Millrock Reports Amendment to 64North Gold Project Option Agreement With Resolution Minerals, Alaska
February 09 2021 - 7:30AM
Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MRO, OTCQB: MLRKF) ("Millrock" or
the “Company”) announces that it has agreed to an amendment to the
existing option agreement concerning the 64North gold project that
was signed and announced in 2019 with Resolution Minerals Ltd.
(ASX: RML, “Resolution”). Resolution has recently earned a 30%
interest in the project and can elect to increase its ownership to
42% this year through cash and share payments, as well as through
additional exploration expenditures.
Under the original agreement, Resolution would be required to
spend US$5.0 million on exploration in 2021. To ultimately earn up
to a 60% interest in the coming years, Resolution would have been
required to spend a total of US$20 million. Under the terms of the
amended agreement, the total spend required to earn 60% is now
US$12 million. In return for this reduction, Millrock will be
entitled to receive an increase of 12 million RML shares over the
course of the option agreement and will receive an immediate
payment of 15 million RML shares that otherwise would not have been
made until February 2022.
Millrock President & CEO Gregory Beischer commented: “The
amendment is advantageous to Millrock because it provides the
company with a larger shareholding in Resolution in advance of the
coming exploration season. Upon exploration drilling success in
2021, a greater number of shares in hand now could mean greater
financial returns for Millrock. Additionally, the reduced work
requirement will afford Resolution a better chance of raising the
needed capital for a planned 2021 drilling campaign at two
excellent prospects: Sunrise and Boundary.”
The table below summarizes the amended agreement terms.
Stage |
RML US$ WorkRequirements |
% Earn in Resolution |
RML Shares to Millrock |
StageCompletionFee |
Drilling milestone (7,500 meters required) |
5.0 million (to be paid
now) |
n/a |
On signing |
|
|
5.0 million (paid) |
|
Year 1 |
5.0 million (spent) |
30 |
% |
10.0 million (paid) |
$50,000 (paid) |
Year 2* |
$5.0 is updated to $2.0
million |
42 |
% |
10.0 million (to be paid
now) |
$100,000 |
Year 3 |
$5.0 is updated to $2.5
million |
51 |
% |
4.0 million is updated to 10.0
million |
$100,000 |
Year 4 |
$5.0 is updated to
$2.5 million |
60 |
% |
4.0 million is updated to 10.0
million |
$100,000 |
Totals |
$20 million is updated to $12
million |
60 |
% |
38 million is updated to 50
million |
$350,000 |
*The required 2021 spend is inclusive of an approximate US$1
million carry-forward from 2020 exploration. All dollar amounts are
United States dollars. The dollar values indicated are inclusive of
an 8% management fee that Resolution may attribute to the
spend.
About Millrock Resources Inc.Millrock Resources
Inc. is a premier project generator to the mining industry.
Millrock identifies, packages, and operates large-scale projects
for joint venture, thereby exposing its shareholders to the
benefits of mineral discovery without the usual financial risk
taken on by most exploration companies. The company is
recognized as the premier generative explorer in Alaska, holds
royalty interests in British Columbia, Canada, and Sonora State,
Mexico, and is a significant shareholder of junior explorer ArcWest
Exploration Inc. as well as a shareholding in Resolution Minerals
Limited. Funding for drilling at Millrock’s exploration projects is
primarily provided by its joint venture partners. Business
partners of Millrock have included some of the leading names in the
mining industry: EMX Royalty, Centerra Gold, First Quantum, Teck,
Kinross, Vale, Inmet and, Altius as well as junior explorers
Resolution, Riverside, PolarX, and Felix Gold.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD“Gregory Beischer”
Gregory Beischer, President & CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:Melanee
Henderson, Investor Relations(604) 638-3164(877) 217-8978
(toll-free)
Some statements in this news release may contain forward-looking
information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation)
including without limitation the intention of Resolution Minerals
to mount further exploration drilling in 2021. These statements
address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the statements.
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