MegumaGold Corp. (CSE: NSAU, OTC: NSAUF, FWB:
2CM2) (“
MegumaGold”) and
Osprey
Gold Development Ltd. (TSXV: OS, OTCQB: OSSPF)
(“
Osprey”) are pleased to announce that, further
to their joint press release on March 23, 2020, the companies have
entered into a definitive agreement (the “
Arrangement
Agreement”) to merge their respective businesses pursuant
to a plan of arrangement (the “
Transaction”) to
create a leading Nova Scotia precious metals exploration company
focused within highly prospective and reactivated historic mining
camps of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Theo Van der Linde, President of
MegumaGold stated, “We’re incredibly pleased to have
executed the definitive agreement to combine with Osprey. This
consolidation forms the foundation of a company positioned to
capitalize on the emerging Meguma gold camp in Nova Scotia amidst a
rapidly developing gold market. MegumaGold continues to be strongly
focused on acquiring high-quality targets with known gold potential
within stable underexplored jurisdictions. The combination of
MegumaGold’s commanding land position in Nova Scotia and Osprey’s
existing gold deposits creates a unique synergy designed to
increase shareholder value through the use of modern exploration
techniques in the Meguma Gold District, adjacent to Atlantic Gold’s
mining operations acquired by St Barbara Ltd. for $802 million cash
consideration in July 2019.”
Osprey Gold President, Cooper
Quinn commented, “The combined entity of
MegumaGold and Osprey will have a leading group of assets in the
region and a stronger market presence than either company could
achieve alone. We look forward to leveraging the collective
strengths of the new team to explore the combined portfolio of
assets ranging from early stage exploration through resource
expansion and development. We are very pleased with the deal we
have structured and believe it offers significant benefits to
Osprey shareholders.”
Key benefits of this transaction for
MegumaGold and Osprey shareholders:
- MegumaGold’s untested target anomalies on Moose River
Anticlinal Structure 4km south west of St Barbara’s Touquoy Milling
facility, combined with Osprey’s current mineral resources
completed in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”)
that are open for expansion;
- Consolidated district scale land package in Nova Scotia’s most
prospective gold mining regions;
- Strengthened balance sheet and greater ongoing access to
capital;
- Capacity to create operational synergies to increase
exploration efforts while streamlining programs and budgets;
- Significantly strengthened management and leadership team with
balanced and complimentary skillsets; and
- Broader in-house technical expertise.
Nova ScotiaNova Scotia is
currently experiencing a resurgence in gold exploration,
predominantly as a result of the St Barbara Ltd. acquisition of
Atlantic Gold and its Moose River Consolidated Project in July 2019
for C$802 million cash consideration. The Moose River Consolidated
Project is currently producing gold from the Touquoy open-pit mine
located approximately 10 km south of Osprey’s Caribou Project and 4
km east of MegumaGold’s Touquoy West Project.
Details of the
TransactionPursuant to the terms of the Arrangement
Agreement, MegumaGold will acquire all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Osprey (the “Osprey
Shares”). Each shareholder of Osprey will receive such
number of common shares of MegumaGold (the “Meguma
Shares”) as is equal to the product of the number of
Osprey Shares held by such shareholder at an exchange ratio which
equals one (1) Meguma Share per two (2) Osprey Shares outstanding
at the closing of the Transaction.
The Arrangement Agreement provides that
unexercised Osprey options and share purchase warrants will be
assumed by MegumaGold and will: (i) remain outstanding for their
full term, and (ii) following the closing date of the Transaction,
entitle the holder thereof to acquire MegumaGold Shares in lieu of
Osprey Shares, in such number and at such exercise price as shall
be adjusted based on the exchange ratio inherent in the
Transaction, and otherwise on the same terms and conditions as
existed prior to the Transaction.
Osprey will have the right to appoint 2 members
to the board of directors of the resulting issuer, with the total
number of members of such board of directors to be initially set at
5. Osprey shall also contribute management personnel to the
resulting issuer.
MegumaGold currently has 102,780,640 outstanding
shares and 31,364,506 shares reserved for issuance under incentive
stock options and warrants. As of today’s date, without inclusion
of including any of MegumaGold’s current shareholdings in Osprey,
it is anticipated an aggregate of 36,671,166 common shares of
MegumaGold are anticipated to be issued to Osprey shareholders,
along with incentive stock options and warrants entitling Osprey
shareholders to acquire a further 16,303,567 common shares of
MegumaGold.
Based on the foregoing and assuming no
outstanding common shares or warrants of Osprey are exercised prior
to closing and before giving effect to any concurrent financing,
the resulting issuer from the Transaction will have 139,451,806
shares issued and outstanding, of which former shareholders of
Osprey will hold approximately 26.3% of the issued and outstanding
common shares of the resulting issuer (27.4% of the common shares
of the resulting issuer on a fully diluted basis).
The Transaction was negotiated at arm’s length,
will be implemented by way of a statutory plan of arrangement
pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). The
Transaction is subject to the approval of two thirds of the votes
cast by the holders of Osprey’s common shares present in person or
represented by all at a special meeting of the Osprey shareholders.
The Transaction is expected to close shortly thereafter following
receipt of all shareholder, court, certain third-party and stock
exchange approvals. Further details as to the proposed record date
and meeting date for Osprey’s special meeting of shareholders will
be disclosed in due course. It is not anticipated that MegumaGold
shareholders will be required to approve the Transaction.
Other MattersThe Transaction is
subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the
shareholders of Osprey, obtaining all governmental, regulatory, TSX
Venture Exchange (“TSXV”), Canadian Securities
Exchange (“CSE”), and other third-party approvals
which are necessary in order to allow the parties to complete the
Transaction including court approval of the plan of arrangement.
The Transaction cannot close until all of these conditions are met.
There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as
proposed or at all.
Upon closing of the Transaction, the resulting issuer is
expected to be listed for trading on the CSE.
MegumaGold files NI 43-101 Technical
ReportMegumaGold is also pleased to announce that it has
filed an NI 43-101 technical report (the “Technical
Report”) on its Meguma gold properties in Nova Scotia. The
Technical Report was prepared by Mercator Geological Services Ltd.
and is titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Meguma Gold
Properties, Nova Scotia, Canada” with an effective date of April
30, 2020. The Technical Report can be found under the Company's
SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Qualified Person StatementThis
press release has been reviewed and approved by Regan Isenor, Chief
Executive Officer of MegumaGold Corp. Paul Ténière, M.Sc., P.Geo.
of Mercator Geological Services Ltd. and Perry MacKinnon, P.Geo.,
Vice President of Exploration of Osprey, both “Qualified Persons”
as defined under NI 43-101, have prepared and approved the
scientific and technical information disclosed in this press
release.
About MegumaGold Corp.
MegumaGold Corp. (CSE: NSAU, OTC: NSAUF, FWB: 2CM2) is a Canadian
junior gold exploration company engaged in the business of
acquiring, exploring and developing natural resource properties.
MegumaGold has centered its exploration focus on the developing
Meguma Formation of Nova Scotia. As a result, MegumaGold has
assembled a strategically positioned, district-scale tenure
position of 107,114 hectares within the Meguma Gold District. For
additional information, please visit MegumaGold’s website:
http://www.MegumaGold.com.
About Osprey GoldOsprey (TSXV:
OS, OTCQB: OSSPF) is focused on exploring five historically
producing gold properties in Nova Scotia, Canada. Osprey has the
option to earn 100% (subject to certain royalties) in all five
properties. For additional information, please visit Osprey’s
website: www.ospreygold.com.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Regan Isenor, Chief Executive Officer,
MegumaGold Corp.902-233-4381 info@megumagold.com
www.megumagold.com
Cooper Quinn, President and Director, Osprey
Gold Development Ltd.(778) 986-8192 cooper@ospreygold.com
www.ospreygold.com
Forward-Looking Statements and
Cautionary Language
All statements in this presentation, other than
statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking information"
with respect to MegumaGold and Osprey within the meaning of
applicable securities laws including, without limitation economic
estimates and any statements related to the proposed transaction,
proposed board and management changes and shareholder and exchange
approvals. MegumaGold and Osprey provide forward-looking statements
for the purpose of conveying information about current expectations
and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned that
such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. By its
nature, this information is subject to inherent risks and
uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise
to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions,
projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that
assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals
and priorities will not be achieved. These risks and uncertainties
include but are not limited to exploration findings, results and
recommendations, results of due diligence investigations, ability
to raise adequate financing, shareholder and exchange approvals in
respect of the transaction and unprecedented market and economic
risks associated with current unprecedented market and economic
circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those risks
and uncertainties identified and reported in MegumaGold’s and
Osprey’s public filings under its respective SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com. Although MegumaGold and Osprey have attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events
or results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or 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.
MegumaGold and Osprey disclaim any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise unless
required by law.
UNITED STATES ADVISORY
The securities referred to herein have not been
and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), have been offered
and sold outside the United States to eligible investors pursuant
to Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act, and may
not be offered, sold, or resold in the United States or to, or for
the account of or benefit of, a U.S. Person (as such term is
defined in Regulation S under the United States Securities Act)
unless the securities are registered under the U.S. Securities Act,
or an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act is available. Hedging transactions involving the
securities must not be conducted unless in accordance with the U.S.
Securities Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor
shall there be any sale of securities in the state in the United
States in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
Neither the CSE nor TSXV has approved or
disapproved the contents of this news release or passed upon the
merits of any of the transactions described herein, including the
Transaction.
Neither the CSE, TSXV nor their
Regulation Services Providers (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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