Falco Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: FPC) (“
Falco” or
the “
Corporation”) is pleased to announce
that the Corporation has entered into binding agreements
(i) with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (“
Osisko”)
in order to extend the maturity date of the Corporation’s existing
convertible secured senior loan (the “
Osisko
Loan”) from December 31, 2024 to December 31,
2025; and (ii) with Glencore Canada Corporation
(“
Glencore”) in order to extend the maturity date
of the Corporation’s existing senior secured convertible debenture
(the “
Glencore Debenture”) from December 31, 2024
to December 31, 2025.
Luc Lessard, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation commented: “The concurrent extensions of
the Corporation’s senior debts demonstrate the strong relationship
and long-standing support of Osisko and Glencore to Falco and the
development of the Horne 5 Project. Such extensions provide the
Corporation with additional flexibility to pursue the permitting
and development of this project”.
Amendments to
the Osisko
Loan
In consideration for the extension of the
maturity date of the Osisko Loan, the Osisko Loan will also be
amended effective as of December 31, 2024 in order for (i) the
accrued interest on the existing Osisko Loan to be capitalized such
that the principal amount of the amended Osisko Loan will be
approximately $23,881,821, (ii) the conversion price to be lowered
from $0.50 to $0.45 per Common Share, and (iii) the interest
rate to be increased from 8% to 9% (collectively,
the “Osisko Loan
Amendments”). The 10,664,324 warrants of the
Corporation currently held by Osisko (the “Existing
Osisko Warrants”), each exercisable for one common share
of Falco (the “Common Shares”) at an exercise
price of $0.65 per Common Share, will remain outstanding in
accordance with their terms until their expiry on December 31,
2024. In consideration for the extension of the maturity date of
the Osisko Loan, the Corporation will issue to Osisko, on December
31, 2024, 17,690,237 warrants (the “New Osisko
Warrants”), each exercisable at any time from and after
January 1, 2025, for one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.58
per Common Share and expiring on December 31, 2025.
Amendments to
the Glencore
Debenture
In consideration for the extension of the
maturity date of the Glencore Debenture, the Glencore Debenture
will also be amended effective as of December 31, 2024 (the
“Amended Glencore Debenture”) in order for (i) the
accrued interest on the existing Glencore Debenture up to December
31, 2024 to be capitalized such that the principal amount of the
amended Glencore Debenture will be approximately $13,985,960, (ii)
the conversion price to be increased to $0.37 per Common Share
(from $0.36), and (iii) the interest rate to be increased from 9%
to 10% (collectively, the “Glencore Debenture
Amendments”). The 15,061,158 warrants of the Corporation
currently held by Glencore (the “Existing Glencore
Warrants”) will remain outstanding in accordance with
their terms until their expiry on December 31, 2024. In
consideration for the extension of the maturity date of the
Glencore Debenture, the Corporation will issue to Glencore, on
December 31, 2024, 19,424,944 warrants (the “New Glencore
Warrants”), each exercisable at any time from and after
January 1, 2025, at an exercise price of (i) $0.38 per Common Share
for 15,061,158 of the New Glencore Warrants and (ii) $0.42 per
Common Share for the remaining 4,363,786 New Glencore Warrants, and
expiring on December 31, 2025.
The New Glencore Warrants and the Amended
Glencore Debenture will provide that unless shareholder approval
from disinterested shareholders of the Corporation has been
obtained in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws and
TSX Venture Exchange policies, the holder of the New Glencore
Warrants and Amended Glencore Debenture will not be permitted to
exercise any portion of the New Glencore Warrants or convert any
portion of the Amended Glencore Debenture if, following such
exercise or conversion, as applicable, the holder thereof and its
affiliates would own, directly or indirectly, more than 19.9% of
the outstanding Common Shares.
The Osisko Loan Amendments and the issuance of
the New Osisko Warrants (the “Osisko
Transactions”) are considered “related party transactions”
under Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions (“Regulation
61-101”). The Osisko Transactions are exempt from the
requirements to obtain a formal valuation pursuant to section
5.5(b) of Regulation 61-101. However, Falco is required to obtain
minority approval for the Osisko Transactions as none of the
exemptions contained under Regulation 61-101 are currently
available to the Corporation.
Closing of the Osisko Transactions is
conditional upon (i) obtaining minority approval of the
shareholders of the Corporation, excluding the Common Shares held
by Osisko Development Corp., to be sought at the special meeting of
shareholders of the Corporation to be held on December 10, 2024
(the “Shareholders’ Meeting”), (ii) approval of
the TSX Venture Exchange, and (iii) concurrent closing of the
Glencore Debenture Amendments and the issuance of the New Glencore
Warrants on the terms described herein.
Closing of the Glencore Debenture Amendments and
the issuance of the New Glencore Warrants is conditional upon (i)
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, and (ii) concurrent closing
of the Osisko Transactions on the terms described herein. Subject
to satisfaction of such conditions, closing of the Osisko Loan
Amendments and the Glencore Debenture Amendments, and closing of
the Osisko Transactions is expected to occur concurrently on
December 31, 2024. Additional information will be included in the
management proxy circular to be filed at www.sedarplus.ca.
Prior to the transactions contemplated by this
press release, Osisko held the Osisko Loan in the principal amount
of $20,484,195, which is convertible into 40,968,390 Common Shares
and also held 10,664,324 Existing Osisko Warrants, representing
approximately 15.6% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on
a partially diluted basis assuming the conversion in full of the
Osisko Loan and the exercise in full of the 10,664,324 Existing
Osisko Warrants. Immediately following closing, on a partially
diluted basis assuming the conversion in full of the Osisko Loan
and the exercise in full of the New Osisko Warrants, Osisko would
have beneficial ownership of, or control and direction over
70,760,950 Common Shares, representing approximately 20.2% of the
Common Shares issued and outstanding. Osisko holds approximately
40% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Osisko
Development Corp, which has beneficial ownership of, or control and
direction over 46,885,240 Common Shares and 8,802,222 warrants of
the Corporation, representing approximately 19.3% of the issued and
outstanding Common Shares on a partially diluted basis assuming the
exercise in full of the 8,802,222 warrants.
About
Falco
Falco Resources Ltd. is one of the largest
mineral claim holders in the Province of Québec, with extensive
land holdings in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Falco owns
approximately 67,000 hectares of land in the Noranda Mining Camp,
which represents 67% of the entire camp and includes 13 former gold
and base metal mine sites. Falco’s principal asset is the Falco
Horne 5 Project located under the former Horne mine that was
operated by Noranda from 1927 to 1976 and produced 11.6 million
ounces of gold and 2.5 billion pounds of copper. Osisko Development
Corp is Falco’s largest shareholder owning a 16.7% interest in the
Corporation.
For further
information, please
contact:Luc LessardPresident, Chief Executive
Officer and Director 514-261-3336info@falcores.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
Cautionary
Statement on
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information (together, “forward
looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities
laws. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be
identified by words such as “plans”, “expects”, “seeks”, “may”,
“should”, “could”, “will”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”,
“forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, or variations
including negative variations thereof of such words and phrases
that refer to certain actions, events or results that may, could,
would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. These
statements are made as of the date of this news release. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing statements, the statements
relating to the Osisko Loan Amendments, the Glencore Debenture
Amendments, as well as the issuance of the New Glencore Warrants
and New Osisko Warrants are forward-looking statements and will not
be completed until approved by the TSX Venture Exchange and until
appropriate shareholder approval is obtained with respect to Osisko
Loan Amendments and the issuance of the Osisko Warrants. There is
no assurance that the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange to such
transactions will be obtained nor that shareholder approval with
respect to Osisko Loan Amendments and the issuance of the Osisko
Warrants will be obtained. Forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
the actual results, performance, prospects and opportunities to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, the risk factors set out in Falco’s annual
and/or quarterly management discussion and analysis and in other of
its public disclosure documents filed on SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.ca, as well as all assumptions regarding the
foregoing. Although the Corporation believes the forward-looking
statements in this news release are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that the expectations and assumptions in such statements
will prove to be correct. Consequently, the Corporation cautions
investors that any forward-looking statements by the Corporation
are not guarantees of future results or performance and that actual
results may differ materially from those in forward-looking
statements.
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