Vox Royalty Corp. (TSXV: VOX) (“Vox” or
the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered
into a binding Royalty Sale and Purchase Agreement dated May 26,
2020 pursuant to which Vox will acquire a royalty on select
tenements within RNC Minerals’ (“
RNC”)
Higginsville Gold Operations (the “
Royalty”) for
consideration of A$650,000 comprised of A$350,000 in cash and
A$300,000 in stock (the “
Transaction”). The seller
will be issued 89,706 Vox shares for the A$300,000 stock portion of
the consideration. This transaction represents one of the four
royalty acquisition opportunities under exclusive letters of intent
(“
LOIs”) referenced in the Vox press release dated
May 25, 2020.
The Royalty was created in 1992 and is a
tonnage-based royalty with escalators for gold grade mined and the
spot Australian dollar-denominated gold price. The base gold price
set in the 1992 royalty agreement was A$435/ounce (A$14/gram) which
compares favourably with the spot Australian dollar-denominated
gold price of A$2,666/ounce (US$1,746/ounce and 0.655 AUD:USD as at
May 25, 2020). The current effective royalty rate is A$0.73/gram
gold per tonne of ore treated (as at May 25, 2020).
The Higginsville Gold Operations
(“HGO”) are located in Western Australia near the
town of Norseman and are owned and operated by RNC. Based on
publicly available information, HGO was acquired by RNC in
June-2019 for A$50 million and the 1.3Mtpa HGO Mill is currently
processing gold ore from both HGO and the Beta Hunt Mine. The
Royalty tenements cover 3,366 hectares located 4km to the southeast
of the HGO Mill and include the following deposits with resource
estimates under CIM standards: Paleochannels, Hidden Secret and
Mousehollow.
Transaction Highlights
- Adds a near-term producing gold royalty which is part of the
2020/2021 HGO mine plan
- Provides exposure to high grade exploration results from
2019/2020 at Hidden Secret and Mousehollow, including visible gold
intersections at Hidden Secret
- Adds a strong TSX-V listed operating partner in RNC
- Over 17,500 metres (330 holes) drilled at HGO since RNC
acquired the operation in June-2019
- 45,000 – 50,000 metres expected to be drilled by RNC in Western
Australia in 2020 (HGO and Beta Hunt)
Kyle Floyd, CEO of Vox stated: “Vox is excited
to add this near-term producing gold royalty with considerable
exploration upside to our growing portfolio. RNC is a
well-respected operator with an impressive track record of
brownfields exploration success, particularly at the Father’s Day
Vein at Beta Hunt, which will enhance the exploration potential of
the Dry Creek royalty. This acquisition is consistent with our
strategy of acquiring producing and near-production royalties with
a bias towards gold and Tier 1 jurisdictions such as Western
Australia.”
Dry Creek Royalty-linked Historical
Resources as at June 30, 2018
(1)
Deposit |
Cutoff Grade (g/t) |
Measured |
Indicated |
Inferred |
Paleochannels |
1.00 |
- |
1,474Kt @ 2.2g/t for 102Koz |
208Kt @ 2.13g/t for 14Koz |
Hidden Secret |
0.70 |
- |
- |
257Kt @ 2.30g/t for 19Koz |
Mousehollow |
1.00 |
- |
- |
426Kt @ 1.60g/t for 22Koz |
Notes to the Minerals Resources Table:
- Source: RNC Minerals, Higginsville
NI43-101 Report, 6 February 2020. RNC Minerals is treating the
above mineral resource estimate as historical in nature as a
qualified person has not done sufficient work on behalf of RNC to
classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource
estimate. The Company is treating the estimate as historical as
well as a qualified person has not done sufficient work on behalf
of the Company to classify the historical estimate as a current
mineral resource estimate.
- Hidden Secret and Mousehollow are
aggregated as the ‘Greater Eundynie’ deposit in RNC’s 2020
Technical Report (information concerning the historical mineral
resources referenced above on an individual deposit basis are
broken down in Metals X Limited’s Resource Statement dated
30/06/2016 and restated by Westgold Resources Ltd as at
30/06/2018).
- Rounding may result in minor
discrepancies in totals.
(1) For more information on the Higginsville
Gold Operations, please visit RNC Minerals website at
www.rncminerals.com.
Royalty Terms
The historical 1992 royalty agreement covers 10
tenements, of which 5 remain active in 2020. The Royalty rate is
A$0.12 per gram of gold per dry metric tonne of royalty ore, which
is defined as mineralised material mined from the applicable
tenements which contains an average grade greater than 1 gram of
gold per dry metric tonne and not classified as waste or low grade,
and the royalty is adjusted monthly as follows:
Royalty rate per gram of gold = A$0.12 x (price
of gold per gram at Perth Mint / A$14)
The current effective royalty rate is
A$0.73/gram gold per tonne of ore treated (as at May 25, 2020). For
example, for royalty ore mined at a grade of 2.0g/t the effective
royalty rate would be A$1.46/tonne of ore treated.
The royalty area excludes the historical mined
Challenger open pits down to a maximum depth 50m – 60m
(“Agreed Reserve Area”), below which the royalty
applies in full. The majority of the Paleochannels deposit is
estimated by Vox management to be located below this Agreed Reserve
Area.
Transaction Closing
Closing of the Transaction is expected to occur
before the end of the quarter. Closing of the Transaction will
occur following satisfaction of customary conditions including Vox,
the seller, and the operator’s subsidiaries entering into an
assignment agreement. Vox will use current cash on hand to fund the
payment of the cash consideration for the Transaction.
Qualified Person
Timothy J. Strong, MIMMM, of Kangari Consulting Limited and a
“Qualified Person” under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed and approved the
scientific and technical disclosure contained in this press
release.
About Vox
Vox is a growth and precious metals focused
mining royalty and streaming company that was incorporated under
the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands as a Special Economic Zone
Company on January 22, 2014. Vox holds a portfolio of 36 royalties
and streaming assets and 1 royalty option. Vox’s interests span
seven jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, Peru, Brazil,
Mexico, the United States and Madagascar. Vox has royalties and
agreements to acquire royalties on producing mines in addition to
royalties over several long-life, development-stage assets.
Recognizing the upside potential of exploration success, Vox also
acquires and holds a portfolio of royalties over exploration-stage
assets. Vox has been the fastest growing royalty & streaming
acquisition company since January-2019, announcing 12 separate
royalty transactions. Further information on Vox can be found at
www.voxroyalty.com
Technical and Third Party
Information
Except where otherwise stated, the disclosure in
this press release relating to the Higginsville Gold Operations is
based on information publicly disclosed by RNC based on the
information/data available in the public domain as at the date
hereof and none of this information has been independently verified
by Vox. Specifically, as a royalty investor, Vox has limited, if
any, access to the Higginsville Gold Operations. Although Vox does
not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate,
there can be no assurance that such information from RNC is
complete or accurate. Some information publicly reported by RNC may
relate to a larger property than the area covered by Vox’s royalty
interest. Vox’s royalty interests often cover less than 100% and
sometimes only a portion of the publicly reported mineral reserves,
mineral resources and production of a property.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking
Information
This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements. Any statements that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as
“expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or
“does not anticipate” “plans”, “estimates” or “intends” or stating
that certain actions, events or results “ may”, “could”, “would”,
“might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved) are not
statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking
statements”. Forward-looking statements are subject to a
variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events
or results to materially differ from those reflected in the
forward-looking statements.
The forward looking statements and information
in this press release include, but are not limited to, information
relating to potential acquisitions, the stage and status of the
royalties subject to the LOIs, the ability of Vox to continue to
complete acquisitions and the ability of the Vox management team to
continue to focus on acquisitions. Such statements and information
reflect the current view of Vox. By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause Vox’s actual results, performance or
achievements or other future events, to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include,
among others, the following risks:
- there is no assurance that the
royalty acquisitions will be completed;
- there is no assurance that Vox will
be able to continue to successfully negotiate the purchase of
royalties; and
- new laws or regulations could
adversely affect the Company’s business and results of operations;
and
- the stock markets have experienced
volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of
companies. These fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the
Company’s securities, regardless of its operating performance.
Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties
or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the
forward-looking information or statement prove incorrect, actual
results may vary materially from those described herein as
intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Vox cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not
exhaustive. When relying on the Company’s forward-looking
statements and information to make decisions, investors and others
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events.
Vox has assumed that the material factors
referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward
looking statements and information to differ materially from actual
results or events. However, the list of these factors is not
exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance
that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items
or factors. The forward-looking information contained in this press
release represents the expectations of Vox as of the date of this
press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such
date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward looking
information and should not rely upon this information as of any
other date. While Vox may elect to, it does not undertake to update
this information at any particular time except as required in
accordance with applicable laws.
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services or for dissemination in the United States. This press
release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of
an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The
securities have not been and will not be registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S.
Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be
offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless
registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws or an exemption from such registration is
available.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information contact:
Spencer Cole Vox Royalty Corp, Executive Vice
President – North Americaspencer@voxroyalty.com Kyle FloydVox
Royalty Corp, Chief Executive Officerinfo@voxroyalty.com
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