##{"id":99805,"date":"2022-02-23T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/appian-successfully-exits-royalty-and-credit-positions-in-harte-gold\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T00:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:24:00","slug":"appian-successfully-exits-royalty-and-credit-positions-in-harte-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/appian-successfully-exits-royalty-and-credit-positions-in-harte-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Appian successfully exits royalty and credit positions in Harte Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-subheadline\">&#8211; Appian has successfully divested its credit and royalty positions in Harte Gold to Silver Lake Resources<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-subheadline\">&#8211; Transaction comprises US$22.0m in Silver Lake shares for Appian&#8217;s 2.0% net smelter return royalty and repayment of its subordinated credit facility for US$33.4m in cash for a 15% premium, as well as other fees and expenses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-subheadline\">&#8211; Demonstrates Appian&#8217;s ability to deliver successful outcomes for its investors and invest through the capital structure to generate risk-adjusted returns<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-subheadline\">&#8211; Following the exit, Appian will continue to focus on future facing commodities balanced by precious metals exposure across equity, credit and royalties<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1720474\/Appian_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 22, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Appian Capital Advisory LLP (&#034;Appian&#034; or the &#034;Company&#034;), the investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining-related companies, is pleased to announce that it has divested its 2.0% net smelter return royalty (the &#034;Royalty&#034;) and its subordinated credit facility (the &#034;SCF&#034;) in Harte Gold to Silver Lake Resources (&#034;<span class=\"xn-location\">Silver Lake<\/span>&#034;), representing a positive outcome for Appian&#8217;s investors. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the transaction,&#160;Silver Lake will acquire the Royalty&#160;for&#160;US$22.0m in <span class=\"xn-location\">Silver Lake<\/span> shares,&#160;following Appian&#8217;s&#160;original&#160;acquisition in&#160;December 2019 for&#160;US$9.5m.&#160;Silver Lake will also purchase&#160;the&#160;SCF&#160;for&#160;US$33.4m in cash,&#160;which represents&#160;a 15% premium&#160;to&#160;Appian&#8217;s principal&#160;investment&#160;of <span class=\"xn-money\">US$28.0m<\/span> in&#160;July 2020. This&#160;includes&#160;the&#160;US$28m principal,&#160;a 115% early redemption charge&#160;of&#160;US$4.2m,&#160;US$1.2m in accrued interest&#160;and&#160;an additional&#160;~US$680,000&#160;to cover technical consulting&#160;and legal&#160;fees.<\/p>\n<p>The success of the transaction is the result of Appian&#8217;s active engagement with <span class=\"xn-location\">Silver Lake<\/span> following Harte Gold&#8217;s entry into creditor protection on <span class=\"xn-chron\">7 December 2021<\/span>, following which <span class=\"xn-location\">Silver Lake<\/span> was ultimately named as successful bidder for the company. <\/p>\n<p><b><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael W. Scherb<\/span>, Founder and CEO of Appian, commented<\/i><\/b><i>: &#034;This transaction represents a successful outcome for Appian and its investors, allowing us to secure a premium on our credit and royalty investments. The positive result demonstrates the strength of Appian&#8217;s model and its ability to invest through the capital structure, coupled with its capacity to actively manage investments to generate risk-adjusted returns. We have recently taken steps to strengthen our credit and royalty offerings, and look forward to our continued growth as the world&#8217;s leading private investor in the metals and mining sector.&#034;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>About Appian Capital Advisory LLP<br \/><\/b>Appian Capital Advisory LLP is the investment advisor to long-term value-focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining-related companies.<\/p>\n<p>Appian is a leading investment advisor in the metals and mining industry, with global experience across <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> and a successful track record of supporting companies to achieve their development targets, with a global operating portfolio overseeing nearly 5,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>Appian has a global team of 54 experienced professionals with offices in <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Lima<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Belo Horizonte<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Montreal<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.appiancapitaladvisory.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.appiancapitaladvisory.com<\/a>, or find us on LinkedIn or Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Appian has successfully divested its credit and royalty positions in Harte Gold to Silver Lake Resources &#8211; Transaction comprises&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}