Kennedy Ventures secures funding for African Tantalum operations
1st Feb 2017 09:13
(ShareCast News) - Kennedy Ventures has raised £1.25m before expenses through a placing of 13.9m new shares at a price of 9p each. The company has an interest in the Tantalite Valley Mine through its stake in African Tantalum (Aftan). Net proceeds of the placing will be used by Aftan, the group'
Read moreKennedy Ventures appoints mining veteran as CEO
9th Jan 2017 13:05
(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed Kennedy Ventures appointed mining veteran Larry F. Johnson as a director and chief executive of the investment firm. The company, which through its stake in African Tantalum has an interest in Namibia's Tantalite Valley mine, selected Johnson, who has more than 25 years
Read moreKennedy Ventures' Tantalite Valley Mine successfully completes plant test
3rd Oct 2016 11:38
(ShareCast News) - Kennedy Ventures, an AIM-listed investment company, has announced that its investee company African Tantalum (Aftan) has successfully completed its testing programme of its plant upgrade. The company's stake in Aftan gives it an interest in the Tantalite Valley Mine (TVM), a Namib
Read moreKennedy Ventures eyes discounted placing to fund potential lithium project
20th Jul 2016 12:15
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Kennedy Ventures, the company chaired by controversial former England cricket supremo Giles Clarke, plunged on Wednesday as the company outlined plans for a discounted £2m fundraising to support the expansion of a tantalite project in Namibia that also offers "significan
Read moreKennedy talks up Tantalite Valley's tantalising future
3rd Feb 2016 11:48
(ShareCast News) - Kennedy Ventures was talking up the tantalising future at its majority-owned tantalite operation on Wednesday - the Tantalite Valley mine in southern Namibia. The AIM-traded firm focusing on tantalite production through its 75% holding in African Tantalum (Aftan), said the first d
Read moreKennedy Ventures soars as plant for Namibia project is fully commissioned
3rd Nov 2015 10:46
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Kennedy Ventures surged over 25% on Tuesday morning, after the investing company said the process plant for the Tantalite Valley project in Namibia had successfully commissioned. The London-listed company said the mine is almost fully staffed and expects underground prod
Read moreKennedy Ventures directors resign as company's transition continues
15th Jul 2015 12:06
(ShareCast News) - Tantalite producer Kennedy Ventures said Peter Redmond and Colin Weinberg have resigned from their role of directors with immediate effect. The group said the decision was taken as part of its planned transition to focus on the tantalite industry. Namibia-focused Kennedy Ventures
Read moreKennedy Ventures raises £1.4m in placing to fund Tantalite Valley mine
8th Jul 2015 11:02
Kennedy Ventures has raised £1.4m before expenses through a placing of 26.7m new ordinary shares of 1p each at 5.25p per share. The company, which is focused on tantalite production in Namibia through its 75% holding in African Tantalum, said the new shares issued will represent around 26% of the en
Read moreKennedy Ventures appoints new Chair, announces fundraising
25th Mar 2014 16:04
Kennedy Ventures has appointed Giles Clarke as Chairman and raised 489,375 pounds through the placement of new ordinary shares in the investment firm. The group will issue 39,150,000 placing shares to new and existing investors at a price of 1.25p each. Clarke will replace Peter Redman who will
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