Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - RM Research is maintaining its speculative buy rating on Taruga Gold Ltd (ASX:TAR) the back of continued exploration success with a vote of confidence from Sprott who are looking to fund active explorers. Their commercial and corporate capability of Sprott should also provide TAR with a significant boost moving forward.

Background:

Taruga announced (ASX Announcement, 20/5/2015) that it had agreed to place 222m shares @ $0.045 (and 1:1 free attaching options ex. at 0.60 cents exp. 6/17) to raise approximately A$1.0m This includes A$500K to Canadian based fund manager Sprott Inc. The Company intends to immediately follow the placement up with a Shareholder Purchase Plan.

Last Quarter also saw the finalisation of a JV with Resolute who can earn a 75% interest via the expenditure of US$3.0m (minimum of US$0.50m prior to withdrawal with no interest earned until US$3.0m is spent) over 4 years on the Nielle, Tiebissou and M'Baihaikro concessions (Cote D'Ivoire). Following the earn-in by Resolute, TAR will be free carried until decision to mine at which point TAR can contribute or dilute.

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About Taruga Gold Limited:

Taruga Gold Limited (ASX:TAR) is a West African focused gold explorer that has compiled, and is currently compiling, a diverse portfolio of exploration projects within the Birimian geology of West Africa. This region is at present one of the world's great gold districts and has had a significant rate of discovery and development on new gold mines over past decades.



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Taruga Gold Limited



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