Desert Gold Signs Guinean Option Agreement
December 22 2010 - 12:38PM
Marketwired
Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: DAU)(OTCQX:
DAUGF)(FRANKFURT: QXR1) ("Desert Gold" or the "Company") is pleased
to announce the signing of an Option Agreement (the "Agreement")
with Mr. Mohammed Sylla of LA SOCIETE KAI GLOBAL LTD. (the
"Vendor") for the exploration and exploitation of the KAI gold
property located in Guinea.
The KAI gold property (the "Property"), which formed a
substantial portion of the original agreement with SM/HM Guinea
SARL, consists of approximately 418 square kilometers in the Region
of Kankan, in the Prefecture of Siguiri, about 850km from the
capital city of Conakry. In March the Company signed an initial
Option Agreement with SM/HM Guinea SARL, a company registered in
Guinea, Conakry (see news release of March 29th 2010). In June of
2010 the Company carried out an initial property examination using
a team consisting of a contract geologist and a mining engineer
(see news release of June 15th 2010).
The Company has now entered into an Option Agreement with Mr.
Mohammed Sylla, the underlying owner of the claims making up the
property. The Agreement provides for the Company to acquire a 70%
undivided right, title and interest in and to the Property subject
to a 2% NSR. Details of the transaction include an initial cash
payment of $75,000 USD upon Exchange approval, a further cash
payment of $75,000 USD 12 months from Exchange approval, and a cash
payout of $1.5-million based on the successful completion of an NI
43-101 Report with a resource of at least 750,000 ounces of
recoverable gold from the Property. The Company will also issue
shares to the vendor in the amount equal to $75,000 USD upon
Exchange approval, with a further share issuance equal to $75,000
USD, 12 months from Exchange approval. The 2% NSR is subject to a
buy-out clause by the Company for 1 % of the agreed NSR for
$2-million CAD.
This Agreement is subject to final due diligence by the Company,
acceptance of the Agreement by the Company's Board of Directors and
approval of the transaction by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Contingent on final approvals and successful due diligence the
Company intends to deploy resources into Guinea by developing human
resources and a corporate presence in the country in conjunction
with the local Guinean partners. An initial visit to Guinea and the
Property by the Company's Management team is planned for early
January 2011. Initial exploration is planned for Q1 2011 with the
objective of further defining potential gold zones to define a
drilling program.
In addition to this Agreement, the Company will be nominating
Mr. Sylla to its Advisory Board in support of the development of
the Guinean properties. Mr. Sylla will also be charged with
utilizing his extensive network to introduce the Company to other
potential mining acquisitions in Guinea and elsewhere in
Africa.
Desert Gold Chairman, Mr. Ayub Khan says, "Mr. Sylla, an active
and successful businessman who played football professionally,
notably with the Celtic Rangers, enjoys a privileged relationship
with his home country of Guinea. His partnership and corporate
responsibilities will be an invaluable asset to Desert Gold for the
advancement of our Guinean properties. We intend to make Guinea one
of our key African focuses, and we believe this acquisition will
complement and strengthen our expanding global portfolio of
properties."
The Company, pursuant to the Company's stock option plan, has
granted a total of 200,000 incentive stock options to directors,
officers, employees and consultants. The options granted will be
exercisable at a price of $1.25 per share for a period of five (5)
years and will be subject to a vesting schedule in accordance with
TSX Venture Exchange requirements.
We seek safe harbor.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Ayub Khan, Chairman
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to
be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in
this release, other than statements of historical facts, that
address future production, reserve potential, exploration and
development activities and events or developments that the Company
expects, are forward-looking statements. Although management
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are
not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or
developments may differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements
include market prices, exploration and development successes,
continued availability of capital and financing, and general
economic, market or business conditions. Please see our public
filings at www.sedar.com for further information.
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.
Contacts: Desert Gold Ventures Inc. Ayub Khan Chairman 604 687
2038 604 687 3141 (FAX) www.desertgold.ca
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