discounted to their present value as at the date of the exchange. The discount<br />
rate used is the entity’s incremental borrowing rate, being the rate at which a similar<br />
borrowing could be obtained from an independent financier under comparable terms and<br />
conditions.<br />
(d) Foreign Currency Translation<br />
a. Functional and presentation currency<br />
Both the functional and presentation currency of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd and its subsidiaries<br />
is Australian dollars ($). Each entity in the group determines its own functional currency<br />
and items included in the financial statements of each entity are measured using that<br />
functional currency.<br />
b. Translation & Balances<br />
Transaction in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the functional currency by applying<br />
the exchange rates ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities<br />
denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate of exchange ruling at the<br />
balance sheet date.<br />
All exchange differences in the consolidated financial report are taken to profit and loss<br />
with the exception of differences on foreign currency borrowings that provide a hedge<br />
against a net investment in a foreign operation. These are taken directly to equity until<br />
the disposal of the net investment, at which time they are recognized in profit or loss.<br />
On disposal of a foreign operation, the cumulative amount recognized in equity relating<br />
to that particular foreign operation is recognized in profit or loss. Tax charges and credits<br />
attributable to exchange differences on those borrowings are also recognized in equity.<br />
Non monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are<br />
translated using the exchange rate as at the date of the initial transaction. Non monetary<br />
items measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates<br />
at the date when the fair value was determined.<br />
(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents<br />
Cash and short-term deposits in the balance sheet comprise cash at bank and on hand<br />
and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less that are readily<br />
convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of<br />
changes in value.<br />
Bank overdrafts are shown within short-term borrowings in current liabilities on the balance<br />
sheet.<br />
(f) Trade and other receivables<br />
Trade receivables are recognised and carried at original invoice amount less any provision<br />
for doubtful debts. A provision for doubtful debts is recognised when collection of the full<br />
amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written off as incurred.<br />
(g) Investments and other financial assets<br />
Financial assets in the scope of AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and<br />
Measurement are classified as either financial assets at fair value through profit or loss,<br />
loans and receivables, held to maturity investments, or available for sale financial assets.<br />
When financial assets are recognized initially, they are measured at fair value, plus, in the<br />
case of investments not at fair value through profit or loss, directly attributable transaction<br />
costs. The Group determines the classification of its financial assets after initial recognition<br />
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and, when allowed and appropriate, reevaluates this designation at each financial year end.<br />
All regular way purchases and sales of financial asset are recognized at the trade date ie<br />
the date that the Group commits to purchase the asset. Regular way purchases or sales<br />
are purchases or sales of financial assets under contracts that require delivery of the assets<br />
within the period established generally by regulation or convention in the market place.<br />
(i) Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss<br />
Financial assets classified as held for trading are included in the category ‘financial assets<br />
at fair value through profit or loss’. Financial assets are classified as held for trading if they<br />
are acquired for the purpose of selling in the near term with the intention of making a profit.<br />
Derivatives are also classified as held for trading unless they are designated as effective<br />
hedging instruments. Gains or loss on investment held for trading are recognized in profit<br />
or loss.<br />
(ii) Held to maturity investments<br />
Non derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are<br />
classified as held to maturity when the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold<br />
to maturity. Investments intended to be held for an undefined period are not included in<br />
this classification. Investments that are intended to be held to maturity, such as bonds are<br />
subsequently measured at amortized cost. This cost is computed as the amount initially<br />
recognized minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortization using<br />
the effective interest method of any difference between the initially recognized amount and<br />
the maturity amount. This calculation includes all fees and points paid or received between<br />
parties to the contract that are an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction<br />
costs and all other premiums and discounts. For investments carried at amortised cost,<br />
gains and losses are recognized in profit or loss when the investments are derecognized or<br />
impaired, as well as through the amortization process.<br />
(iii) Loans and receivables<br />
Loans and receivables including loan notes and loans to key management personnel are<br />
non derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted<br />
in an active market. Such assets are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest<br />
method. Gains and losses are recognized in profit or loss when the loans and receivables<br />
are derecognized or impaired, as well as through the amortization process.<br />
(iv) Available for sale investments<br />
Available for sale investments are those non derivative financial assets that are designated<br />
as available for sale or are not classified as any of the three preceding categories. After<br />
initial recognition available for sale investments are measured at fair value with gains<br />
or losses being recognized as a separate component of equity until the investment is<br />
derecognized or until the investment is determined to be impaired, at which time the<br />
cumulative gain or loss previously reported in equity is recognized in profit or loss.<br />
The fair values of investments that are actively traded in organized financial markets are<br />
determined by reference to quoted market bid prices at the close of business on the<br />
balance sheet date. For investments with no active market, fair values are determined<br />
using valuation techniques. Such techniques include: using recent arm’s length market<br />
transactions; reference to the current market value of another instrument that is<br />
substantially the same; discounted cash flow analysis and option pricing models makes as<br />
much use of available and supportable market data as possible and keeping judgemental<br />
inputs to a minimum.<br />
(h) Plant and equipment<br />
Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment<br />
losses. The cost of fixed assets constructed within the consolidated entity includes the<br />
cost of materials, direct labour and borrowing costs where appropriate. Subsequent<br />
costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as<br />
appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the<br />
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item will flow to the group and the cost of the item can bemeasured reliably. All other<br />
repairs and maintenance are recognized in the profit and loss as incurred.<br />
Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis over the estimated useful life of the<br />
assets as follows:<br />
Plant & Equipment over 4 years<br />
Office Equipment over 4 years<br />
Motor Vehicles over 4 years<br />
The assets residual values, useful lives and amortization methods are reviewed, and<br />
adjusted if appropriate at each financial year end.<br />
(i) Goodwill and intangibles<br />
Goodwill<br />
Goodwill acquired in a business combination is initially measured at cost being the excess<br />
of the cost of the business combination over the Group’s interest in the net fair value<br />
of the acquiree’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities. Following initial<br />
recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less and accumulated impairment losses. For<br />
the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from<br />
the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group’s cash generating units, or groups of<br />
cash generating units, that are expected to benefit from synergies of the combination,<br />
irrespective of whether the other assets or liabilities of the Group are assigned to those<br />
units or groups of units. Each unit or group of units to which the goodwill is allocated:<br />
a. Represents the lowest level within the group at which the goodwill is monitored<br />
for internal management purposes; and<br />
b. Is not larger than a segment based on either the Groups primary or the<br />
Groups secondary reporting format determined in accordance with AASB 114<br />
Segment Reporting<br />
Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of the cash generating<br />
unit (group of cash generating units) to which the goodwill relates. When the recoverable<br />
amount of the cash generating unit (group of cash generating units) is less than the<br />
carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognized. When goodwill forms part of a cash<br />
generating unit (group of cash generating units) and an operation within that unit is<br />
disposed of, the goodwill associated with the operation disposed of is included in the<br />
carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on disposal of the<br />
operation. Goodwill is disposed of in this manner is measured based on the relative values<br />
in operation disposed of and the portion of the cash generating unit retained.<br />
Impairment losses recognized for goodwill are not subsequently reversed.<br />
Intangibles<br />
Intangible assets acquired separately or in a business combination are initially measured<br />
at cost. The cost of an intangible asset acquired in a business combination is its fair value<br />
as at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at<br />
cost less any accumulated amortization and any accumulated impairment losses. Internally<br />
generated intangible assets, excluding capitalized development costs, are not capitalized an<br />
expenditure is recognized in profit or loss in the year in which the expenditure is incurred.<br />
The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed to be either finite or indefinite. Intangible<br />
assets with finite lives are amortised over the useful life and tested for impairment<br />
whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired. The amortization<br />
period and the amortization method for an intangible asset with a finite useful life is<br />
reviewed at least at each financial year end. Changes in the expected useful life or the<br />
expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are<br />
accounted for prospectively by changing the amortization period or method, as appropriate,<br />
which is a change in accounting estimate. The amortization expense on intangible assets<br />
with finite lives is recognized in profit or loss in the expense category consistent with the<br />
function of the intangible asset.<br />
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Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are tested for impairment annually either<br />
individually or at the cash generating unit level. Such intangibles are not amortised. The<br />
useful life of an intangible asset with an indefinite life is reviewed each reporting period<br />
to determine whether indefinite life assessment continues to be supportable. If not, the<br />
change in the useful life assessment from indefinite to finite is accounted for as a change in<br />
an accounting estimate and is thus accounted for on a prospective basis.<br />
Gains or losses arising from derecognition of an intangible asset are measured as the<br />
difference between the new disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and<br />
are recognized in profit or loss when the asset is derecognized.<br />
(j) Share based payment transactions<br />
The group provides benefits to its key management personnel in the form of share based<br />
payments, whereby they render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares<br />
(equity settled transactions).<br />
The cost of these equity settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to<br />
the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value<br />
is determined using the black scholes model.<br />
In valuing equity settled transactions no account is taken of any vesting conditions, other<br />
than conditions linked to the price of shares of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd if applicable.<br />
The cost of equity settled transactions is recognized, together with a corresponding<br />
increase in equity, over the period in which the performance and/or service conditions are<br />
fulfilled (the vesting period), ending on the date on which the relevant employees become<br />
fully entitled to the award (the vesting date).<br />
At each subsequent reporting date until vesting, the cumulative charge to the income<br />
statement is the product of (i) the grant date fair value of the award; (ii) the current best<br />
estimate of the number of awards that will vest, taking into account such factors as the<br />
likelihood of employee turnover during the vesting period and the likelihood of non market<br />
performance conditions being met; and (iii) the expired portion of the vesting period.<br />
The charge to the income statement for the period is the cumulative amount as calculated<br />
above less amounts already charged in previous periods. There is a corresponding credit to<br />
equity.<br />
Equity settled awards granted by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd to employees of subsidiaries<br />
are recognized in the parent’s separate financial statements as an additional investment<br />
in the subsidiary with a corresponding credit to equity. These amounts are eliminated on<br />
consolidation. As a result, the expense recognized by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd in relation to<br />
equity settled awards only represents the expense associated with grants to employees of<br />
the parent. The expense recognized by the Group is the total expense associated with all<br />
such awards.<br />
Until an award has vested, any amounts recorded are contingent and will be adjusted if<br />
more or fewer awards vest than were originally anticipated to do so. Any award subject to<br />
market condition is considered to vest irrespective of whether or not that market condition<br />
is fulfilled, provided that all other conditions are satisfied.<br />
If the terms of an equity settled award are modified, as a minimum an expense is<br />
recognized as if the terms had not been modified. An additional expense is recognized<br />
for any modification that increases that total fair value of the share based payment<br />
arrangement, or is otherwise beneficial to the employee, as measured at the date of<br />
modification.<br />
If an equity settled award is cancelled it is treated as if it had vested on the date of<br />
cancellation, and any expense not yet recognized for the award is recognized immediately.<br />
However if a new award is substituted for the cancelled award and designated as a<br />
replacement award on the date that it is granted, the cancelled and new aware are treated<br />
as if they were a medication of the original award, as described in the previous paragraph.<br />
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(k) Exploration Expenditure<br />
Exploration and evaluation expenditures in relation to each separate area are recognised<br />
as an exploration and evaluation asset in the year in which they are incurred where the<br />
following conditions are satisfied:<br />
i. The rights to tenure of the area of interest are current; and<br />
ii. At least one of the following conditions is also met:<br />
a. The exploration and evaluation expenditures are expected to be recouped through<br />
successful development and exploration of the area of interest or alternatively,<br />
by its sale; or<br />
b. Exploration and evaluation activities in the area of interest have not at the reporting<br />
date reached a stage which permits a reasonable assessment of the existence or<br />
otherwise of economically recoverable reserves, and active and significant operations<br />
in, or in relation to, the area of interest are continuing.<br />
Exploration and evaluation assets are initially measured at cost and include the acquisition<br />
of rights to explore, studies, exploratory drilling, trenching and sampling associated<br />
activities and an allocation of depreciation and amortization of assets used in the<br />
exploration and evaluation activities. General administrative costs are only included in<br />
the measurement of exploration and evaluation costs where they relate directly to the<br />
operational activities in a particular area of interest.<br />
Exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for impairment when facts and<br />
circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of an exploration and evaluation asset may<br />
exceed its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of the exploration and evaluation<br />
asset (or the cash-generating units to which it has been allocated, being no larger than<br />
the relevant are of interest) is estimated to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if<br />
any). Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset<br />
is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but only to the extent that<br />
the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been<br />
determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in previous years.<br />
Where a decision is made to proceed with the development in respect of a particular area<br />
of interest, the relevant exploration and evaluation asset is tested for impairment and the<br />
balance is then reclassified to development.<br />
Accumulated costs in relation to an abandoned area are written off in full against profit/<br />
(loss) in the year in which the decision to abandon the area is made. In addition, a provision<br />
is raised against exploration and evaluation expenditure where the directors are of the<br />
opinion that the carried forward net cost may not be recoverable. Any such provision is<br />
charged against the results for the year.<br />
When production commences, the accumulated costs for the relevant area of interest are<br />
amortised over the life of the area according to the rate of depletion of the economically<br />
recoverable reserves.<br />
A regular review is undertaken of each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of<br />
continuing to carry forward costs in relation to that area of interest.<br />
Exploration and evaluation expenditure is assessed for impairment if facts and<br />
circumstances suggest that the carrying amount may exceed the recoverable amount.<br />
For the purposes of impairment testing, exploration and evaluation expenditure is allocated<br />
to cash-generating units to which the exploration activity relates. The cash generating unit<br />
shall not be larger than the area of interest.<br />
(l) Revenue<br />
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the consolidated entity has transferred<br />
the significant risks and Impairment testing is performed annually for capitalised mining<br />
convention costs and intangible assets with indefinite lives.<br />
Revenue from the rendering of a service is recognised by reference to stage of completion<br />
of the service. All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).<br />
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Interest revenue is recognised on a time proportionate basis taking into account the<br />
effective yield on the financial assets.<br />
(m) Provisions<br />
Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive obligation, as a<br />
result of past events, for which it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will<br />
result and that outflow can be reliably measured.<br />
(n) Employee Benefits<br />
Provision is made for the company’s liability for employee benefits arising from services<br />
rendered by employees to balance date. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled<br />
within one year have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability<br />
is settled, plus related on-costs. Employee benefits payable later than one year have been<br />
measured at the present value of the estimated future cash flows to be made for those benefits.<br />
(o) Goods and Services Tax (“GST”)<br />
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where<br />
the amount of GST incurred is notrecoverable from the Australian Tax Office. In these<br />
circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as<br />
part of an item of the expense. Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown<br />
inclusive of GST.<br />
Cash flows are presented in the cash flow statement on a gross basis, except for the GST<br />
component of investing andfinancing activities, which are disclosed as operating cash flows.<br />
(p) Contributed equity<br />
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue<br />
of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.<br />
NOTE 2. Assumption used in preparing the Pro-forma Income<br />
Statement and Balance Sheet<br />
The pro-forma statement of financial position of <strong>Bassari</strong> Resource Ltd as at 30 June 2007<br />
has been prepared as if the following transactions have taken place at that date:<br />
i. The issue of 40,000,000 fully paid shares at a price of 25 cents each to raise<br />
$10,000,000. We note that if the maximum over subscriptions are reached the issue of<br />
48,000,000 fully paid shares at a price of 25 cents each to raise $12,000,000 will take<br />
place, increasing cash and equity by approximately $2,000,000.<br />
ii. The payment and recognition directly in equity, as a reduction of the share proceeds<br />
received, the total costs expected to be incurred in connection with the <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
and the issue of $590,000. Additionally corporate advisor costs of $194,300 have been<br />
incurred in connection with the <strong>Prospectus</strong> and have been paid as options as disclosed<br />
in Note 9.<br />
iii. The acquisition of 100% of issued capital of the issued capital of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Senegal SARL by <strong>Bassari</strong> Resource Ltd. The fair value of the consideration for this<br />
acquisition was $6,250,000 settled via issue of 25,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd<br />
iv. The issue of 14,091,220 fully paid ordinary shares in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd in full<br />
satisfaction for convertible debt owing, of $951,572, to Tranche 1 investors.<br />
v. The issue of 5,016,000 fully paid ordinary shares in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd in full<br />
satisfaction for convertible debt owing, of $627,000, to Tranche 2 investors.<br />
vi. Consolidation of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd Group.<br />
vii. Resolutions ratified at General Meeting of the Company held on 14 November 2007:<br />
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a. Issue of 6,900,000 options to the corporate advisors. These options were<br />
valued at 8.4 cents being a total fair value of $462,300.<br />
b. Issue of 3,100,000 options to directors, management and consultants.<br />
These options were valued at 6.7 cents being a total fair value of $260,400.<br />
c. Issue of 4,000,000 ordinary shares to the promoters of the company.<br />
These shares were valued at $0.25 less a 20% discount due to the 2 year escrow<br />
period, being a total fair value of $800,000.
NOTE 3. Cash<br />
Pro-forma Audited Pro-forma Pro-forma<br />
Notes Historical Reviewed Consolidated<br />
30/06/07 Historical Reviewed<br />
(<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07 Historical<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd) (<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd<br />
$ $ $<br />
Cash at bank 241,656 241,656 241,656<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Proceeds from share issued 2.1 - 10,000,000 10,000,000<br />
pursuant to the IPO<br />
Payments of Capital 2.2 - (590,000) (590,000)<br />
Raising costs<br />
Cash Assets of <strong>Bassari</strong> 2.3 - - 81,881<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Senegal SARL<br />
Total Cash at Bank 241,656 9,651,656 9,733,537<br />
NOTE 4. Trade and other Receivables<br />
Loan to <strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal SARL 340,000 340,000 340,000<br />
Income tax credits 405 405 405<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Shares issued to 2.4 - 951,572 -<br />
Tranche 1 investors<br />
Consolidation of <strong>Bassari</strong> 2.6 - - (340,000)<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd Group<br />
Total Trade and other Receivables 340,405 1,291,977 405<br />
The loan account to <strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal SARL represents exploration expenditure<br />
incurred by <strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal and funded by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Australia Ltd<br />
NOTE 5. Financial Assets<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Investment in Subsidiary 2.3 - 6,250,000 -<br />
Total Financial Assets - 6,250,000 -<br />
NOTE 6. Intangible Assets<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Preliminary expenses 2.6 - - 689<br />
Capitalised Exploration 2.6 - - 1,180,144<br />
and Evaluation costs<br />
Total Intangible Assets - - 1,180,833<br />
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Pro-forma Number of Audited Pro-forma Pro-forma<br />
Notes shares/ Historical Reviewed Consolidated<br />
options 30/06/07 Historical Reviewed<br />
(<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07 Historical<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> (<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07<br />
Ltd) <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd)<br />
$ $ $ $<br />
NOTE 7. CONTRIBUTED EQUITY<br />
Balance at incorporation 2 2 2 2,421<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Issue of 2.1 40,000,000 - 10,000,000 10,000,000<br />
ordinary shares<br />
pursuant to IPO<br />
Share issue 2.2 - - (784,300) (784,300)<br />
expenses post IPO<br />
Shares issued for the 2.3 25,000,000 - 6,250,000 582,060<br />
acquisition of <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Senegal SARL<br />
Shares issued to 2.4 14,091,220 - 951,572 951,572<br />
Tranche 1 investors<br />
Shares issued to 2.5 5,016,000 627,000 627,000 -<br />
Tranche 2 investors<br />
Shares issued 2.7.3 4,000,000 - 800,000 800,000<br />
to promoters<br />
Total shares on issue 88,107,222 627,002 17,844,274 11,551,753<br />
Post IPO (1)<br />
(1) The $ issued capital of the consolidated group is different from the parent as a result of<br />
reverse acquisition account under AASB 3 Business Combinations.<br />
NOTE 8. OPTION RESERVE<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Issue of options to 2.7.1 6,900,000 - 462,300 462,300<br />
corporate advisors (1)<br />
Option Reserve 6,900,000 - 462,300 462,300<br />
(1) These have been valued using the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation methodology<br />
and the key assumptions used are a 51% volatility rate, a 8.4 cent Market Value for the<br />
options less a discount of 20% for the two year escrow period, a risk free interest rate of<br />
5.65%, and a term for the options of 3 years.<br />
NOTE 9. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Issue of shares to 2.7.3 4,000,000 - 800,000 800,000<br />
promoters of <strong>Bassari</strong><br />
<strong>Resources</strong> Ltd (2)<br />
Issue of options to 2.7.1 6,900,000 - 462,300 462,300<br />
corporate advisors (1)<br />
Less amount allocated - - (194,300) (194,300)<br />
to share issuance costs<br />
for IPO work performed<br />
Share Based Payments - 1,068,000 1,068,000
(1) These have been valued using the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation methodology<br />
and the key assumptions used are a 51% volatility rate, a 8.4 cent Market Value for the<br />
options less a discount of 20% for the two year escrow period, a risk free interest rate of<br />
5.65%, and a term for the options of 3 years.<br />
(2) Issue of 4,000,000 ordinary shares to the promoters of the company. These shares<br />
were valued at $0.25 less a 20% discount due to the 2 year escrow period, being a total<br />
fair value of $800,000.<br />
NOTE 10. OPTIONS ON ISSUE<br />
Pro-forma transactions<br />
Pro-forma Number of Audited Pro-forma Pro-forma<br />
Notes shares/ Historical Reviewed Consolidated<br />
options 30/06/07 Historical Reviewed<br />
(<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07 Historical<br />
<strong>Resources</strong> (<strong>Bassari</strong> 30/06/07<br />
Ltd) <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd)<br />
Issue of options to 2.7.1 6,900,000 - 462,300 462,300<br />
consultants (1)<br />
Issue of options to 2.7.2 3,100,000 - 260,400 260,400<br />
Directors (1)<br />
Options on Issue 10,000,000 - 722,700 722,700<br />
(1) These have been valued using the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation methodology<br />
and the key assumptions used are a 51% volatility rate, a 8.4 cent Market Value for the<br />
options less a discount of 20% for the two year escrow period, a risk free interest rate of<br />
5.65%, and a term for the options of 3 years.<br />
NOTE 11. ACQUISITION OF A SUBSIDIARY<br />
Subsequent to 30 June 2007 and included in the pro-forma transaction is the acquisition of<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal SARL by <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd. Under AASB 3 this transaction is viewed<br />
as a reverse acquisition and as a result the acquiring entity for accounting purposes is<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal Ltd.<br />
The consideration for this acquisition was the issue of shares in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Ltd at fair value of $6,250,000. However as a result of the transaction being a reverse<br />
acquisition the fair value of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd is deemed to have been acquired by<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> Senegal Ltd<br />
The fair value of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd<br />
net assets acquired were:<br />
Cash Assets 241,655<br />
Receivable 405<br />
Receivable from <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd 340,000<br />
Consideration paid 582,060<br />
NOTE 12. RELATED PARTY AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL DISCLOSURES<br />
Director’s Interest in Shares<br />
For details on Directors Interests in Securities, refer to Section xxx of the <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
Director’s Remuneration<br />
Pursuant to the Company’s Constitution, the Non Executive Directors of the company<br />
are entitled to receive remuneration for their services as Non Executive Directors in such<br />
amount which the aggregate does not exceed $250,000 per annum and does not consist<br />
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of a commission on or percentage of profits or operating revenue.<br />
Directors remuneration is detailed in section 9 of the <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Contracts with Executive Directors<br />
For details on Contracts with Executive Directors, refer to Section 9 of the <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
NOTE 13. COMMITMENTS<br />
Exploration Tenements – Commitments for Expenditure<br />
In order to maintain current rights of tenure to exploration tenements, the Company<br />
and economic entity is required to meet the minimum expenditure requirements of the<br />
Department of Mining. Minimum expenditure commitments may otherwise be avoided by<br />
sale, farm out or relinquishment. These obligations are not provided in the accounts and<br />
are payable as follows:<br />
Not later than 1 year $1,200,000<br />
Later than 1 year but not later than 2 $1,400,000<br />
Later than 2 years but not later than 3 $1,600,000<br />
NOTE 14 AFTER BALANCE DATE EVENTS<br />
No matter or circumstances has arisen since the date of the report which has significantly<br />
affected, or may significantly affect, the operation of the entity, the results of the<br />
operations or the state of affairs in future years, not otherwise disclosed in this report.<br />
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9. Material<br />
Agreements<br />
The Board considers that certain agreements relating to the Company are significant to<br />
the Offer, the operations of the Company or may be relevant to investors. A description of<br />
material agreements or arrangements is set out below.<br />
To fully understand all rights and obligations of a material agreement, it would be necessary<br />
to review it in full and these summaries should be read in this light.<br />
Copies of these agreements and the company’s Constitution will be available for inspection<br />
by any person without charge, during normal business hours at the registered office of the<br />
company for at least six months after lodgement of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> with ASIC.<br />
9 .1 AC Q U I S I T I O N AG R E E M E N T<br />
This Agreement dated 30 October 2007 is between <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited<br />
(Purchaser) and Mr Lamine Diouf and Senegal Nominees S.A.R.L. (together the Vendors)<br />
and Lamine Diouf and Alex Mackenzie (together the Warrantors). It provides for the<br />
sale by the Vendors of all the issued share capital in <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal S.A.R.L.<br />
(BRSS) and for the Vendors and Warrantors to provide certain covenants and warranties in<br />
favour of the Purchaser. BRSS is the holder of a 70% equity share in the three exploration<br />
permits known as Moura, Sambarabougou and Bounsankoba via the Joint Venture<br />
Agreements.<br />
In consideration for the transfer, the Company has paid the Vendors 1,000,000 FCFA<br />
(approximately $2,500 based on an approximate exchange rate of 400FCFA:$1) and<br />
issued to the Vendors 25 million Shares. The agreement also provides for the Company<br />
to extinguish any obligation or indebtedness of BRSS relating to the initial seed capital<br />
investment in BRSS of US$808,836 by the issue of 14,091,220 Shares to the seed capital<br />
investors.<br />
There are certain warranties by the Company, including a commitment to uphold the<br />
obligations of BRSS under the Joint Venture Agreements and to continue to fully finance<br />
exploration expenditure up to the date of bankable feasibility and the decision to mine.<br />
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9 . 2 J O I N T V E N T U R E AG R E E M E N T S<br />
9.2.1. Sengold Mining NL (“Sengold”) Joint Venture Agreement<br />
This is a joint venture between BRSS and Sengold dated 29 June 2007. The joint venture<br />
relates to a mining exploration permit in Senegal held by Sengold known as the Moura<br />
permit. Details of the permit are provided in the Tenement Report in section 7 of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> and in the Independent Geologist’s Report in Section 6.<br />
Under the joint venture agreement BRSS acquired a 70% interest in the joint venture<br />
together with full management and operational control, via its role as operator, in<br />
consideration for BRSS:<br />
• paying US$100,000;<br />
• providing sufficient funds to maintain the licences in good standing,<br />
including to conduct exploration activities and studies;<br />
• paying the managing director of Sengold a monthly retainer of US$2,500<br />
to the date of a decision to mine; and<br />
• undertaking to arrange for a fee of the higher of 1% over and above the cost of financing<br />
or the ruling LIBOR plus 2% of the amount financed to meet the financial requirements<br />
of any special purpose company subsequently put in place to exploit any discoveries.<br />
Under the agreement, BRSS finances all exploration costs up to the completion of a<br />
bankable feasibility study and a decision to mine. From that date, further exploration and<br />
development expenditure are to be funded in accordance with the respective parties’<br />
interests. If Sengold decides not to contribute its 30% of expenditure then it will be<br />
watered down to a free carried 10% interest.<br />
In addition, Sengold guarantees that the joint venture interest of BRSS will not reduce<br />
below 65% as a result of the allocation of a 10% interest to the Government of Senegal<br />
and any application of “buy back” provisions contained in the Senegalese Mining Code.<br />
9.2.2 West African Trading Investment and Construction (“WATIC”)<br />
Joint Venture Agreement<br />
This is a joint venture between BRSS and WATIC dated 29 June 2007. The joint venture<br />
relates to a mining exploration permit in Senegal held by WATIC and known as the<br />
Sambarabougou permit. Details of the permit are provided in the Tenement Report in<br />
section 7 of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> and in the Geologist’s Report in section 6.<br />
Under the joint venture agreement BRSS acquired a 70% interest in the joint venture<br />
together with full management and operational control, via its role as operator, in<br />
consideration for BRSS:<br />
• paying US$50,000;<br />
• providing sufficient funds to maintain the licences in good standing,<br />
including to conduct exploration activities and studies;<br />
• paying the managing director of WATIC a retainer of US$1,250 per month<br />
to the date of any decision to mine; and<br />
• undertaking to arrange for a fee of the higher of 1% over and above the cost of financing<br />
or the ruling LIBOR plus 2% of the amount financed to meet the financial requirements<br />
of any special purpose company subsequently put in place to exploit any discoveries.<br />
Under the agreement, BRSS finance all exploration costs up to the completion of a<br />
bankable feasibility study and a decision to mine. From that date, further exploration and<br />
development expenditure are to be funded in accordance with the respective parties’<br />
interests. If WATIC decides not to contribute its 30% of expenditure then it will be watered<br />
down to a free carried 10% interest.<br />
In addition, WATIC guarantees that the joint venture interest of BRSS will not reduce below<br />
65% as a result of the allocation of a 10% interest to the Government of Senegal and any<br />
application of “buy back” provisions contained in the Senegalese Mining Code.<br />
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9.2.3 Libah Investments Limited (“Libah”) Joint Venture Agreement<br />
This is a joint venture between BRSS and Libah dated 29 June 2007. The joint venture<br />
relates to a mining exploration permit in Senegal held by Libah and known as the<br />
Bounsankoba permit. Details of the permit are provided in the Tenement Report in section<br />
7 of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> and in the Geologist’s Report in section 6.<br />
Under the joint venture agreement BRSS acquired a 70% interest in the joint venture<br />
together with full management and operational control, via its role as operator, in<br />
consideration for BRSS:<br />
• paying US$50,000;<br />
• providing sufficient funds to maintain the licences in good standing,<br />
including to conduct exploration activities and studies;<br />
• paying the general manager of Libah a monthly retainer of US$2,500<br />
to the date of any decision to mine; and<br />
• undertaking to arrange for a fee of the higher of 1% over and above the cost of financing<br />
or the ruling LIBOR plus 2% of the amount financed to meet the financial requirements<br />
of any special purpose company subsequently put in place to exploit any discoveries.<br />
Under the agreement, BRSS finance all exploration costs up to the completion of a<br />
bankable feasibility study and a decision to mine. From that date, further exploration and<br />
development expenditure are to be funded in accordance with the respective parties’<br />
interests. If Libah decides not to contribute its 30% of expenditure then it will be watered<br />
down to a free carried 10% interest.<br />
In addition, Libah guarantees that the joint venture interest of BRSS will not reduce below<br />
65% as a result of the allocation of a 10% interest to the Government of Senegal and any<br />
application of “buy back” provisions contained in the Senegalese Mining Code.<br />
9 . 3 E M P L OY M E N T C O N T R AC T - A N D R E W S M I T H<br />
The Company has entered an agreement with Andrew Smith that provides for Mr Smith to<br />
be employed by the Company as Chief Executive Officer for an indefinite period from 12<br />
November 2007.<br />
While the agreement is for an indefinite period it may be terminated by either party upon<br />
giving three months notice. Under the agreement, Mr Smith will receive a base salary<br />
of $125,000 per annum (inclusive of superannuation) with a bonus of up to a maximum<br />
of 100% of that base salary per annum as determined by the Board on the advice of<br />
the Chairman. The Board will determine bonuses based on key performance indicators<br />
approved by the Board, acting reasonably.<br />
The agreement provides for the Company to be able to terminate Mr Smith’s employment<br />
immediately without notice where he:<br />
• is guilty of serious misconduct which in the reasonable opinion of the Company is not<br />
capable of remedy within 7 days; or if capable of being remedied, has or is likely to have<br />
an adverse effect on the reputation or operations of the Company;<br />
• is convicted of any indictable offence involving fraud or dishonesty or any other serious<br />
offence which is punishable by imprisonment (whether the Executive is imprisoned or<br />
not);<br />
• fails or refuses to comply with any reasonable lawful direction given to the Executive by<br />
the Company ;<br />
• commits a serious or persistent breach of any provision of the employment agreement<br />
which is incapable of being remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company;<br />
• is absent from the business of the Company without leave for more than 1 week on<br />
which he was obligated to work (unless such absence is for bona fide compassionate<br />
reasons or is otherwise authorised by the Company);<br />
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• fails to remedy, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company, a serious or persistent<br />
breach or default of any provision of the employment agreement which is capable of<br />
being remedied, within 7 days of receiving notice from the Company of that breach or<br />
default;<br />
• is, by reason of illness or other incapacity, unable to attend to his responsibilities and<br />
duties for a 3 month period provided that the period referred to in this clause is not a<br />
period in which he is entitled to leave.<br />
The employment agreement also contains certain restraints effective up to six months<br />
after Mr Smith’s employment ends.<br />
9 . 4 M A N AG E M E N T C O N S U LT I N G AG R E E M E N T - A L E X A N D E R M AC K E N Z I E<br />
The Company has entered into a consultancy agreement with Mr Alex Mackenzie to<br />
provide consulting services and assistance in relation to the Company’s projects described<br />
in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. Mr. Mackenzie has been engaged for an initial period of two years with<br />
the potential to extend this period. More specifically, the services and advice Mr Mackenzie<br />
will provide will include:<br />
− liaison with the Senegal Mines Department and Government of the Republic of Senegal;<br />
− evaluation of current and future projects;<br />
− assistance with the management of the geological team in Senegal;<br />
− co-ordinating the preparation of feasibility and development studies in relation to projects<br />
in Senegal;<br />
− administration, financial and accounting services; and<br />
− such other services as may reasonably be requested by the Company in connection<br />
with its Senegal projects.<br />
Under the terms of the agreement, Mr Mackenzie will be paid at daily rates set at<br />
commercially competitive rates relevant to the services provided. In default of agreement,<br />
the rates are set at $500 per day with a yearly maximum of $150,000, plus GST where<br />
applicable, plus reimbursement for expenses.<br />
9 . 5 AGREEMENTS WITH MR DIOUF, MR BAL, MR AGYEMANG AND MR TALL<br />
Lamine Diouf (managing geologist), Lamine manages field operations and government<br />
liaison for the Company in Senegal and has been managing the <strong>Bassari</strong>’s field exploration<br />
program at Moura and Sambarabougou over the the last 18 months and is formally<br />
employed as managing director of <strong>Bassari</strong>’s joint venture partner Sengold (see section<br />
9.2.1) and has also worked with <strong>Bassari</strong> for an extended period over the last two years. In<br />
addition to his duties with Sengold and working with the Company in relation to the Joint<br />
Venture Agreement, he provides numerous other services for the Company. The Company<br />
will continue to engage Mr Diouf going forward and, upon completion of the Offer, intends<br />
to finalise contractual relationships with him.<br />
Michael Bal (senior consulting geologist), Kofi Agyemang (senior consulting geologist) and<br />
Doudou Tall (administration manager) have worked with <strong>Bassari</strong> for extended periods of<br />
time over the last two years. The Company will continue to employ their services going<br />
forward and, upon completion of the Offer, intends to finalise contractual relationships with<br />
these parties.<br />
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9 . 6 DIRECTORS DEEDS OF INDEMNITY AND DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE<br />
The Company has entered into deeds of access and indemnity with each of the Directors.<br />
Each deed provides each respective Director, during the period of their directorship and for<br />
a period of at least seven years after that directorship ceases, with;<br />
• a right to access certain documents of the Company;<br />
• a right to directors and officers insurance; and<br />
• an indemnity in respect of liability they may incur as a result of being a Director and in<br />
respect of the payment of all that Director’s reasonable defence costs in relation to any<br />
claim alleging any liability on the part of that Director as a result of being a Director.<br />
The Company will also take out a directors and officer liability insurance policy for a<br />
mimimum of $10,000,000 cover.<br />
9 .7 L O D G E C O R P O R AT E AG R E E M E N T<br />
On 15th November 2007 the Company entered into a mandate agreement with Lodge<br />
Corporate Pty Ltd whereby Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd agrees to be named as Broker to the<br />
Offer and will use its reasonable efforts to promote the Offer amongst its client base and<br />
provide such other assistance to the Company in connection with the Offer as agreed from<br />
time to time, including coordinating (where applicable and reasonable) the participation of<br />
other brokers.<br />
Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd will be paid a fee of 4% of subscription monies (exclusive<br />
of GST). The Mandate Agreement includes terms and conditions that are typical for<br />
agreements of this nature including typical warranties and undertakings given by the<br />
Company and rights of termination of the mandate agreement in favour of Lodge.<br />
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10 .1 R I G H T S AT TAC H I N G TO S H A R E S<br />
Full details of the rights attaching to Shares are set out in the Company’s Constitution, a<br />
copy of which can be inspected at the Company’s registered office during normal business<br />
hours.<br />
The following is a broad summary of the rights, privileges and restrictions attaching to all<br />
Shares. The summary is not exhaustive and does not constitute a definitive statement of<br />
the rights and liabilities of Shareholders.<br />
10.1.1 General<br />
All Shares issued pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> will from the time they are issued, rank pari<br />
passu with all the Company’s existing Shares.<br />
10.1.2 General Meetings<br />
Shareholders are entitled to be present in person, or by proxy, attorney or representative<br />
to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company.<br />
Shareholders may requisition meetings in accordance with Section 249D of the<br />
Corporations Act and the Constitution of the Company.<br />
10.1.3 Voting Rights<br />
Subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of<br />
shares, at general meetings of shareholders or classes of shareholders:<br />
(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), on a show of hands, each shareholder present has<br />
one vote;<br />
(b) where a shareholder has appointed more than one person as a representative, proxy<br />
or attorney for that shareholder, none of the representatives, proxies or attorneys is<br />
entitled to vote on a show of hands;<br />
(c) where a person is entitled to vote by virtue of paragraph (a) in more than one capacity,<br />
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10. Additional<br />
Information
that person is entitled to only one vote on a show of hands;<br />
(d) on a poll, each shareholder present:<br />
(i) has one vote for each fully paid Share held; and<br />
(ii) for each other Share held has a fraction of a vote equivalent to the proportion<br />
which the amount paid (not credited) bears to the total amounts paid and payable<br />
(excluding amounts credited) for the Share. When calculating this proportion,<br />
amounts paid in advance of a call are to be ignored<br />
10.1.4 Dividend Rights<br />
Subject to the rights of persons (if any) entitled to shares with special rights to dividend the<br />
Directors may declare a final dividend out of profits in accordance with the Corporations<br />
Act and may authorise the payment or crediting by the Company to the shareholders of<br />
such a dividend. The Directors may authorise the payment or crediting by the Company<br />
to the shareholders of such interim dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified<br />
by the profits of the Company. Subject to the rights of persons (if any) entitled to shares<br />
with special rights as to dividend all dividends are to be declared and paid according to<br />
the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares in respect of which the dividend is<br />
paid. Interest may not be paid by the Company in respect of any dividend, whether final or<br />
interim.<br />
10.1.5 Winding-Up<br />
If the Company is wound up, whether voluntarily or otherwise, the liquidator may divide<br />
among all or any of the contributories as the liquidator thinks fit in specie or kind any part of<br />
the assets of the Company, and may vest any part of the assets of the Company in trustees<br />
on any trusts for the benefit of all or any of the contributories as the liquidator thinks fit.<br />
If thought expedient, any division may be otherwise than in accordance with the legal<br />
rights of the contributories and, in particular, any class may be given preferred or special<br />
rights or may be excluded altogether or in part, but in case any division otherwise than<br />
in accordance with the legal rights of the contributories is determined, any contributory<br />
who would be prejudiced by the division has a right to dissent and ancillary rights as if the<br />
determination were a special resolution passed under the Corporations Act relating to the<br />
sale or transfer of the Company’s assets by a liquidator in a voluntary winding up.<br />
10.1.6 Transfer of Shares<br />
Generally, Shares are freely transferable, subject to formal requirements, the registration<br />
of the transfer not resulting in a contravention of or failure to observe the provisions of a<br />
law of Australia and the transfer not being in breach of the Corporations Act or the Listing<br />
Rules.<br />
10.1.7 Variation of Rights<br />
Pursuant to Section 246B of the Corporations Act, the Company may, with the sanction<br />
of a special resolution passed at a meeting of shareholders vary or abrogate the rights<br />
attaching to shares. If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of<br />
shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of<br />
the shares of that class), whether or not the Company is being wound up may be varied or<br />
abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of three-quarters of the issued shares<br />
of that class, or if authorised by a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the<br />
holders of the shares of that class.<br />
10 . 2 T E R M S A N D C O N D I T I O N S O F U N L I S T E D O P T I O N S<br />
10.2.1 Entitlement<br />
Each Option entitles the holder to subscribe for one ordinary share in the capital of the<br />
company.<br />
10.2.2 Price<br />
The Option exercise price of the options is $0.30 per option.<br />
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10.2.3 Exercise Period<br />
The Options are exercisable on or before 5.00pm Melbourne time on 31 December<br />
2010 (Expiry Date) by completing an Option exercise form (in a form acceptable to the<br />
Company in its sole discretion and, at a minimum, containing the information in the Notice<br />
of Exercise of Options set out below) and delivering it together with the payment for the<br />
number of Shares in respect of which the Options are exercised, to the registered office of<br />
the Company.<br />
10.2.4 Exercise of part<br />
The holder of Options may exercise part of the Options only without prejudice to the<br />
holder’s ability to subsequently exercise any remaining options.<br />
10.2.5 Quotation of Shares on Exercise<br />
Application will be made by the Company to the ASX for official quotation of any Shares<br />
issued upon exercise of options, subject to satisfaction of any applicable restriction<br />
agreements.<br />
10.2.6 Transferability<br />
Subject to the Corporations Act, the ASX Listing Rules and the Constitution of the<br />
Company, options are freely transferable.<br />
10.2.7 Quotation of Options<br />
Options will not initially be listed for official quotation on the ASX. However, an application<br />
may in future be made to the ASX for official listing of the Options upon completion of any<br />
escrow period imposed by ASX, if the Board decides (in its sole discretion)to do so.<br />
10.2.8 Shares Issued on Exercise<br />
All Shares issued upon exercise of Options will rank pari passu in all respects with the<br />
Company’s then issued ordinary fully paid shares.<br />
10.2.9 Participation in New Issues<br />
There are no participating rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and holders will<br />
not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the<br />
currency of the Options. However, the Company will ensure that for the purposes of<br />
determining entitlements to any such issue, the record date will be at least 5 business days<br />
after the issue is announced. This will give Option holders the opportunity to exercise their<br />
Options prior to the date for determining entitlements to participate in any such issue.<br />
10.2.10 Adjustment for reconstructions<br />
If at any time the capital of the Company is reconstructed (including consolidation, subdivision,<br />
reduction or return), all rights of an Option holder (including the number of options<br />
and/or the exercise price of the options) are to be changed in a manner consistent with the<br />
Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules applying to a reconstruction of capital at the<br />
time of the reconstruction.<br />
10.2.11 Adjustments for bonus issue of Shares<br />
If, before expiry of any Options, the Company makes an issue of Shares to the holders of<br />
Shares by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (bonus issue) other than in lieu of<br />
a dividend payment, then upon exercise of an Option, the holder will be entitled to have<br />
issued to them (in addition to the Shares to which they are otherwise entitled to have<br />
issued to them upon such exercise) additional Shares in the Company. The number of<br />
additional Shares is the number that would have been issued to them under the bonus<br />
issue (bonus shares) if on the date on which entitlements were calculated they had been<br />
registered as the holder of the number of Shares that they would have been registered as<br />
holder if immediately before that date they had exercised their Options. The bonus shares<br />
will be paid up by the Company out of the profits or reserves (as the case may be) in the<br />
same manner as was applied in relation to the bonus issue and upon issue will rank pari<br />
passu in all respects with the other Shares allotted upon exercise of an Option.<br />
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10.2.12 Adjustment for rights issue<br />
If the Company makes an issue of Shares pro rata to existing Shareholders (other than an<br />
issue in lieu of in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) the exercise<br />
price of any unexercised Option will be reduced according to the following formula:<br />
New exercise price = O – (E x [P – (S + D)] ÷ [N + 1])<br />
O = the old exercise price of the Unlisted Option.<br />
E = the number of underlying Shares into which one Unlisted Option is exercisable.<br />
P = average market price per Share weighted by reference to the volume of the<br />
underlying Shares during the five trading days ending on the day before the<br />
ex rights date or ex entitlements date.<br />
S = the subscription price of a Share under the pro rata issue.<br />
D = the dividend due but not yet paid on the existing underlying Shares<br />
(except those to be issued under the pro rata issue).<br />
N = the number of Shares with rights or entitlements that must be held to receive<br />
a right to one new Share.<br />
10.2.13 Vesting of Options<br />
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Option terms:<br />
i. Options will not vest until the listing of the Company on the ASX; and<br />
ii. Options issued to the Directors of the Company will not vest until 365 days after the<br />
Company lists on the ASX, with vesting conditional upon the person still being a Director<br />
of the Company at that time, provided that early vesting may occur if the Chairman of<br />
the Company acting in their sole discretion determines otherwise or,<br />
in the case of Options issued to the Chairman, a majority of the remaining Directors<br />
so determine.<br />
10 . 3 D I R E C TO R S ’ I N T E R E S T S<br />
10.3.1 Directors’ Interest in Shares<br />
Other than as disclosed in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> no Director holds, or during the last two years,<br />
has held any interest in:<br />
a) the formation or promotion of the Company;<br />
b) property acquired or proposed to be acquired by the Company in connection<br />
with its formation or promotion of the Offer; or<br />
c) the Offer.<br />
No amounts (whether in cash or shares or otherwise) have been paid or agreed to be paid<br />
to any Director to induce him to become or to qualify as a director or otherwise for services<br />
provided by him in connection with the formation or promotion of the company or the<br />
Offer.<br />
Mr Clive Wright is a director and shareholder of Jocelyn Peak Pty Ltd which provides<br />
mining consulting services to the Company.<br />
The Directors are not required by the Constitution to hold any shares in the Company. As at<br />
the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, the Directors (either personally or indirectly) have the following<br />
interests in the Shares and Options of the Company:<br />
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Shares and Options held by Directors<br />
SHARES OPTIONS<br />
Director Direct Indirect Direct Indirect<br />
Clive Wright 100,000 167,360 1,500,000<br />
Andrew Smith 28,430 320,000 800,000<br />
Jozsef Patarica - 80,000 500,000<br />
Aaron Treyvaud - - 300,000<br />
10.3.2 Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors<br />
Pursuant to the Company’s Constitution, the Directors of the Company are entitled to<br />
receive remuneration for their services as Directors in such amount which in aggregate<br />
does not exceed an amount per annum fixed by the Company in general meeting from<br />
time to time. Currently, the aggregate amount is fixed at $150,000 per annum. Additionally,<br />
Directors will be entitled to be reimbursed for properly incurred expenses.<br />
At present, the Company has determined to pay the Non-Executive Chairman $20,000 and<br />
the non-executive Directors $15,000 per annum.<br />
If a non-executive Director performs extra services, which in the opinion of the Directors<br />
are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of the Director, the Company may remunerate<br />
that Director by payment of a fixed sum determined by the Directors in addition to or<br />
instead of the remuneration referred to above.<br />
A Director is entitled to be paid travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in<br />
attending Director’s or general meetings of the Company or otherwise in connection with<br />
the business of the Company.<br />
10.3.3 Remuneration of Executive Directors<br />
The remuneration of an executive Director may from time to time be fixed by the Directors.<br />
The remuneration may be by way of salary or commission or participation in profits.<br />
Except as disclosed in this section and in section 9.3 no remuneration will be payable to an<br />
executive Director.<br />
10.3.4 Other Interests<br />
As outlined in Section 9.6, the Company has entered into Deeds of Access and Indemnity<br />
with each of the Directors.<br />
10 . 4 I N T E R E S T S O F PE R S O N S N A M E D<br />
Other than as set out below or elsewhere in this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, no person named in this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> as performing a function in a professional, advisory or other capacity in<br />
connection with the preparation or distribution of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> has, or has had within the<br />
two years before lodgement of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> with the ASIC, any interest in:<br />
(a) the formation or promotion of the Company;<br />
(b) any property acquired or proposed to be acquired by the Company in connection<br />
with its formation or promotion or in connection with the Offer;<br />
(c) the Offer;<br />
and no amounts have been paid or agreed to be paid and no benefits have been given or<br />
agreed to be given to any of those persons for services rendered by them in connection<br />
with the formation or promotion of the Company or the Offer.<br />
Ian Grant will receive professional fees of approximately $10,000 up to the date of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> for work undertaken as the Independent Accountant in relation to the Offer and<br />
has prepared the Independent Accountant’s report appearing in section 8. Ian Grant may<br />
also receive further payments for additional work in accordance with his normal time based<br />
charges.<br />
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Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd will act as Broker to the Offer for which it will receive the fees<br />
outlined in section 9.7.<br />
RSG Global Pty Ltd has prepared the Independent Geologists report included in Section 6<br />
of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>. The Company will pay approximately $40,000 to RSG Global Pty Ltd for<br />
these services.<br />
Link Market Services Limited has been appointed to conduct the Company’s registry<br />
functions and to provide administrative services in respect to the processing of<br />
Applications received pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> and will be paid for these services on<br />
standard industry terms and conditions.<br />
10 . 5 E X P E N S E S O F T H E O F F E R<br />
The total cash expenses of the Offer payable by the Company are estimated to be<br />
approximately $590,000 ($670,000 if the maximum raising is achieved). These expenses<br />
include expert’s opinions, accounting fees, administration and consulting fees, brokerages,<br />
legal fees, ASX and ASIC fees, the cost of advertising, printing and distributing this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> and other miscellaneous expenses.<br />
These expenses will be paid or will be payable by the Company.<br />
In addition, the Company has issued 2.9 million Options to consultants in relation to the<br />
preparation of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
10 . 6 TA X AT I O N I M P L I C AT I O N S<br />
The acquisition and disposal of Securities will have taxation consequences, which will<br />
differ depending on the individual financial affairs of each investor. All potential investors in<br />
the Company are urged to take independent financial advice about the taxation and other<br />
consequences of investing in the Company.<br />
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company, its officers and each of<br />
their respective advisors accept no responsibility or liability in respect to the taxation<br />
consequences of subscribing for Shares under this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
10 .7 C O N S E N T S<br />
Each of the parties referred to in this section:<br />
(a) does not make, or purport to make, any statement in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> other than those<br />
referred to in their respective signed reports; and<br />
(b) to the maximum extent permitted by law, expressly disclaim and take no responsibility<br />
for any part of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> other than a reference to their name and a statement<br />
included in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> with the consent of that party.<br />
• Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd has given and at the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, has not<br />
withdrawn its consent to being named in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> as the Broker to the<br />
Offer in the form and context in which it is named. Lodge Corporate has not had<br />
any involvement in the preperation of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> on due diligence, has not<br />
authorised or caused the issue of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> and takes no responsibility for any<br />
part of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
• RSG Global Pty Ltd has given and, as at the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, has not<br />
withdrawn its written consent to being named in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> as the Independent<br />
Geologist to the Company and to the inclusion of the Independent Geologist’s Report<br />
in the form and context it appears in Section 6 of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
• Ian Grant has given and at the date of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>, has not withdrawn his consent<br />
to being named in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> as the Auditor and Independent Accountant and to<br />
the inclusion of the Independent Account’s Report in the form and context in which it<br />
appears in Section 8 of this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
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• Link Market Services Limited, has given and not withdrawn its written consent to be<br />
named herein as the share registry to the Company in the form and context in which<br />
it is so named. In addition, it has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the<br />
despatch of this document. Link Market Services Limited has had no involvement in<br />
the preparation of this document. Link Market Services Limited accepts no liability to<br />
any person in respect of any false or misleading statement in, or omission from, any<br />
other part of this document.<br />
10 . 8 L I T I G AT I O N<br />
Neither the Company nor its subsidiary is involved in any material litigation or arbitration<br />
proceedings and so far as the Directors are aware, no such proceedings are pending or<br />
threatened against the Company or its subsidiary.<br />
10 . 9 R E S T R I C T E D S E C U R I T I E S<br />
None of the Shares issued pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong> will be classified as restricted<br />
securities.<br />
Subject to the application of the Cash Formula described below, a portion of the existing<br />
Shares on issue as at the of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> and all of the Options (Existing Securities)<br />
will be subject to the restricted securities provisions of the Listing Rules as a condition of<br />
the Company’s application for admission to the Official List and Quotation of its Shares.<br />
For holders of Existing Securities, restriction agreements will be entered into in accordance<br />
with the Listing Rules whereby each relevant Shareholder will have to agree that, subject<br />
to the application of the “cash formula” referred to below, they will not dispose of or<br />
encumber any Existing Securities held by them after completion of the Offer until:<br />
• in the case of an Existing Security holder who is a Related Party, Promoter or<br />
Consultant (as those terms are defined in the Listing Rules), the second anniversary<br />
of the date of commencement of Quotation; and<br />
• in the case of an Existing Security holder who is not a Related Party, Promoter or<br />
Consultant, the first anniversary of the date of their investment in the Company.<br />
Cash Formula: in accordance with the provisions of the Listing Rules, Existing Security<br />
holders will be permitted to dispose of or encumber that number of Shares held by them<br />
at the commencement of Official Quotation, as is equal to the proportion that the original<br />
cash payment that they made for each such Share bears to the Offer Price. This exemption<br />
is known as the application of the “cash formula”.
It is expected that the Securities currently on issue will be classified by the ASX as follows:<br />
Security holder Number of Number of Number of Restriction<br />
Existing Restricted Restricted Period*<br />
Securities Securities* Option*<br />
Seed Investors: 11,546,482 Shares nil - nil<br />
Initial investors<br />
(June - Aug. 2006)<br />
Seed Investors: 12 months from<br />
2nd round 5,016,000 Shares 2,508,000** - investment<br />
Investors (i.e. 31 March<br />
(March 2007) 2008)<br />
Seed Capitalist 24 months from<br />
who are related 704,790 Shares 507,448** 3,100,000 the date of<br />
parties (Directors) 3,100,000 Options Quotation<br />
Seed Capitalists 24 months from<br />
who are Vendors 1,839,950 Shares 1,324,764** the date of<br />
or Promoters Quotation<br />
Vendors / 29,000,000 Shares 24 months from<br />
Promoters & 4,000,000 29,000,000 4,000,000 the date of<br />
Options Quotation<br />
24 months from<br />
Consultants 2,900,000 Options - 2,900,000 the date of<br />
Quotation<br />
* these figures and time periods are based on the Company’s interpretation of the restricted securities<br />
provisions of the Listing Rules and are subject to final confirmation by the ASX.<br />
**Cash formula applied.<br />
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The Directors state that they have made all reasonable enquiries and have reasonable<br />
grounds to believe that any statements made by the Directors in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> are true<br />
and not misleading and that, in respect of any other statements made in this <strong>Prospectus</strong> by<br />
persons other than the Directors, have reasonable grounds to believe that persons making<br />
the statement or statements were competent to make such statements, and that those<br />
persons have given the consent to the inclusion of such statement or statements in this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> and have not withdrawn that consent, before lodgement of this <strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
with ASIC or, to the Directors’ knowledge, before any issue of shares pursuant to this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
This <strong>Prospectus</strong> is prepared on the basis that:<br />
a) certain matters may be reasonably expected to be known to professional advisors<br />
of any kind with whom applicants may reasonably be expected to consult, and<br />
b) information is known to applicants or their professional advisors by virtue of any<br />
Acts or Laws of Victoria or the Commonwealth of Australia<br />
Each Director has consented in writing to the lodgement of this <strong>Prospectus</strong> with ASIC and<br />
has not withdrawn that consent.<br />
DATED 19 November 2007<br />
Signed for and on behalf of <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Ltd by:<br />
Andrew Smith<br />
Director<br />
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11. Authorisation
12. Glossary<br />
A$ or $ An Australian dollar.<br />
Acquisition Agreement The agreement for the purchase of the shares in<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal by the Company.<br />
Application A valid application to subscribe for Shares on an<br />
Application Form.<br />
Application Form The application form attached to or accompanying<br />
this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
ASIC Australian Securities & Investments Commission.<br />
ASX ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691).<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Limited (ACN 123 939 042).<br />
<strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Senegal S.A.R.L.<br />
Board The board of Directors as constituted from time to time.<br />
Business Day A week day when trading banks are ordinarily open<br />
for business in Melbourne, Victoria.<br />
Broker or Broker to the Offer Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd (ACN 125 323 168), Authorised<br />
Representative Number 316212 being authorised by Lodge<br />
Partners Pty Ltd under Australian Finanicial Services Licence,<br />
Number 246271.<br />
CHESS The Clearing House Electronic Subregister operated by<br />
ASX Settlement and Transfer Corporation Pty Ltd (ASTC),<br />
a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX, in accordance with the<br />
Listing Rules and the ASTC Settlement Rules<br />
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Company <strong>Bassari</strong> and, where the context requires, its subsidiaries.<br />
Constitution The constitution of the Company.<br />
Corporations Act The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).<br />
Directors The directors of the Company at the date of<br />
this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
EST Eastern Standard Time, Melbourne, Victoria.<br />
Exposure Period The period of 7 days after the date of lodgement of this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>, which period may be extended by the ASIC<br />
by not more than 7 days pursuant to Section 727(3) of the<br />
Corporations Act.<br />
FCFA Franc Communante Financiere Africaine, the local<br />
currency in Senegal.<br />
Joint Venture Agreements The joint venture agreements between <strong>Bassari</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Senegal and its joint venture partners, Sengold Mining NL,<br />
West African Trading Investment & Construction S.A.R.L.<br />
and Libah Investments Limited.<br />
Listing Rules The official listing rules of ASX.<br />
Mining Code The Senegalese Mining Code (Law number 2003-36<br />
dated 24 November 2003 for the Mining Code and its<br />
Implementing Decree 2004-647 dated 17 May 2003)<br />
Offer The offer of Shares pursuant to this <strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Offer Price $0.25 per Share<br />
Official List The Official List of ASX.<br />
Official Quotation Official quotation by ASX in accordance with the<br />
Listing Rules.<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong> This prospectus.<br />
Public Offer Application Form The Public Offer application form attached to this<br />
<strong>Prospectus</strong>.<br />
Option An option to acquire one Share in the Company at an<br />
exercise price of $0.30 per Share, exercisable on or before<br />
31 December 2010 and subject to the terms and conditions<br />
set out in section 10.2.<br />
Securities Shares and Options<br />
Share A fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company<br />
Share Registry Link Market Services Limited<br />
Shareholder A holder of Shares<br />
US$ A United States of America dollar<br />
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