Bunker Hill Mining Corp. Reports That It Has Successfully Renegotiated Its Option Agreement
November 23 2020 - 7:21AM
Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (the
“Company”) (CSE: BNKR) is pleased to announce that it has
successfully renegotiated its option agreement for the purchase of
a 100% interest in the saleable assets at the Bunker Hill Mine
complex from Placer Mining Corporation (the "Lessor"). Under the
new terms, the purchase price has been decreased by 30% from
USD11.0 million to USD7.7 million.
Sam Ash, CEO of Bunker Hill Mining, stated: “We
are very pleased to have successfully negotiated a lower purchase
price for the option agreement as it allows us to further focus our
efforts on the ongoing high-grade silver exploration campaign and
the mining restart plan. Under the terms of the agreement, we will
be able to continue to explore, finalize the studies, and restart
mining activities before being required to exercise the purchase
option in August 2022. This offers a unique opportunity to optimize
our working capital requirements and focus our balance sheet on the
development of the asset.
Our silver-focused exploration program is
continuing to progress well and we are excited to publish drill
results in the upcoming weeks. We have recently completed 6,000
feet of drilling from surface and are now moving the drill rigs to
underground platforms to avoid any winter-related delays.”
Bunker Hill Mining’s option agreement expires on
August 1, 2022. Under the new terms of the amended agreement, the
total consideration has been reduced by 30% to USD7.7 million,
consisting of USD5.4 million payable in cash and USD 2.0 million in
shares of the Company. The reference price for the payment in
shares will be based on the share price of the last equity raise
before the option is exercised. The Company will continue to make a
monthly care and maintenance payment of USD60,000 to the Lessor in
return for on-going technical support to the Company. Under the
amended agreement, the Company’s contingent obligation to settle
USD1.8 million of accrued payments due to the Lessor, if the
Company decides not to exercise its right to purchase, has been
waived. Under the amended agreement, the Company is to make an
advance payment of USD2.0 million to the Lessor which shall be
credited toward the purchase price of the Bunker Hill Mine when the
Company elects to exercise its purchase right.
About Bunker Hill Mining
Corp.
Bunker Hill Mining Corp. has an option to
acquire 100% of all saleable assets at the Bunker Hill Mine.
Information about the Company is available on its website,
www.bunkerhillmining.com, or within the SEDAR and EDGAR
databases.
For additional information contact:
Sam Ash, President and Chief Executive Officer+1
208 786 6999sa@bunkerhillmining.com
Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this news release are
forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term
in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as
well as within the meaning of the phrase ‘forward-looking
information’ in the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National
Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations.
Forward-looking statements are not comprised of historical facts.
Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that
describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals, including
words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated
condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by such terms as “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”,
“estimates”, “may”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or “plan”. Since
forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address
future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve
inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are
based on information currently available to the Company, the
Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet
management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors
involved with forward-looking information could cause actual
events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information. Forward looking information in this news release
includes, but is not limited to, the Company’s intentions regarding
its objectives, goals or future plans and statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: the
ability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the
business of the Company, including but not limited to the effects
of COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions,
restriction on labour and international travel and supply chains;
failure to identify mineral resources; failure to convert estimated
mineral resources to reserves; the inability to complete a
feasibility study which recommends a production decision; the
preliminary nature of metallurgical test results; risks of not
basing a production decision on a feasibility study of mineral
reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability, resulting
in increased uncertainty due to multiple technical and economic
risks of failure which are associated with this production decision
including, among others, areas that are analyzed in more detail in
a feasibility study, such as applying economic analysis to
resources and reserves, more detailed metallurgy and a number of
specialized studies in areas such as mining and recovery methods,
market analysis, and environmental and community impacts and, as a
result, there may be an increased uncertainty of achieving any
particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such
recovery, including increased risks associated with developing a
commercially mineable deposit with no guarantee that production
will begin as anticipated or at all or that anticipated production
costs will be achieved. Failure to commence production would have a
material adverse impact on the Company's ability to generate
revenue and cash flow to fund operations. Failure to achieve the
anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact
on the Company's cash flow and future profitability; delays in
obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental,
environmental or other project approvals; political risks; changes
in equity markets; uncertainties relating to the availability and
costs of financing needed in the future; the inability of the
Company to budget and manage its liquidity in light of the failure
to obtain additional financing, including the ability of the
Company to complete the payments to the Lessor and the U.S. EPA
pursuant to the terms of the agreement to acquire the Bunker Hill
Mine Complex; inflation; changes in exchange rates; fluctuations in
commodity prices; delays in the development of projects; capital,
operating and reclamation costs varying significantly from
estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration
and development industry; and those risks set out in the Company’s
public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that
the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking
information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance
should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of
the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that
such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by
law. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory
authority has approved or disapproved the information contained
herein.
Cautionary Note to United States
Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred
Resources
This press release has been prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect
in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S. securities
laws. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve
estimates included in this press release have been disclosed in
accordance with NI 43-101 and the Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy, and Petroleum Definition Standards on Mineral Resources
and Mineral Reserves. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian
Securities Administrators which establishes standards for all
public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical
information concerning mineral projects. Canadian disclosure
standards, including NI 43-101, differ significantly from the
requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”), and resource and reserve information contained
in this press release may not be comparable to similar information
disclosed by U.S. companies. In particular, and without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the term “resource” does not
equate to the term “reserves”. Under U.S. standards, mineralization
may not be classified as a “reserve” unless the determination has
been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally
produced or extracted at the time the reserve determination is
made. The SEC’s disclosure standards normally do not permit the
inclusion of information concerning “measured mineral resources”,
“indicated mineral resources” or “inferred mineral resources” or
other descriptions of the amount of mineralization in mineral
deposits that do not constitute “reserves” by U.S. standards in
documents filed with the SEC. Investors are cautioned not to assume
that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will
ever be converted into reserves. U.S. investors should also
understand that “inferred mineral resources” have a great amount of
uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their
economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or
any part of an “inferred mineral resource” will ever be upgraded to
a higher category. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all
or any part of an “inferred mineral resource” exists or is
economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of “contained ounces”
in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations;
however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report
mineralization that does not constitute “reserves” by SEC standards
as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.
The requirements of NI 43-101 for disclosure of “reserves” are also
not the same as those of the SEC, and reserves disclosed by the
Company in accordance with NI 43-101 may not qualify as “reserves”
under SEC standards. Accordingly, information concerning mineral
deposits contained in our website may not be comparable with
information made public by companies that report in accordance with
U.S. standards.
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