Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Torex”) (TSX:
TXG) announces the Company has finalized a credit agreement
with a syndicate of Banks which increases the amount of credit
available to $250 million from $150 million and extends the
maturity of the facilities into 2025 from 2023.
Andrew Snowden, CFO of Torex, stated:
“We are pleased to increase the capacity and
extend the maturity of our credit facilities with a syndicate of
supportive lenders. The amended credit agreement represents another
key de-risking milestone in the development of the Media Luna
Project. The amended facilities provided by Bank of Montreal, as
Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent, The
Bank of Nova Scotia, as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger and
Syndication Agent, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada, ING
Capital LLC., National Bank of Canada and Societe Generale, further
enhances the Company’s financial flexibility. The facilities
include similar covenants and security to the prior credit
agreement and maintain the optionality for the Company to pursue a
potential future high yield debt offering, assuming the interest
rate and maturity are advantageous to Torex shareholders.
“With $311 million of cash on hand at the end of
June, no debt, and strong forecast cash flow from El Limón Guajes,
the $250 million available under the latest credit facilities place
Torex on solid footing to fund the development of Media Luna,
continue to invest in value-generating exploration, and maintain a
minimum of $100 million of liquidity on the balance sheet.”
The credit agreement consists of a $150 million
revolving credit facility and a $100 million term loan credit
facility. The $150 million revolving credit facility matures on
December 31, 2025 and is subject to quarterly commitment reductions
of $12.5 million commencing on March 31, 2024. The $100 million
term loan facility can be drawn until December 31, 2023, matures on
June 30, 2025 and is subject to four equal quarterly repayment
instalments commencing on September 30, 2024. Both the revolving
credit facility and term loan facility can be repaid in full
anytime without penalty.
These facilities bear an interest rate of Term
SOFR plus a Credit Spread Adjustment and an Applicable Margin based
on the Company’s leverage ratio. The Applicable Margin applied is
2.50% based on a leverage ratio less than 1.0 times, 2.75% at a
ratio less than 2.0 times, 3.00% at a ratio less than 2.5 times,
and 3.50% at a ratio equal to or greater than 2.5 times. Any unused
portion of the facilities will be subject to a customary commitment
fee. The Credit Spread Adjustment will range from 0.10% to
0.25%.
The revolving credit facility and term loan
facility include standard and customary financing terms and
conditions, including those related to security, fees,
representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions.
The amended and restated Credit Agreement will
be posted to SEDAR (www.sedar.com) in due course.
ABOUT TOREX GOLD RESOURCES
INC.Torex is an intermediate gold producer based in
Canada, engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of
its 100% owned Morelos Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in the
highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt located 180 kilometres
southwest of Mexico City. The Company’s principal asset is the
Morelos Complex, which includes the El Limón Guajes (“ELG”) Mining
Complex, the Media Luna Project, the processing plant and related
infrastructure. Commercial production from the Morelos Complex
commenced on April 1, 2016 and an updated Technical Report for the
Morelos Complex was released in March 2022. Torex’s key strategic
objectives are to extend and optimize production from the ELG
Mining Complex, de-risk and advance Media Luna to commercial
production, build on ESG excellence, and to grow through ongoing
exploration across the entire Morelos Property.
For further information, please contact:
TOREX GOLD RESOURCES INC. |
|
Jody
Kuzenko |
Dan Rollins |
President and CEO |
Senior Vice President, Corporate
Development & Investor Relations |
Direct: (647) 725-9982 |
Direct: (647) 260-1503 |
jody.kuzenko@torexgold.com |
dan.rollins@torexgold.com |
CAUTIONARY NOTE
Forward Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking
statements" and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking
information also includes, but is not limited to, statements that:
the facility continues to maintain optionality for the Company to
pursue a potential future high yield debt offering, assuming the
interest rate and maturity are advantageous to Torex shareholders;
with $311 million of cash on hand at the end of June, no debt, and
strong forecast cash flow from El Limón Guajes, the $250 million
available under the latest credit facility places Torex on solid
footing to fund the development of Media Luna, continue to invest
in value-generating exploration, and maintain a minimum of $100
million of liquidity on the balance sheet; and Torex’s key
strategic objectives are to extend and optimize production from the
ELG Mining Complex, de-risk and advance Media Luna to commercial
production, build on ESG excellence, and to grow through ongoing
exploration across the entire Morelos Property. Generally,
forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology such as “forecast,” “continues”,
“potential”, “future”, “strategic” or variations of such words and
phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results
“will”, “may,” “could,” “would,” “might,” or “on track,”, “well
positioned to” or “on strong footing to” occur. Forward-looking
information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of
activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including, without limitation, risks
and uncertainties identified in the technical report (the
“Technical Report”) released on March 31, 2022, entitled “NI 43-101
Technical Report ELG Mine Complex Life of Mine Plan and Media Luna
Feasibility Study”, which has an effective date of March 16, 2022,
and the Company’s annual information form (“AIF”) and management’s
discussion and analysis (the “MD&A”) or other unknown but
potentially significant impacts. Forward-looking information and
statements are based on the assumptions discussed in the Technical
Report, the AIF, the MD&A and such other reasonable
assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in
light of its experience and perception of trends, current
conditions and expected developments, and other factors that
management believes are relevant and reasonable in the
circumstances at the date such statements are made. Although the
Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
the forward-looking information, there may be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated. There can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not
undertake to update any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information or future events or otherwise, except as
may be required by applicable securities laws.
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