West Wits raises funds for South African project

Junior West Wits Mining will raise A$3.4-million from a share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to fund feasibility studies and drilling at its Witwatersrand Basin gold project, in South Africa.

The company on Friday announced that it would issue more than 161.94-million new shares, at a price of 2.1c each to new and existing sophisticated and professional investors under its existing placement capacity.