Mammoth Enters Option Agreement With Centerra Gold on Its Tenoriba Precious Metal Property, Mexico
December 20 2018 - 8:00AM
Mammoth Resources Corp. (TSX-V: MTH), (the
“Company”, or
“Mammoth”) is pleased to
announce the signing of an option agreement with Centerra Gold Inc.
(“Centerra”) to option Mammoth’s Tenoriba precious metal property
located in the prolific Sierra Madre precious metal belt in
southwestern Chihuahua State, Mexico. Centerra has the option to
earn up to a 70% interest in Tenoriba upon total project
expenditures of US$9.0 million over a seven-year period,
expenditure amounts which can be accelerated depending on
exploration success.
Thomas Atkins, President and CEO of
Mammoth commented on the signing of this agreement,
stating: “We’re exceptionally pleased to be partnering
with Centerra in the exploration-development of Tenoriba. The depth
of Centerra’s technical experience in these types of mineral
systems, their experience in project exploration and mine
development, combined with their financial strength and the
economies in costs and services a company of Centerra’s strength
and size can achieve have the potential to assist in advancing
Tenoriba beyond what Mammoth could achieve on its own. The option
agreement ensures robust exploration expenditures over a reasonable
time frame, amounts which can be accelerated depending on the level
of success, and which enables Mammoth shareholders to retain a 30
percent interest in the project upon Centerra having fulfilled its
total US$9.0 million expenditure obligation.
“We’re excited for the new year and the
advancement of exploration activities with Centerra, following up
on the successes of the 2018 and 2007 drill programs at Tenoriba
which together totalled 28 drill holes in various locations
along an approximate 4 kilometre strike length which remains open
to the east and west. Drilling intersected potentially economical
grades in the majority of these holes with many intersections
occurring over tens of metres.”
Details on the terms of the option agreement
include a committed minimum US$500,000 in project exploration
Expenditures (all exploration costs, property taxes, surface rights
and administrative fees) over the first twelve-month period from
the Effective Date of signing this option agreement and which over
the four-year term of the first option include total Expenditures
of US$5,000,000 upon which having completed such Expenditures,
Centerra will earn a 51% interest in the property. The schedule of
Expenditures are as follows:
- On or before the first anniversary
of the Effective Date, Expenditures in the aggregate are no less
than $500,000;
- On or before the second anniversary
of the Effective Date, Expenditures when aggregated are no less
than $1,500,000;
- On or before the third anniversary
of the Effective Date, Expenditures when aggregated are no less
than $3,000,000; and
- On or before the fourth anniversary
of the Effective Date, Expenditures when aggregated are no less
than 5,000,000;
Centerra having earned this initial 51% interest
has a second option entitlement to earn an additional 19% of the
ownership interests in the Tenoriba property by performing the
following within the three-year period following initiation of this
second option:
- Incurring additional Expenditures
on Tenoriba in the aggregate amount of US$4,000,000 and completing
a preliminary economic assessment level study on Tenoriba which
identifies a mineral resource which is compliant with National
Instrument 43-101; and
- Upon having completed the
additional Expenditures under the second option, make cash payments
of US$550,000 to Mammoth, or at Centerra’s option issue to Mammoth
Centerra common shares totalling US$550,000 (in the event that
common shares are issued, the five-day volume weight trading price
of a Centerra common share on the Toronto Stock Exchange
immediately prior the date of issuance will be used to determine
the number of shares to be issued, any Centerra common shares
issued subject to a hold period during which shares cannot be sold,
as required by the Ontario Securities Act).
In the event either party selects not to fund
its respective interest going forward such non-participating party
may be diluted to a 10 percent interest whereupon such interest
would revert to a two percent NSR, of which one percent can be
purchased for US$1.0 million and the non-diluted party has a right
of first refusal on the sale of the remaining one percent NSR
interest.
During the term of this option agreement, and
until Centerra’s interest drops below a 50 percent interest
(following its having earned the initial 51 percent interest),
Centerra will be the project operator. As project operator Centerra
will submit program activities and budgets to Mammoth for review
and input prior to approval. Centerra will be eligible to receive a
management fee equal to 5% of invoiced drilling and certain other
high cost Expenditure activities (any single activity that exceeds
$50,000) or otherwise receive a 10% management fee on all other
Expenditures.
Mammoth would like to take this opportunity to
correct a statement made in a press release dated December 6, 2018.
In this press release it was stated that Mammoth requested approval
to issue 2,414,000 common shares of Mammoth at a deemed issuance
price of $0.05/share to settle amounts owed two third party
creditors. The Company would like to correct this statement to read
that it has requested approval to issue 1,535,600 shares of the
Company at a deemed issuance price of $0.05/share to these
creditors. The issuance of these shares remain subject to TSX
Venture Exchange approval.
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company's website
at: www.mammothresources.ca., or contact
Thomas Atkins, President and CEO at: 416 509-4326.
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