Fulcrum
Metals plc / EPIC: FMET / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining
30 July 2024
Fulcrum Metals
plc
("Fulcrum" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Completion of option
agreement for sale of Saskatchewan Uranium
Projects
Further to the Company's
announcement of 3 July 2024, Fulcrum Metals plc (LON: FMET), a
company focused on mineral exploration and development in Canada,
is pleased to announce the closing of the definitive option
agreement (the "Agreement")
dated 2 July 2024 for the sale of the Company's uranium projects
located in Saskatchewan, Canada (the "Uranium Projects") to Terra Balcanica
Resources Corp. (CNSX: TERA) ("Terra").
Under the terms of the Agreement,
and as announced on 3 April 2024, Terra has the option to acquire
100% of Fulcrum's Uranium Projects, consisting of the
Charlot-Neely, Fontaine Lake, Snowbird and South Pendleton projects
by completing four years of exploration programmes and making a
series of cash and equity payments as outlined below:
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Cash to
Fulcrum
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Value of Shares in Terra to
Fulcrum
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Exploration Expenditures
required by Terra
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Payment received by Fulcrum on 4
April 2024
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CA$7,500
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Payment received by Fulcrum on 18
June 2024
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CA$25,000
less CA$7,500 exclusivity agreement
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CA$250,000
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Complete
minimum work expenditures totalling CA$3,250,000
Prior to
fourth anniversary of the Option Agreement
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Year 1
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CA$50,000
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CA$350,000
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Year 2
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CA$75,000
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CA$560,000
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Year 3
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CA$75,000
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CA$650,000
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Year 4
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CA$75,000
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CA$1,250,000
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Total
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CA$300,000
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CA$3,060,000
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CA$3,250,000
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On closing of the Agreement, Fulcrum
has been issued a total of 1,997,151 common shares in Terra (the
"Initial Terra Consideration
Shares") at a deemed issue price of $0.125 per Terra share
representing 4.49% per cent. of the issued share capital of Terra.
The Initial Terra Consideration Shares will be subject to a hold
period of four months from the date of issuance in accordance with
applicable securities laws in Canada. Thereafter Fulcrum has agreed
to orderly sales provisions with respect to the Initial Terra
Consideration Shares.
In addition, and following the
exercise of the option, Fulcrum will retain 1 per cent. net smelter
return ("NSR") royalty on
all claims with a buydown option of 0.5 per cent. NSR for CA$1
million.
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum,
commented:
"I
am pleased to be able to announce the closing of the option
agreement for the sale of Fulcrum's uranium assets to Terra
Balcanica Resources, which validates the ability of Fulcrum to be
able to realise value from its highly prospective exploration
portfolio for shareholders.
Fulcrum maintain exposure to the uranium assets through the
share equity payments totalling CDN$3m and the 1 per cent net
smelter royalty, whilst the obligated exploration expenditures of
CDN$3.25m will leverage against the value of that share equity with
no dilution to Fulcrum shareholders.
It
is an exciting time at Fulcrum as we concentrate our energy on our
innovative and low-environmental impact tailings processing assets,
Teck-Hughes and Sylvanite, as well as our drill ready gold projects
in Ontario. We believe that focusing on these assets, whilst
maintaining exposure to the uranium assets will be instrumental in
our ability to deliver value for our
shareholders."
For further information please
visit https://fulcrummetals.com/
or contact:
Fulcrum Metals PLC
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Ryan Mee (Chief Executive
Officer)
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Via St Brides Partners
Limited
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated adviser)
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Nick Athanas / George
Payne
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 328 5656
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Clear Capital Markets Limited (Broker)
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Bob Roberts
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 869 6081
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St
Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR)
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Ana Ribeiro / Paul Dulieu / Will
Turner
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
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