Falco Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: FPC) (“
Falco” or
the “
Corporation”) announces that the five
(5) nominees listed in the management information circular dated
November 4, 2024, were elected as directors of Falco.
Detailed results of the vote for the election of
directors held at the annual and special meeting of shareholders on
December 10, 2024, are set out below:
ITEM
No1Nominee |
Votes CastFOR |
Percentage(%) of VotesCast
FOR |
Votes AGAINST |
Percentage(%) of
VotesAGAINST |
Mario Caron |
117,113,938 |
99.637 |
426,433 |
0.363 |
Alexander Dann |
109,446,599 |
93.114 |
8,093,772 |
6.886 |
Paola Farnesi |
117,103,520 |
99.628 |
436,851 |
0.372 |
Luc Lessard |
117,473,626 |
99.943 |
66,745 |
0.057 |
Chantal Sorel |
113,119,685 |
96.239 |
4,420,686 |
3.761 |
Appointment and Remuneration of
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Chartered
Professional Accountants, was appointed as independent auditor of
the Corporation for the ensuing year, with the following
results:
ITEM No2 |
Votes castFOR |
Percentage(%) of
VotesCastFOR |
Votes WITHHELD |
Percentage(%) of
VotesWITHHELD |
Appointment and Remuneration of Auditor |
122,925,232 |
99.311 |
852,564 |
0.689 |
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Resolution
Shareholders approved the ordinary resolution
with respect to the approval of the Corporation’s existing rolling
10% long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”). The results
are as follows:
ITEM No3 |
Votes CastFOR |
Percentage(%) of
VotesCastFOR |
Votes
AGAINST |
Percentage(%) of
VotesAGAINST |
Ordinary resolution to approve the LTIP |
101,288,332 |
86.173 |
16,252,039 |
13.827 |
Osisko Amendments
Resolution
The majority of the disinterested shareholders
approved the ordinary resolution with respect to the amendment of
the Corporation’s existing convertible secured senior loan (the
“Osisko Loan”) with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
(“Osisko”) and the issuance of 17,690,237 warrants
of the Corporation to Osisko, each exercisable at any time from and
after January 1, 2025 for one common share of Falco (each a
“Common Share”) at an exercise price of $0.58 per
Common Share and expiring on December 31, 2025 (the
“Osisko Warrants”). The results
are as follows:
ITEM No4 |
Votes CastFOR |
Percentage(%) of
VotesCastFOR |
Votes
AGAINST |
Percentage(%) of
VotesAGAINST |
Ordinary resolution of disinterested shareholders to approve the
amendment of the Osisko Loan and the issuance of the Osisko
Warrants |
70,256,713 |
99.844 |
109,858 |
0.156 |
Closing of Senior Debt
Transactions
The Corporation also confirms that the
transactions previously announced on October 7, 2024, with each of
Osisko and Glencore Canada Corporation
(“Glencore”) have successfully closed on the date
hereof and will be effective as of December 31, 2024 (the
“Effective Date”)
Extension of the Maturity Date of the
Osisko Loan
In consideration for the extension of the
maturity date of the Osisko Loan, the Osisko Loan was amended with
effect as of the Effective Date in order for (i) the accrued
interest on the existing Osisko Loan up to the Effective Date to be
capitalized such that the principal amount of the amended Osisko
Loan is $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%. The 10,664,324 common share purchase
warrants of the Corporation currently held by Osisko, each
exercisable for one Common Share 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 the Effective Date, 17,690,237
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.
Extension of the Maturity Date of the
Glencore Debenture
In consideration for the extension of the
maturity date of the Corporation’s existing senior secured
convertible debenture entered into with Glencore (the
“Glencore Debenture”), the Glencore Debenture was
amended with effect as of the Effective Date (the “Amended
Glencore Debenture”) in order for (i) the accrued interest
on the existing Glencore Debenture up to the Effective Date to be
capitalized such that the principal amount of the Amended Glencore
Debenture is $13,985,960, (ii) the conversion price to be increased
from $0.36 to $0.37 per Common Share, and (iii) the interest rate
to be increased from 9% to 10%. The 15,061,158 common share
purchase warrants currently held by Glencore 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 the Effective Date, 19,424,944 common share
purchase 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, with the New Glencore
Warrants 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 Common Shares issuable upon conversion of
the Osisko Loan and the Glencore Debenture will be subject to a
hold period of four months from the Effective Date, in accordance
with applicable Canadian securities laws. The Osisko Warrants and
the New Glencore Warrants (and the underlying Common Shares
issuable pursuant thereto) will be subject to a hold period of four
months from the Effective Date, in accordance with applicable
Canadian securities laws.
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
Director514-261-3336info@falcores.com
Anthony GlavacChief Financial Officer514-604-9310
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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.
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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