@BumpkenIf you hold AEE at the record date then you will be assigned your share of the new gold company without needing to pay or do anything else. The number of shares allocated is based on the number of AEE shares that you own. Hopefully, the allocation will be excluded from CGT but I cannot recall any ruling from the ATO on this yet.
The new company will raise funds by making an offer as part of its IPO (price not yet determined). If you want to subscribe in order to lift your overall shareholding then you will almost certainly be given priority in this.
Whether the new company lists at the issue price of the new shares or not, depends on market sentiment. In this case, since the gold prospects are not being actively explored yet, it is likely that they will list under the issue price and this will be driven in part by people who sell their allocation immediately because they want AEE with the uranium/vanadium but do not want the new gold company.
Hope this helps.
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