On May 31, 2010, Australian-American Mining announced that it raised $1 million in a placement of 25 million shares at A$0.04 per share to institutional and sophisticated investors.
Proceeds from the placement will be used to finance drilling programs in the company’s US properties and to acquire additional properties in the US.
A portion of this placement was taken up, for the first time, by US-based investors.
With this announcement, the trading halt on the company’s ordinary shares was lifted by the Australian Securities Exchange.
The company’s stock is now listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol AIW (formerly MRO).
In a May 24, 2010 release, the Australian Securities Exchange announced a trading halt on the company’s shares. At the request of Australian-American Mining, its shares are being held in “pre-open” pending an announcement by the company. Unless the Australian Securities Exchange determines otherwise, trading in the company’s shares will be held in pre-open, or halted, until the earlier of the commencement of normal trading on May 26, 2010 or the release of the company’s announcement.