VANCOUVER, June 11, 2019 /CNW/ - Tres-Or Resources Ltd.
("Tres-Or" or the "Company") (TSXV: TRS, OTCPK: TRSFF) is
pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive option
agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Kiboko Exploration Inc.
("Kiboko") to advance the Company's Fontana Gold Project located
near Amos, Québec (the
"Transaction"). All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars
unless stated otherwise.
Under the terms of the Option Agreement, Kiboko can earn an
initial 65% interest in the Fontana Gold Project, subject to
underlying royalties, within a four-year period from the closing of
the Transaction under the following conditions:
(a)
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Making total cash
payments or subscribing for securities of Tres-Or totalling
$1,000,000, and,
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(b)
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complete a technical
report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 that establishes a
mineral resource estimate of no less than one million (1,000,000)
ounces of gold of Inferred classification or higher, or incur
expenditures on the Fontana Gold Project's claims totalling
$4,000,000.
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In addition to receiving cash payments, Tres-Or shareholders
will maintain meaningful upside to the Fontana Gold Project as the
staged option agreement is expected to result in a joint venture as
spending or technical milestones are achieved.
Kiboko will be the operator of all work programs on the Fontana
Gold Project. Tres-Or will have representation on the Fontana Gold
Project's Technical, Environmental, Safety, and Social Committee,
whose members shall approve all work programs, budgets, and
disclosure related to the project.
Upon earning a 65% interest, Kiboko will have the option to
affect a merger with Tres-Or, form a joint venture, or acquire an
additional 25% interest, for an aggregate 90% interest. The
additional 25% interest may be acquired by incurring additional
exploration expenditures of $2,000,000 within a six-year period from the date
of the Transaction's closing or by completing a preliminary
economic assessment and a supporting technical report prepared in
accordance with NI 43-101.
Upon earning a 90% interest, Kiboko will have the option to
affect a merger or joint venture. In the event of a formation of a
joint venture, each party to the joint venture will be responsible
for its pro rata share of project expenditures. Should any party to
the joint venture fall below a 10% participating interest, their
interest shall convert to a 1% Net Smelter Returns ("NSR") royalty
on the first 1,000,000 ounces of gold production. The remaining
participating party shall also have a customary 90-day
right-of-first-refusal ("ROFR") on the sale of any portion of the
NSR and the right to purchase one-half of the NSR for $1,000,000.
As part of the Option Agreement, Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.
("Globex") has agreed that its royalty agreements, as they pertain
to certain claims that comprise the Fontana Gold Project, will be
extinguished and replaced with a single 2% NSR royalty agreement
for the entire Fontana Gold Project (the "New Royalty Agreement").
The New Royalty Agreement provides for a customary 90-day ROFR on
the sale of any portion of the NSR in favour of Tres-Or and Kiboko.
The New Royalty Agreement will also provide for a customary option
to buyout one-half of the 2% NSR for $2,000,000 at any time prior to commercial
production.
In addition, Tres-Or and Kiboko have both agreed to recognize
and confirm an additional 1.8% NSR on the Chenier claims (the
"Chenier Family NSR") under the condition that Globex's right to
purchase this royalty at any time for $360,000 be extended to Tres-Or and Kiboko.
Tres-Or and Kiboko have been granted a customary 90-day ROFR on any
potential sale of the Chenier Family NSR.
With respect to payments due to Globex, the current payments
schedule will be extinguished and restated as follows:
On or about the
closing of the Transaction
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$100,000
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On or before January
1, 2021
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200,000
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On or before January
1, 2022
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200,000
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$500,000
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The Option Agreement is subject to certain closing conditions,
including, but not limited to, the approval of the TSX Venture
Exchange.
About Kiboko Exploration Inc.
Kiboko is a private company whose management and technical team
consists of structural geologists, mineral resource evaluators, and
mining executives that have contributed to the securing of hundreds
of millions of dollars of capital for mining and exploration
ventures around the world. In particular, Kiboko's team has a
demonstrated history of advancing structurally-complex orogenic
coarse-gold deposits like the Fontana Gold Project from exploration
through resource definition, feasibility, and permitting.
Additional information related to Kiboko is available on the
Company's website (www.kibokoexploration.com)
About Tres-Or Resources Ltd.
Tres-Or Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: TRS) is a Canadian resource
company focused on exploring for diamond resources in the
Témiscamingue region of Québec. The Company's Fontana Gold Project
in the Abitibi region of Québec has been optioned to Kiboko
Exploration Inc. Additional information related to the
Company is available on SEDAR and on the Company's website
(www.tres-or.com).
On behalf of the Board of Directors
"Laura Lee Duffett"
Laura Lee Duffett. P.Geo.
President and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service
Provider (as the term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this news release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains projections and forward-looking
information that involve various risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitation, statements regarding the potential
extent of mineralization, resources, reserves, exploration results
and plans and objectives of the Company. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not restricted to, the early stage
development of the Company and its projects; general business,
economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; capital
market conditions and market prices for securities, junior market
securities and mining exploration company securities; commodity
prices, the amount of geological data available, the uncertain
reliability of drilling results and geophysical and geological data
and the interpretation thereof and the need for adequate financing
for future exploration and development efforts. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. These and all subsequent written
and oral forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and
opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly
qualified in their entirety by this notice. The Company assumes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements should
circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
SOURCE Tres-Or Resources Ltd.