Labrador Gold Provides Update on Sale of Kingsway Project
May 23 2024 - 7:30AM
Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX.V:LAB | OTCQX:NKOSF | FNR:2N6)
(“
LabGold” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce that further to its press release dated April
22, 2024, the Company is providing an update on the sale of the
Kingsway Project as required by the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange (“
TSXV”). Pursuant to the Definitive
Agreement with New Found Gold Corp. (“
NFG”), NFG
will acquire a 100% interest in the Kingsway Project, including all
property and mining rights associated with the property, (the
“
Transaction”) in exchange for $20,000,000 CAD
(the “
Purchase Price”) payable and satisfied by
the delivery to LabGold of such number of NFG Common Shares (the
“
Consideration Shares”) determined by dividing the
Purchase Price by the closing price of the NFG Common Shares on the
last trading day prior to the closing of the Transaction. The
Consideration Shares will be subject to a resale restriction of
four months and one day from the closing of the Transaction.
The Annual General and Special Shareholders
Meeting (the “Meeting”) to approve the Transaction
has been scheduled for June 27, 2024. Shareholders of record on May
15, 2024 will be entitled to vote at the Meeting. It is anticipated
that the Information Circular (the “Circular”) and
materials for the Meeting (the “Meeting Material”)
will be mailed to registered shareholders on or about May 27, 2024.
Beneficial shareholders will receive a voting instruction form
along with a notification with information on how they may access
the Meeting Materials electronically.
LabGold’s Board of Directors has unanimously
recommended that LabGold’s shareholders vote in favour of the
Transaction. The directors and officers of LabGold have entered
into voting and support agreements with NFG, pursuant to which they
have agreed, among other things, to vote their shares in favour of
the Transaction. Shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting who
do not expect to be present at the Meeting are encouraged to date,
sign and return the form of proxy or voting instruction form
delivered to them in favour of the Transaction.
Additional information regarding the Transaction
will be provided in the Circular that will be mailed to registered
shareholders and filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com.
The TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed
upon the merits of the proposed Transaction and has neither
approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.
About Labrador Gold
Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral
exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of
prospective gold projects in Eastern Canada.
The 100% owned Kingsway project is located in
the Gander area of central Newfoundland. The four licenses
comprising the Kingsway project cover approximately 12km of the
Appleton Fault Zone which is associated with numerous gold
occurrences in the region. Infrastructure in the area is excellent
located just 18km from the town of Gander with road access to the
project, nearby electricity and abundant local water. LabGold’s
drilling targeting high-grade epizonal gold mineralization along
the Appleton Fault Zone has outlined seven gold prospects to date.
The Company has approximately $6.5 million in working capital.
The Hopedale property covers much of the
Florence Lake greenstone belt that stretches over 60km. The belt is
typical of greenstone belts around the world but has been
underexplored by comparison. Work to date by Labrador Gold show
gold anomalies in rocks, soils and lake sediments over a 3
kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake
greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold
showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition,
anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over
approximately 40km along the southern section of the greenstone
belt. Labrador Gold now controls approximately 40km strike length
of the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.
The Company has 170,009,979 common shares issued
and outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the
symbol LAB.
For more information please contact: Roger Moss,
President and CEO Tel: 416-704-8291
Or visit our website at: www.labradorgold.com
X: @LabGoldCorp
This News Release should not be considered a
comprehensive summary of the Transaction. Additional information
will be disseminated at a future date. Completion of the
Transaction is subject to a number of conditions including, but not
limited to, TSXV approval. The Transaction cannot close until the
required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no
assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at
all.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed
in the Information Circular to be prepared in connection with the
Transaction, any information released or received with respect to
the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be
relied upon.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ
materially from the statements made. When used in this document,
the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future
events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors
could cause our actual results to differ materially from the
statements made, including those factors discussed in filings made
by us with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Should
one or more of these risks and uncertainties, such as actual
results of current exploration programs, the general risks
associated with the mining industry, the price of gold and other
metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased
competition and general economic and market factors, occur or
should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described
herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not
intend and do not assume any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Shareholders
are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements.
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