VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 20,
2023 /CNW/ - Luminex Resources Corp. (TSXV:
LR) (OTCQX: LUMIF) (the "Company" or "Luminex") is pleased to
advise that it has successfully reached agreement with a subsidiary
of Anglo American plc ("Anglo
American") to amend and restate the Pegasus earn-in and joint
venture agreement ("Amended Earn-In Agreement"). Under the
Amended Earn-In Agreement the Company has agreed to Anglo American having a right to earn-in and
retain the original 60% earn-in ownership threshold by spending
US$15M more than expenditures to
date, of which US$10M must be
allocated to direct drilling costs. Luminex will also be owed
US$3.9M by way of cash payments to
complete the earn-in to 60% ownership. Full details regarding the
revised earn-in terms and schedule are below in Table 1. In
addition, the parties have agreed to exit a portion of the
exploration tenure (Pegasus B) which can't be meaningfully
progressed in the short to medium term. Anglo American will also apply to reduce the
concession size at Pegasus A based on field work completed since
2018.
Marshall Koval, CEO and
Director commented: "Our team continues to believe that
Pegasus has the potential for large scale copper porphyry
discoveries and is happy to see Anglo
American has decided to continue its work and drilling."
Table 1: Comparison of Earn-in Terms
|
Original
Agreement
|
Amended
Earn-In Agreement
|
Operator
|
Anglo
American
|
Anglo
American
|
Term of the
Earn-in Period
|
September 25,
2025
|
December 31,
2026
|
|
Cumulative Earn-in
Thresholds
|
|
|
25%
Ownership
|
US$10M
(complete)
|
US$10M
(complete)
|
51% Ownership
(1st Option)
|
US$35M
(aggregate)
|
US$28M*
(aggregate)
|
60% Ownership
(2nd Option)
|
US$50M
(aggregate)
|
US$38M
(aggregate)
|
70% Ownership
(Development
Decision Option)
|
Sole funding to
construction
decision
|
Sole funding to
construction
decision
|
*US$5M of
incremental spending, plus the aggregate US$23M already spent as of
November 30, 2023
|
|
Cash
Payments
|
|
|
September 21,
2023
|
US$1.4M
|
Nil
|
September 21,
2024
|
US$2.5M
|
Nil
|
December 31,
2024
|
Nil
|
US$1.0M
|
December 31,
2025
|
Nil
|
US$1.1M
|
December 31,
2026
|
Nil
|
US$1.8M
|
In the event of Anglo American
withdrawing from the joint venture prior to the expiry of the
earn-in period, it will be entitled to a net smelter royalty and
has a clawback right in the event of a report determining that the
contained copper equivalent is greater than or equal to two million
five hundred thousand tonnes.
About Luminex Resources
Luminex Resources Corp. (TSXV:LR, OTCQX:LUMIF) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base
metals exploration and development company focused on gold and
copper projects in Ecuador.
Luminex's inferred and indicated mineral resources are located at
the Condor Gold-Copper project in Zamora-Chinchipe Province,
southeast Ecuador. Luminex also
holds a large and highly prospective land package in Ecuador.
Further details are available on the Company's website
at https://luminexresources.com/.
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LUMINEX RESOURCES CORP.
Signed: "Marshall Koval"
Marshall Koval, CEO and
Director
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hereof. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
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Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements and information herein, including all
statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of
applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or
information include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
future work and spending at Pegasus. Often, but not always,
forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the
use of phrases or statements that certain actions, events or
results "will" occur or be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information
contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions
including among other things, assumptions about general business
and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, and
anticipated costs and expenditures. The foregoing list of
assumptions is not exhaustive.
Although management of the Company believes that the
assumptions made and the expectations represented by such
statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance
that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove
to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their
nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry
results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements or information. These factors include,
but are not limited to: risks associated with the business of the
Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry
generally; the supply and demand for labour and other project
inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and
currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological
and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage,
grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating
to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of
equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications
or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and
equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government
approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and
unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental
matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political
risk and social unrest; changes in general economic conditions or
conditions in the financial markets; changes in laws (including
regulations respecting mining concessions); and other risk factors
as detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous
disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities administrators.
The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
information, except in accordance with applicable securities
laws.
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