Pursuant to the Option Agreement, in order to exercise the Option, the Optionee must:
1. make a cash payment of
2. incur
3. issue 1,000,000 common shares (the 'Initial Consideration Shares') on or before the earlier of: (i) the listing of the Optionee's common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the 'Listing Date'), and (ii)
4. make a further cash payment of
5. incur an additional
(All figures are in Canadian dollars)
As a result of the Acquisition, the board of directors of the Company have determined the Listing Date to be the closing date of the Acquisition and as such, the Company has issued the Initial Consideration Shares to the Optionors in accordance with, and in the proportions set forth in, the Option Agreement. The Initial Consideration Shares were issued at a deemed price of
The Initial Consideration Shares are, and the Subsequent Consideration Shares will be, subject to a 4-month statutory resale restriction in accordance with applicable securities laws. Additionally, 875,000 of the Initial Consideration Shares are subject to a contractual restriction on transfer, with 125,000 of the Initial Consideration Shares being released from the restriction on transfer on each of the 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 21-month anniversaries of the Listing Date.
The Property is subject to a 2% net smelter returns royalty interest (the 'NSR') of the Optionors calculated in accordance with the Option Agreement. At any time following the completion of the Option exercise, the Company will have the right to purchase one-half of the NSR from the Optionors for
'We are very pleased to have completed the Acquisition of Golden Horizon resulting in an option to purchase a 100% interest in its Gregory River Property located in a very prospective mineral belt in
Gregory River Property
The Property is comprised of 124 claims under 15 mineral licences, covering 3,100 hectares or 7,660 acres and is located on the western portion of the island of
Historical work on the Property dates back to the 1920's and has identified numerous high priority gold and base metal targets and untested anomalies within the claim package that can be intermittently traced within the Property for approximately 12 km along a north-northeast trend. Based on the historical work, the Property has the potential to host multiple known deposit types and styles of mineralization, including: 1. Copper-gold-zinc mineralized, Cyprus-style - volcanogenic massive sulfides or VMS, 2. Stratigraphic gold-rich exhalative zones, 3. Structurally-controlled, copper and gold mineralized quartz lode veins, and 4. Low-sulphidation epithermal gold mineralization.
The VMS style of mineralization and geological setting identified at the Property is highly analogous, and along a north-northwest trend to the
The Company is currently reviewing and compiling all of the historical data from the Property and once complete will initiate a first phase exploration program, starting this fall. Full details regarding the program will be provided upon completion of the compilation and receipt of exploration permits.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved for disclosure by Mr. Robert Cinits,
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes certain statements and information that may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect the expectations or beliefs of management of the Company regarding future events. Generally, forward-looking statements and information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as 'intends' or ' anticipates', or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results ' may', ' could', ' should', ' would' occur. This information and these statements, referred to herein as 'forward-looking statements', are not historical facts, are made as of the date of this news release and include without limitation, statements regarding: the intention of the Company to proceed with the exercise of the Option under the Option Agreement on the terms and conditions set out therein, the Company's expectations to make the cash payment, issue the Subsequent Consideration Shares, and incur the expenditures as required by the Option Agreement and the Company's intention to perform the balance of its obligations under the Option Agreement. In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation, assumptions that the Company will have the resources required to perform the balance of its obligations under the Option Agreement, that the transaction, if completed, will be completed on the terms in the Option Agreement, that the Company's cost and timing expectations are accurate, that capital and financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms, that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner and that the Company and its operations will not be adversely impacted by COVID-19 or the ongoing conflict in eastern
Additionally, forward-looking information involve a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future plans, intentions, activities, results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, without limitation: the volatility of global capital markets, political instability, unanticipated costs, risks relating to the extent and duration of the conflict in
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