Melior Resources Inc.: Closing of the Belridge Acquisition and Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
May 15 2014 - 12:56PM
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Melior Resources Inc.: Closing of the Belridge Acquisition and
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 15, 2014) - Further to the
announcement of 31 March 2014, Melior Resources Inc.
(TSX-VENTURE:MLR) ("Melior" or the "Corporation") is pleased to
announce that, following the receipt of final approval from the TSX
Venture Exchange, it has completed its acquisition of 100% of the
issued and outstanding shares of Belridge Enterprises Pty Ltd
("Belridge"), owner of the Goondicum ilmenite project.
Additionally, as previously
announced, effective today, Dr. Charles Entrekin has stepped down
as Chief Executive Officer of Melior and will be replaced by Mr.
Mark McCauley. Dr. Entrekin will continue in his role as Chairman
of the board. Mr. McCauley will also join the Melior board as an
executive director.
Dr. Charles Entrekin, Chairman of Melior, commented, "We are
very pleased to have closed the transaction to acquire the
Goondicum project and excited at the opportunities that bringing
the operation back into production will yield. Furthermore, we are
delighted to welcome Mark to the role of CEO of Melior and we look
forward to Mark's leadership in realizing the full potential of the
Goondicum project."
Belridge is an
Australian-incorporated company which owns the Goondicum ilmenite
project located in Queensland, Australia. The acquisition
constituted a "Change of Business" transaction of the Corporation
in accordance with Policy 5.2 of the Exchange. Concurrent with
closing of the Acquisition, the Corporation was re-classified from
a Tier 1 Investment Issuer to a Tier 1 Mining Issuer on the
Exchange.
Melior today issued 38,087,971
common shares to the shareholders of Belridge as consideration for
the acquisition. Up to an additional 38,087,971 common shares may
become issuable to the Belridge shareholders as earn-out
consideration if certain conditions are met as described in
Melior's press release of March 31, 2014. The Corporation has filed
on SEDAR a Filing Statement in respect of the acquisition along
with a National Instrument 43-101 compliant Technical Report
relating to the Goondicum Project. These documents are available
under the Corporation's profile at www.sedar.com and contain
further details about the acquisition and the Goondicum
Project.
About Mark
McCauley
Mr. McCauley was formerly
Managing Director of Belridge Enterprises Pty Ltd, the former owner
of the Goondicum Project. Mr. McCauley has substantial mining
experience and has been involved in the development of several
major mining projects in Australia and Argentina, including
turnaround and organizational restructuring. Mr. McCauley was a
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Norton
Goldfields Limited from September 2007 until June 2010 during which
time he was also Managing Director for a nine month period of
restructuring. Mr. McCauley served as Chief Financial Officer and
Company Secretary of Felix Resources Ltd, an ASX listed coal mining
company, from October 2003 to February 2007 during which time it
went from a market cap of $35 million to a market cap of over $1
billion.
Mr. McCauley has previously
been a director of several AIM and ASX listed mining and
exploration companies. Mr. McCauley completed an Advanced
Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2003, holds an
MBA from Bond University in Australia (with Majors in Finance and
Accounting) and has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University
of Queensland.
About the Corporation
Melior Resources Inc.
(TSX-VENTURE:MLR) ("Melior"), is the owner and operator of the
Goondicum mine, a past-producing ilmenite and apatite mine
strategically located in Queensland Australia. Melior is committed
to restarting and expanding the Goondicum operations. Further
details on Melior and the Goondicum project can be found at
www.meliorresources.com and regulatory filings are available on
SEDAR.
The Corporation is
incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporations
Act (British Columbia) and has a registered office in Toronto,
Ontario. The Corporation is classified as a Tier 1 Mining Issuer
under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
READER ADVISORY
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
release.
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information under the provisions of Canadian securities laws.
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forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "is
expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts",
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actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should",
"might" or "will" be taken, "occur" or "be achieved" or the
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assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although
considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be
imprecise. Actual results, performance or achievement could differ
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forward-looking information and, accordingly, no assurance can be
given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking
information will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what
benefits Melior will derive therefrom. Melior disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities
laws.
Melior Resources Inc.Thomas MasneyChief Financial
Officer416-644-1217info@meliorresources.comwww.meliorresources.com
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