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非洲老牌黄金生产商纳米布矿产 将成为
通过与轩尼诗的业务合并上市交易
资本投资公司。六、

纽约-2024年6月18日-撒哈拉以南地区黄金开采业的老牌金矿公司纳米布矿业(“纳米布”或“公司”)与纳斯达克上市的特殊目的收购公司轩尼诗资本投资公司VI(纳斯达克股票代码：HCVI)(“纳斯达克”)订立了最终的业务合并协议(“业务合并协议”)。建议的业务合并(“建议的业务合并”)预计于2024年第四季度完成(“结束”)，取决于常规的结束条件，包括监管机构和股东的批准。合并后的上市公司(“PUBCO”) 预计将命名为“Nanb Minerals”，其普通股和认股权证将分别在纳斯达克上市，新的股票代码为“NAMM”和“NAMMW”，有待其上市申请的批准。

拟议的业务合并 对价约5,000万股pubco普通股对纳米布的估值为5亿美元，另外还有多达3,000万股pubco普通股与完成运营里程碑有关，包括Mazowe和Redwing矿的商业生产 。假设HCVI的公众股东没有进一步赎回，拟议的业务合并预计将为纳米布带来约9,100万美元的净收益，以及预计在交易完成前与投资者签署的一项或多项融资协议带来的约6,000万美元的额外资金。作为拟议的业务合并的结果，纳米布预计将受益于持续的运营效率和现金流产生 其生产HOW矿山和扩大纳米布的多资产增长路径。拟议的业务合并也代表着 迄今为止非洲最大的DeSPAC。纳米布现有的管理团队由首席执行官易卜拉希马·塔尔领导，将在关闭后继续领导业务。

纳米布目前的生产资产How 矿是位于津巴布韦布拉瓦约附近的一座成熟的高品位地下金矿。How矿目前产生现金流 ，同时拥有强劲的生产历史，是同业中报告的生产成本最低的企业之一。How 矿山一直在预算范围内运营，并保持着额外的已确定地下资源，这可能有助于延长其矿山寿命。

纳米布也有一条明确的途径在非洲作为一家多资产生产商运营，目前正在制定增长计划，以重启该公司以前生产的Mazowe和Redwing金矿，以及在刚果民主共和国(DRC)的开发潜力，以解锁该地区的电池金属。截至 日期，刚果民主共和国已批准的13个勘探许可证的工作已经开始，并已钻出六个初步钻孔，以识别铜和钴的潜力。

纳米布首席执行官易卜拉希马·塔尔评论说： 今天对纳米布来说是一个重要的日子，也是一个令人兴奋的里程碑。与HCVI的这一业务组合将使我们能够 继续发展我们的业务，同时帮助我们实现我们矿业资产组合的全部潜力。纳米布致力于创造一个安全、可持续和有利可图的采矿作业环境，以支持我们服务的当地社区。这笔交易为我们在HCVI提供了一个合作伙伴，与我们一样关注可持续增长，也分享了我们作为非洲多资产生产商重返非洲的目标。我们相信，我们现有的管理团队能够为我们的股东释放巨大的价值，我们期待着与HCVI 团队密切合作，将这些愿望变为现实。“

卡地亚矿业集团董事长兼首席执行官Daniel·轩尼诗补充说：“我们非常高兴地宣布我们与纳米布金矿公司的业务合并，纳米布金矿公司是撒哈拉以南采矿业的老牌金矿公司。成立HCVI的目的是与一家在工业或能源过渡部门经营的老牌和有竞争力的公司合并。纳米布作为一个引人注目的合作伙伴脱颖而出，因为它有贵金属地下采矿的历史， 未来扩张的机会，以及在其服务的社区创建安全、可持续和有利可图的业务的使命。 我们期待着与易卜拉希马和他的采矿业资深团队合作，因为纳米布继续增长并创造 股东价值。“

拟议的业务合并概述

拟议的业务合并意味着在无现金和无债务的基础上，预计Pubco的合并企业价值为6.09亿美元(不包括额外的溢价)， 假设在交易完成前不再赎回HCVI的公开股票和获得6,000万美元的定向管道融资。 HCVI和纳米布的董事会都已批准了拟议的交易，预计将于2024年第四季度完成，其中包括获得HCVI和纳米布的股东的批准，以及满足或豁免业务合并协议中规定的其他 条件。

交易的净收益预计将使纳米布能够进一步投资于其已建立的How矿，同时还有助于恢复津巴布韦两座历史悠久的金矿Mazowe和Redwing的生产，并扩大在刚果民主共和国的业务。根据企业合并协议的条款，纳米布的现有股东将把其100%的股权转换为合并后的公司，预计在完成拟议的企业合并后，将拥有合并后公司约71%的股份。

拟议的业务合并已获得纳米布和HCVI董事会的一致 批准。

有关拟议的业务合并的更多信息，包括业务合并协议的副本，将在HCVI 向美国证券交易委员会(“美国证券交易委员会”)提交的最新8-K表格中提供，并可在www.sec.gov上查阅。

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Cohen & Company Capital Markets is serving as exclusive financial advisor and lead capital markets advisor to Namib, while Jett Capital Advisors LLC is serving as financial advisor to HCVI. Greenberg Traurig, LLP is serving as U.S. legal counsel to Namib, and Sidley Austin LLP is serving as legal counsel to HCVI. BDO South Africa Inc. is serving as auditor to Namib, and Gateway Group is serving as investor relations advisor for the transaction.

About Namib Minerals

Namib Minerals is a gold producer, developer and explorer with operations focused in Zimbabwe. Namib is a significant player in Zimbabwe’s mining industry, driving sustainable growth and innovation across the sector. Currently Namib operates an underground mine in Zimbabwe, with additional exploration assets in Zimbabwe and the DRC. Namib operates using conventional mining as well as modern processes and is seeking alternative areas of growth.

For additional information, please visit namibminerals.com

About Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (HCVI)

Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (NASDAQ: HCVI). HCVI was formed by Daniel J. Hennessy for the purpose of acquiring, and introducing to the public markets, a strong and competitive company operating in the industrial sector.

For additional information, please visit hennessycapitalgroup.com.

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These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) the risk that the Proposed Business Combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of HCVI’s securities; (ii) the risk that the Proposed Business Combination may not be completed by HCVI’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by HCVI; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, including the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement by the stockholders of HCVI and Namib, the satisfaction of the $25 million minimum cash amount following redemptions by HCVI’s public stockholders and the receipt of certain regulatory approvals; (iv) market risks, including the price of gold; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement; (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Business Combination on Namib’s business relationships, performance, and business generally; (vii) risks that the Proposed Business Combination disrupts current plans of Namib and potential difficulties in its employee retention as a result of the Proposed Business Combination; (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Namib or HCVI related to the Business Combination Agreement or the Proposed Business Combination; (ix) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination; (x) the inability to maintain the listing of HCVI’s securities or to meet listing requirements and maintain the listing of PubCo’s securities on the Nasdaq; (xi) the risk that the price of PubCo’s securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes in the highly competitive industries in which Namib plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws, regulations, technologies, natural disasters or health epidemics/pandemics, national security tensions, and macro-economic and social environments affecting its business, and changes in the combined capital structure; (xii) the inability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the Proposed Business Combination, identify and realize additional opportunities, and manage its growth and expanding operations; (xiii) the risk that Namib may not be able to successfully develop its assets, including expanding the How mine, restarting and expanding its other mines in Zimbabwe or developing its exploration permits in the DRC; (xiv) the risk that Namib will be unable to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which many not be available on acceptable terms or at all; (xv) political and social risks of operating in Zimbabwe and the DRC; (xvi) the operational hazards and risks that Namib faces; and (xvii) the risk that additional financing in connection with the Proposed Business Combination may not be raised on favorable terms, in a sufficient amount to satisfy the $25 million (post-redemptions) minimum cash amount condition to the Business Combination Agreement, or at all. The foregoing list is not exhaustive, and there may be additional risks that neither HCVI nor Namib presently know or that HCVI and Namib currently believe are immaterial. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors, any other factors discussed in this press release and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of HCVI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December, 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024, the risks to be described in the registration statement on Form F-4 to be filed by PubCo with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Business Combination (the “Registration Statement”), which will include a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, and those discussed and identified in filings made with the SEC by HCVI and PubCo from time to time. Namib and HCVI caution you against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect current beliefs and are based on information currently available as of the date a forward-looking statement is made. Forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. None of Namib, HCVI, or PubCo undertakes any obligation to revise forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs. In the event that any forward-looking statement is updated, no inference should be made that Namib, HCVI, or PubCo will make additional updates with respect to that statement, related matters, or any other forward-looking statements. Any corrections or revisions and other important assumptions and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements, including discussions of significant risk factors, may appear, up to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, in HCVI’s or PubCo’s public filings with the SEC, which are or will be (as appropriate) accessible at www.sec.gov, and which you are advised to review carefully.

Important Information for Investors and Shareholders

In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, PubCo intends to file with the SEC the Registration Statement, which will include a prospectus with respect to PubCo’s securities to be issued in connection with the Proposed Business Combination and a proxy statement to be distributed to holders of HCVI’s common stock in connection with HCVI’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by HCVI’s stockholders with respect to the Proposed Business Combination and other matters to be described in the Registration Statement (the “Proxy Statement”). After the SEC declares the Registration Statement effective, HCVI plans to file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and to mail copies to stockholders of HCVI as of a record date to be established for voting on the Proposed Business Combination. This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Proposed Business Combination and is not a substitute for the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement or for any other document that PubCo or HCVI may file with the SEC. Before making any investment or voting decision, investors and security holders of HCVI and Namib are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, as well as all other relevant materials filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Business Combination as they become available because they will contain important information about, Namib, HCVI, PubCo and the Proposed Business Combination.

Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by PubCo and HCVI through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by PubCo and HCVI may be obtained free of charge from HCVI’s website at hennessycapllc.com or by directing a request to Daniel Hennessy, Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 1036, 195 US Hwy 50, Suite 309, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448; Tel: (775) 339-1671. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

Participants in the Solicitation

Namib, HCVI, PubCo and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed to be participants in the solicitations of proxies from HCVI’s stockholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. For more information about the names, affiliations and interests of HCVI’s directors and executive officers, please refer to HCVI’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024 and Registration Statement, Proxy Statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Business Combination when they become available. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, which may, in some cases, be different than those of HCVI’s stockholders generally, will be included in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement, when they become available. Stockholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement carefully, when they become available, before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.

No Offer or Solicitation

This document shall not constitute a “solicitation” as defined in Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, the solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation to purchase, any securities, or a solicitation of any vote, consent or approval, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale may be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction. No offering of securities in the Proposed Business Combination shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

Investor Relations Contact:

Gateway Group

Cody Slach, Georg Venturatos

(949) 574-3860

Namibminerals@gateway-grp.com

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