Nautilus Minerals closed the second and final tranche of its private placement, raising gross proceeds of $27.6 million through the issue of 10,940,004 shares.
Nautilus Minerals received $70.5-million in gross proceeds from the first tranche of its private placement, issuing 27,987,853 shares at $2.52 per share.
Nautilus Minerals will raise about US$100 million (C$98.1 million) in a private placement of roughly 39 million shares to finance development of its Solwara 1 seafloor copper-gold project in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea.
Nautilus Minerals reported a $112-million (U.S.) cash balance and a reduced first-half loss of $7.98-million (U.S.) after securing its Solwara 1 mining lease and new Pacific exploration licences.
Nautilus Minerals has been granted 14 offshore exploration licences covering about 60,000 square kilometres in Fijian waters, the first such award to a private company in Fiji.