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M&A / Property

Bathurst amends option terms for Nunavut properties

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Executive Summary

  • Bathurst Metals Corp. amended its option agreement to acquire 100 % of the Gladstone Gold and Northern Gold properties for $8,000 cash plus issuance of 4 M common shares and 4 M share purchase warrants (each warrant exercisable at $0.08 for three years).
  • The vendors will retain a 2.0 % net smelter return royalty on any minerals produced from the acquired properties.
  • The two properties together cover ~2,583 ha and host multiple historic gold showings with grades ranging up to 143.76 g/t Au (Gladstone) and 6.58 g/t Au (Northern).

Key Details

  • Consideration: $8,000 cash; issuance of 4,000,000 common shares and 4,000,000 transferable share purchase warrants.
  • Warrant Terms: Each warrant allows the holder to purchase one additional common share at $0.08 per share for a period of three years from TSX Venture Exchange acceptance of the transaction.
  • Royalty: Vendors retain a 2.0 % net smelter return royalty on any minerals extracted from the Gladstone and Northern properties.
  • Gladstone Gold Property:
  • Area: 1,197.371 ha.
  • Historic gold assays: 2.12 – 143.76 g/t Au.
  • Associated arsenic: 0.64 % – 2.20 %; lead up to 1.04 %; zinc up to 0.31 %.
  • West Gold Claim (recently staked adjacent to Gladstone):
  • Two historic gold showings up to 5.0 g/t Au.
  • Arsenic up to 2.68 %; zinc up to 0.31 %.
  • Northern Gold Property:
  • Area: 1,386.079 ha (south of Gladstone).
  • Historic gold assay: up to 6.58 g/t Au.
  • Arsenic up to 0.62 %; lead up to 1.0 %.
  • Qualified Person: Lorne Warner, P.Geo., President & Director of Bathurst Metals, reviewed and approved the technical information per NI 43‑101.
  • Assay Disclaimer: Historical assay results are from prior operators; Bathurst Metals has not independently verified them and will need verification through future exploration.

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