Consolidated Uranium Inc. (“CUR”, the “Company”,
“Consolidated Uranium”) (TSXV: CUR) (OTCQB: CURUF), is
pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive share
sale and purchase agreement (the “
Agreement”)
dated October 30, 2022 with certain entities (the
“
Sellers”) pursuant to which CUR has agreed to
acquire (the “
Acquisition”) all of the outstanding
shares of New Standard Resources Pty Ltd. (“
New
Standard”), a privately owned Australian exploration
company which holds a 100% undivided interest in the Yarranna
Uranium projects (the “
Projects”) in South
Australia.
Highlights:
- Represents CUR’s
initial foray in South Australia, a uranium mining friendly
jurisdiction with an operating uranium mine and several near-term
production and advanced development projects including Quasar
Resources’ Four Mile Mine, Boss Energy’s Honeymoon Project and
Alligator Energy’s Samphire Project.
- Historic
drilling intersected high grade, shallow mineralization including:
- 1 metres grading
0.355% U3O8 from 66 metres
- 4 metres grading
0.086% U3O8 from 67 metres
- Mineralization
is potentially amenable to In Situ recovery.
- Exploration
potential remains high with widely spaced historic drilling testing
a limited area of the favourable paleochannel target area.
Philip Williams, CEO commented, “Adding the
Yarranna Project in South Australia is a natural extension of our
Australian strategy. The country remains a key focus for CUR as it
is host to significant uranium resources, operating uranium mines
and an attractive federal and state level mining regime. To date,
we have focused on the acquisition of historic resources and
exploration projects in Queensland where the recent addition of the
West Newcastle Range, Teddy Mountain and Ardmore East projects
established a critical mass of seven projects for CUR in the state.
South Australia is a desirable location to explore for uranium with
an existing operating uranium mine and several advanced development
projects. We believe the Projects have potential for additional
discovery based on past drilling, which encountered strong grades
over wide spacing, and the potential for in situ recovery which is
another attractive feature that we intend to further evaluate.”
Terms of the Sale and Purchase
Agreement
Pursuant to the Agreement, CUR will acquire 100%
interest in New Standard for consideration comprised of 2,059,732
common shares in the capital of the Company (“CUR
Shares”) at a deemed price per share of $1.94, which is
the 10-day VWAP of the CUR Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the
“TSXV”) up to the date prior to signing the
Agreement.
In addition, CUR has agreed to grant to the
Sellers a 2% net smelter returns royalty on the Projects, 1% of
which can be repurchased by CUR for the payment of $1,000,000. Any
CUR Shares issued in connection with the Acquisition are subject to
approval of the TSXV. There are no finders’ fees payable in
connection with the Acquisition and the Seller are arms-length
parties with respect to the company.
The Yarranna Uranium
Project
The Yarranna project is an advanced stage
exploration project located in the Eucla Basin of southwest South
Australia. Uranium mineralization was first discovered on the
Project in the 1980s by the Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty
Ltd., which carried out extensive uranium exploration up until
1988, including geophysics (resistivity, airborne photographic
survey, airborne mag and radiometric survey, ROAC survey), drilling
(rotary, air core/RC, diamond drilling) and associated downhole
probing (Gamma, Resistivity, SP) and assays. This work led to the
discovery of four uranium prospects named Yarranna 1 to 4. Between
2007 and 2009, Iluka Resources Limited, conducted an airborne
survey and rotary and air core and drilling for uranium.
Significant historic drill intersections are shown in Table 1
below.
Figure 1 and Table 1: Yarranna Project with
select key rotary and air core drill results
Corporate Update
Further to CUR’s press release dated September
6, 2022, the Company has amended the terms of the share sale and
purchase agreement (the “GOI Agreement”) dated
September 5, 2022, with GlobalOreInvestments Pty Limited
(“GOI”), pursuant to which CUR agreed to acquire
all of the outstanding shares of Management X Pty Ltd., a privately
owned Australian exploration company which holds a 100% undivided
interest in the West Newcastle Range, Teddy Mountain and Ardmore
East Projects. Pursuant to the amendment, each of the contingent
payments set out in the GOI Agreement (the “Contingent
Payments”), which previously provided for the payment of
$500,000 payable in cash or CUR Shares at the Company’s election,
are now payable solely through the issuance of 200,000 CUR Shares.
The Contingent Payments are payable in the event that either of the
following milestones are met within eight years following the date
of the GOI Agreement:
- The month-end Ux
U3O8 price as published by UxC LLC exceeds $60 (U.S.) per
pound.
- A National
Instrument 43-101-compliant mineral resources estimate for the West
Newcastle Range and Teddy Mountain projects is prepared where the
mineral resource estimate is greater than or equal to 6 Mlb
(million pounds) of U3O8, or, with respect to the Ardmore East
project, the mineral resources estimate is greater than or equal to
3 Mlb of U3O8 equivalent.
Any CUR shares issued in connection with the GOI
Acquisition are subject to approval of the TSXV and will be subject
to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the date of
issuance. There are no finders’ fees payable in connection with the
GOI Agreement and GOI is an arms-length party with respect to the
company.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Peter
Mullens, the Vice President, Corporate Development of CUR, who is a
“Qualified Person” (as defined in National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects).
About Consolidated Uranium
Consolidated Uranium Inc. (TSXV: CUR) (OTCQB:
CURUF) was created in early 2020 to capitalize on an anticipated
uranium market resurgence using the proven model of diversified
project consolidation. To date, the Company has acquired or has the
right to acquire uranium projects in Australia, Canada, Argentina,
and the United States each with significant past expenditures and
attractive characteristics for development. Most recently, the
Company completed a transformational strategic acquisition and
alliance with Energy Fuels Inc., a leading U.S.-based uranium
mining company, and acquired a portfolio of permitted,
past-producing conventional uranium and vanadium mines in Utah and
Colorado. These mines are currently on stand-by, ready for rapid
restart as market conditions permit, positioning CUR as a near-term
uranium producer.For More Information, Please
Contact:
Philip WilliamsChairman
& CEOpwilliams@consolidateduranium.com
Twitter: @ConsolidatedUr
www.consolidateduranium.com
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Cautionary Statement Regarding
“Forward-Looking” Information
This news release contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation. “Forward-looking information” includes, but is not
limited to, statements with respect to activities, events or
developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may
occur in the future including, but not limited to, completion of
the Acquisition, the approval of the TSXV and the Company’s ongoing
business plan, exploration and work programs. Generally, but not
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statements are based on numerous assumptions, including that
general business and economic conditions will not change in a
material adverse manner, that financing will be available if and
when needed and on reasonable terms, and that third party
contractors, equipment and supplies and governmental and other
approvals required to conduct the Company’s planned exploration
activities will be available on reasonable terms and in a timely
manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing
forward-looking information or making forward-looking statements
are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be
no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate.
Forward-looking information and statements also
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other
factors, which may cause actual events or results in future periods
to differ materially from any projections of future events or
results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or
statements, including, among others: negative operating cash flow
and dependence on third party financing, uncertainty of additional
financing, no known mineral reserves or resources, reliance on key
management and other personnel, potential downturns in economic
conditions, actual results of exploration activities being
different than anticipated, changes in exploration programs based
upon results, and risks generally associated with the mineral
exploration industry, environmental risks, changes in laws and
regulations, community relations and delays in obtaining
governmental or other approvals and the risk factors with respect
to Consolidated Uranium set out in CUR’s annual information form in
respect of the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Canadian
securities regulators and available under CUR’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking information
or implied by 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 forward-looking
information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue
forward-looking information as a result of new information or
events except as required by applicable securities laws.
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