Osino Resources Corp. (TSX:OSI.V) (NSX:OSN) (FSE:RSR1)
(OTCQX:OSIIF) ("
Osino" or the
"
Company") announces that it has received a
proposal from a foreign-based mining company for the acquisition of
all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (the
“
Common Shares”) and all of the issued and
outstanding securities convertible into Common Shares for cash
consideration of C$1.90 for each Common Share by way of a
plan of arrangement (the “
New Offer”).
The Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board") has unanimously determined, after
consultation with its financial and legal advisors, and based upon
the unanimous recommendation of the special committee of the Board,
that the New Offer constitutes a "Superior
Proposal" in accordance with the terms of the arrangement
agreement between the Company and Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
("DPM") dated December 17, 2023, (the
"DPM Arrangement Agreement").
Superior Proposal Key Terms
Pursuant to the terms of the New Offer, the
Company's shareholders would receive cash consideration
of C$1.90 for each Common Share, valuing Osino at
approximately C$368 million. The New Offer contemplates that
the offeror (the “Offeror”) will provide the
Company with a loan comprising of (i) US$10 million facility
concurrently with the execution of the arrangement agreement to
enable the continued, fast-tracked development of the Twin Hills
gold project and to fund other liquidity needs of the Company and
(ii) an advance in an amount equal to the termination fee payable
by the Company in the event of a termination of the DPM Arrangement
Agreement as a result of the New Offer (the "New
Facility"). The New Facility will be convertible into
Common Shares at C$1.39 per Common Share (i) at the Offeror’s
option at any time; and (ii) in the event the reverse termination
fee is payable by the Offeror.
Based on the closing price of the DPM common
shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange as of February 16, 2024,
the Superior Proposal represents a premium of approximately 32% to
the implied value of the consideration offered pursuant to the DPM
Arrangement Agreement and approximately 68% premium to the
unaffected share price one trading day prior to announcement of the
DPM Arrangement Agreement.
Except for the consideration being offered and
certain buyer-specific regulatory closing conditions, the
arrangement agreement that would be entered into with the Offeror
is substantially the same as the DPM Arrangement Agreement.
Commensurate with the increase in consideration, the proposed
arrangement agreement with the Offeror provides for an increase in
the termination fee to US$9.55 million, which is payable in
certain circumstances by the Company to the Offeror and the
repayment of amounts owing under the New Facility. The proposed
arrangement agreement with the Offeror also includes a reverse
termination fee in the amount of US$9.55 million which is
payable by the Offeror to the Company in certain specified
circumstances.
DPM Response
In accordance with the DPM Arrangement
Agreement, the Company notified DPM today that, among other
matters, it considers the New Offer to be a Superior Proposal under
the DPM Arrangement Agreement and that the five business day
matching period commenced, during which DPM has the right, but not
the obligation, to propose to amend the terms of the DPM
Arrangement Agreement in order for the New Offer to cease to be a
Superior Proposal.
Following delivery of the notice, the Company
received notice from DPM advising that DPM will not propose to
amend the terms of the DPM Arrangement Agreement in light of the
Superior Proposal.
The Offeror and the Company have confirmed their
readiness and intention to execute the proposed arrangement
agreement promptly following a termination of the DPM Arrangement
Agreement. The Company is in the process of settling logistical
matters including payment of the termination fee to DPM in
anticipation of the termination of the DPM Arrangement Agreement in
accordance with its terms. Further details regarding the DPM
Arrangement Agreement and the Superior Proposal will be provided
once available in due course.
Upcoming Special Meeting of
Securityholders
In the event the DPM Arrangement Agreement is
terminated, the Company will provide notice to securityholders of
the cancellation of the special meeting of securityholders
(currently scheduled for March 1, 2024). In the event the proposed
arrangement agreement is executed, the Company will provide a new
date and time on which a special meeting is expected to be held in
connection with the Superior Proposal, including information as to
the timing of the delivery of new meeting materials to
securityholders in connection therewith and the filing of the new
meeting materials on SEDAR+.
This news release does not constitute a change
of recommendation regarding the offer by DPM under the DPM
Arrangement Agreement.
Advisors and Counsel
BMO Capital Markets and Treadstone Resource
Partners are acting as financial advisors to Osino and its Board of
Directors and Eight Capital is acting as financial advisor to the
special committee of the Board. Stikeman Elliott LLP is acting as
Osino’s legal advisor.
About Osino Resources Corp.
Osino is a Canadian gold exploration and
development company focused on the fast-tracked development of our
wholly owned, Twin Hills Gold Project in central Namibia. Since its
grassroots discovery by Osino in August 2019 the Company has
completed more than 250,000m of drilling and has completed a suite
of specialist technical studies culminating in the recently
published Twin Hills Definitive Feasibility Study
("DFS") dated effective June 12, 2023. The DFS
describes a technically simple and economically robust open-pit
gold operation with a 13-year mine life and average annual gold
production of over 169,000oz per annum.
Osino has a commanding ground position of over
8,000km2 located within Namibia's prospective Damara sedimentary
mineral belt, mostly in proximity to and along strike of the
producing Navachab and Otjikoto Gold Mines. The Company is actively
exploring a range of gold prospects and targets along the belt by
utilizing a portfolio approach geared towards discovery, targeting
gold mineralization that fits the broad orogenic gold model.
Our projects are favourably located in central
and northern Namibia and are within easy reach from Namibia's
capital city, Windhoek. By virtue of its location, the Twin Hills
project benefits significantly from Namibia's well-established
infrastructure with paved highways, railway, power and water in
close proximity. Namibia is mining-friendly and lauded as one of
the continent's most politically and socially stable
jurisdictions.
Qualified Person’s
Statement
David Underwood, BSc. (Hons) is Vice President
Exploration of the Company and has reviewed and approved the
scientific and technical information in this news release and is a
registered Professional Natural Scientist with the South African
Council for Natural Scientific Professions (Pr. Sci. Nat.
No.400323/11) and a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101
– Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Further details are available on the Company's
website at https://osinoresources.com and under the Company's
profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors Heye Daun,
President and CEO
Contact InformationOsino
Resources Corp.Yaron
Conforti+1-604-687-2038yconforti@osinoresources.com
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Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation. Forward-looking information includes, without
limitation, statements and information with respect to the New
Offer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby; the execution of a definitive agreement with the Offeror
in connection with the New Offer; the termination of the DPM
Arrangement Agreement; and the timing of the special meeting of
securityholders. Generally, forward-looking information can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or
"does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words
and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may",
"could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be
achieved". Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a
number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by
management, are inherently subject to business, market and economic
risks, uncertainties and contingencies that may cause actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in forward-looking information, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. 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 statements.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. Other factors which could materially
affect such forward-looking information are described in the risk
factors in the Company's most recent annual management's discussion
and analysis which is available on the Company's profile on SEDAR+
at www.sedarplus.ca. The Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
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