Mayfair Gold Announces that Certain Employees May Withdraw Notices of Termination under Change of Control to Continue Employment with the Company
May 31 2024 - 6:00PM
Mayfair Gold Corp. (“
Mayfair” or the
“
Company”) (
TSX-V:
MFG; OTCQB:
MFGCF) announces that it has received
correspondence from all Terminating Employees (as defined below)
except Patrick Evans, that they may be willing to rescind their
Terminating Notices (as defined below) and direct that their
respective portions of the Change of Control Payment (as defined
below), totaling approximately $2.47 million, be returned to the
Company if acceptable settlement terms are reached.
Terminating Employees and Change of
Control Payments
As previously disclosed by the Company, on May
1, 2024, Patrick Evans (CEO), Justin Byrd (CFO), Howard Bird (VP
Exploration) and certain other employees (the “Terminating
Employees”) delivered notices (the “Terminating Notices”) to the
board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) terminating their
respective employment agreements pursuant to change of control
provisions in their respective employment agreements. On May 6,
2024, the Company, having received independent legal advice,
entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”)
with the Terminating Employees, whereby the Terminating Employees
agreed to hold in abeyance their Terminating Notices and continue
their employment with the Company up to the Company’s annual and
special general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) to be held
on June 5, 2024. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company
delivered approximately $4.0 million (the “Change of Control
Payment”) into trust until completion of the Meeting.
On May 27, 2024, Muddy Waters Capital LLC
(“Muddy Waters”) obtained an ex parte order from the Supreme Court
of British Columbia restricting the distribution of the Change of
Control Payment.
The Company announces that it has received
correspondence from all Terminating Employees except Patrick Evans
that they may be willing to rescind their Terminating Notices,
continue their employment relationship with the Company and direct
that their respective portions of the Change of Control Payment,
totaling approximately $2.47 million, be returned to the Company if
acceptable settlement terms are reached. Such settlement terms
include a release and waiver from the Company in favour of such
Terminating Employees. There is no assurance a settlement will be
reached between the parties, that any of the Terminating Employees
will rescind their Terminating Notices or that any portion of the
Change of Control Payment will be returned to the Company.
For more information regarding the Terminating
Employees, the Settlement Agreement and Muddy Waters’ ex parte
order, please see the Company’s management information circular
dated May 6, 2024 (the “Circular”) and the Company’s news releases
dated May 29, 2024 and May 9, 2024.
Proxy Contest
The Board advises shareholders to vote the WHITE
Proxy or voting instruction form well in advance of the deadline at
2:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on June 3, 2024, in connection
with the upcoming Meeting. Shareholders who have any questions
relating to the Meeting or about the completion and delivery of the
WHITE Proxy or voting instruction form, may contact Alliance
Advisors, LLC by telephone at 844-858-7380 or email at
Mayfair@allianceadvisors.com.
Additional details relating to the matters to be
voted upon at the Meeting and the Board’s recommendations are
included in the Circular, which is available on www.sedarplus.ca,
as well as the Investor Resources section of the Company’s website
at https://mayfairgold.ca/investor-resources/.
Scientific and Technical
Information
Scientific and technical information contained
in this news release has been derived, in part, from the Company’s
technical report titled “National Instrument 43 101 Technical
Report Fenn–Gib Project, Ontario, Canada” with an effective date of
April 6, 2023 and reviewed and approved by Tim Maunula, an
independent “qualified person” pursuant to National Instrument
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Mayfair
Mayfair Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration
company focused on advancing the 100% controlled Fenn-Gib gold
project in the Timmins region of Northern Ontario. The Fenn-Gib
gold deposit is Mayfair’s flagship asset and currently hosts an
updated NI 43-101 resource estimate with an effective date of April
6, 2023 with a total Indicated Resource of 113.69M tonnes
containing 3.38M ounces at a grade of 0.93 g/t Au and an Inferred
Resource of 5.72M tonnes containing 0.16M ounces at a grade of 0.85
g/t Au at a 0.40 g/t Au cut-off grade. The Fenn-Gib deposit has a
strike length of over 1.5km with widths ranging over 500m. The gold
mineralized zones remain open at depth and along strike to the east
and west. Recently completed metallurgical tests confirm that the
Fenn-Gib deposit can deliver robust gold recoveries of up to
94%.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For further information contact:Patrick Evans,
President and CEOPhone: (416) 670-5114Email:
patrick@mayfairgold.caWeb: www.mayfairgold.ca
Media contact:John Vincic, Oakstrom
AdvisorsPhone: (647) 402-6375Email: john@oakstrom.com
For information on voting:Alliance Advisors,
LLC Phone: 1-844-858-7380Email: Mayfair@allianceadvisors.com
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of
Canadian securities legislation (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”) that relate to
Mayfair’s current expectations and views of future events including
the return of any portion of the Change of Control Payment to the
Company; that a settlement will be reached with any of the
Terminating Employees; that any of the Terminating Employees will
continue their employment relationship with the Company; or that a
release and waiver will be provided by either of Muddy Waters or
the Company. Forward-looking statements and may involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these
expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking
statements included in this news release should not be unduly
relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this
news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number
of assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond Mayfair’s control, which
could cause actual results and events to differ materially from
those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward- looking
statements. Mayfair undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required
by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for Mayfair to predict all of them, or assess the impact
of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from
those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement.
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 news release.
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