Kinbauri Board Issues No Recommendation on Orvana Offer
13 August 2009 - 6:56PM
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The board of directors of Kinbauri Gold Corp. ("Kinbauri") (TSX
VENTURE: KNB)(FRANKFURT: 3KG.DE) today advised that it intends to
maintain a no recommendation with respect to the offer (the
"Offer") of Orvana Minerals Corp. ("Orvana"). On July 21, 2009,
Orvana raised the price under the Offer to C$0.75 per share from
C$0.55 and extended the expiry date of the Offer to July 31, 2009.
On August 4, 2009, Orvana extended the expiry time of the Offer to
8:00 pm (Toronto time) on August 17, 2009.
As advised in its press release of August 7, 2009, Kinbauri
continues to conduct its value maximization process. It has
received a preliminary, non-binding expression of interest (the
"Expression of Interest") from a large European based private
mining corporation. The Expression of Interest contemplates
purchasing a 51% interest in Kinbauri Espana from Kinbauri. The
proposed transaction would be financed through the current
financial resources of the interested company, and would be subject
to certain conditions, including satisfactory completion of due
diligence.
The Kinbauri Board has decided to continue to make no
recommendation with respect to the Offer. Although they have been
advised by Gryphon Partners, financial advisor to the Special
Committee, that the Offer is fair to Shareholders from a financial
point of view, no Kinbauri director intends to tender their Common
Shares to the Offer because they do not believe that the Offer is
satisfactory.
Since termination of the agreement with ATW Gold Corp., the
Kinbauri board has attempted to negotiate with Orvana a higher
price under the Offer, in exchange for the support of the Offer by
the Kinbauri board. Orvana has declined to enter into any such
negotiations. The Kinbauri board believes that this failure by
Orvana to be willing to gain the support of the Kinbauri board for
the Offer is a clear intention of Orvana's determination to acquire
Kinbauri at the lowest price possible. From communications received
from shareholders, the Kinbauri board knows that a significant
number of Kinbauri shareholders have the same opinion of the Offer.
Also, Orvana has failed to achieve the minimum tender condition of
the Offer despite four extensions of the expiry date of the Offer
and an increase in the price of the Offer. This failure to achieve
the Offer's minimum tender condition has not been a result of the
refusal of the directors and officers of Kinbauri to accept the
Offer, as they hold less than 5% of the outstanding Common
Shares.
In considering how to respond to the Offer, Shareholders are
advised to consider the following:
- Orvana indicated in its press release dated August 3, 2009
that the extension of the Offer on August 4, 2009 was "our final
offer and final extension".
- Gryphon Partners has advised that the Offer is fair, from a
financial point of view, to Shareholders.
- Although Kinbauri will continue its process to secure value
maximizing alternatives to the Offer, such as the Expression of
Interest, based on the current status of this process, it is
uncertain whether an offer superior to the Offer will emerge before
the expiry of the Offer on August 17, 2009. Shareholders should be
aware that if Shareholders do not tender, and the Offer is
withdrawn and no other offer is forthcoming, the Common Shares may
trade at a significant discount to the current market price.
- In the absence of a value maximizing transaction such as the
Offer, Kinbauri will ultimately require additional financing in the
order of 40 million euros to complete development of the El
Valle/Carles mining project. There can be no certainty as to
whether, or on what conditions, this additional financing will be
secured.
Kinbauri will file today a Notice of Change to its Directors'
Circular and mail the Notice of Change to shareholders thereafter.
Kinbauri's board is advising shareholders to consider the Offer,
the matters referred to in the Notice of Change and other factors
that are important to each shareholder and urges them at this time
to seek independent advice and/or make their own decision regarding
whether to accept or reject the Offer. Shareholders do not need to
take any action if they do not wish to accept the Offer.
For questions, including how to withdraw shares tendered to the
Offer, please contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the Information
Agent retained by Kinbauri in connection with the Orvana Offer,
toll free at 1-888-812-9184 from anywhere in Canada or the United
States and collect at 416-637-4661 from outside North America.
About Kinbauri
Kinbauri (TSX VENTURE: KNB) is a mineral exploration company
focused on the development of precious metal prospects in Spain,
Nevada and Canada. Its immediate focus is to begin operations at
its El Valle/Carles property in Asturias, northwestern Spain in
2010. It currently has 60,276,385 common shares issued and
outstanding. For more information visit www.kinbaurimaximized.com
or www.kinbauri-gold.com.
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This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
which are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the
date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks
and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events
or results to differ materially from those projected. Kinbauri
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if
circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change.
The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.
Contacts: Kinbauri Gold Corp. Dr. Vern Rampton, President and
Chief Executive Officer 613-836-2594 613-831-2730 (FAX)
vrampton@kinbauri-gold.com Kinbauri Gold Corp. Darrell Munro, BB.A,
LL.B, Manager, Corporate Communications 613-836-0198
dmunro@kinbauri-gold.com www.kinbauri-gold.com Europe Ruediger
(Rudy) Hnyk, CEO INVESTEL Investor Relations &
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