Capital Resource Funding Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire the Rights to a Cobalt Ore Mine in the African Congo
06 Juni 2007 - 3:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
LIAONING PROVINCE, China, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capital
Resource Funding Corp. (OTC:CRFU) (BULLETIN BOARD: CRFU) , soon to
be known as China Sun Group High-Tech Co., one of China's largest
producers of anode materials for use in lithium ion batteries,
announced today that it has entered into a preliminary Letter of
Intention to purchase the rights to a 35 sq. kilometer cobalt mine
with a Lubumbashi company in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
in Africa. The transaction is valued at approximately $7 million
USD. The Company anticipates to finalize the contract within 30
days, and to begin production at its African facility in the Fall
of 2007. "In the past, we have received our raw material from
Chinese suppliers who resell cobalt ore imported from Africa. With
this acquisition, we can create a direct supplier channel for
shipping our materials, which can drastically reduce our shipment
costs by 75% and significantly boost our profit margins," said Wang
Bin, Chairman and CEO of Capital Resource Funding. "Currently, we
are arranging to ship equipment to set up a local factory in
Katanga, which will be used to process cobalt ore into cobalt
carbonate. As a result, we anticipate to improve the purity of raw
materials from 9% to 36%. With a superior product with favorable
pricing, we expect to receive strong order flows from a number of
Chinese Original Equipment Manufacturers of lithium ion batteries."
About Capital Resource Funding, Inc. Capital Resource Funding,
Inc., pending a corporate name change to China Sun Group High-Tech
Co., produces anode materials used in lithium ion batteries.
Through its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Da Lian Xin Yang
High-Tech Development Co. Ltd ("DLX"), the Company primarily
produces cobaltosic oxide and lithium cobalt oxide. According to
the China Battery Industry Association, DLX has the second largest
cobalt series production capacity in China. Leveraging its
technological leadership in China, high- quality product line and
scalable production facility, DLX plans to create a fully
integrated supply chain from the primary manufacturing of cobalt
ore to finished products, including lithium ion batteries. For more
information, visit http://www.china-sun.cn/English/Aboutus.asp.
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the company's control, which may cause actual results, performance
or achievements of the company to be materially different from the
results, performance or other expectations implied by these
forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to, those detailed in the company's periodic filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Capital
Resource Funding Corp. CONTACT: Thomas Yang, Assistant to the
President, Capital Resource Funding Corp. +1-917-432-9350 (U.S.),
or +86-411-8289-7752 (China), or ; or Investor Relations, Peter
Clark, OTC Financial Network, +1-781-444-6100 ext. 629, or Web
site: http://www.otcfn.com/crfu
http://www.china-sun.cn/English/Aboutus.asp
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