In the quarter ending December 31, 2009, the Company obtained a letter of intent from the Pingdingshan Rural Cooperative Bank, confirming the bank’s intention to loan the Company up to 300 million RMB (approximately USD $42 million), unsecured at an annual interest rate of 5.2% to finance the construction of its new coking facility. This letter of intent expired on June 30, 2010. In the first quarter of 2010, SinoCoking raised $44 million in gross proceeds from the sale of common stock and warrants.
SinoCoking’s management presently anticipates that its recent equity issuance, its access to credit, and cash flow from operations, together will provide sufficient capital resources to pursue and complete the construction of its new coking facility and proposed mine acquisitions. We intend to utilize existing cash, cash flow from operations and bank loans, to finance the cash portion of the consideration to be paid for our acquisitions. We may consider the issuance of additional equity securities in order to finance our mine acquisitions.
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