Capital/Financing Update • Mar 28, 2023
Capital/Financing Update
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TORONTO, ONTARIO - 28 March, 2023 - Amaroq Minerals Ltd. (AIM, TSXV, NASDAQ First North: AMRQ), an independent mine development company with a substantial land package of gold and strategic mineral assets covering an area of 7,866.85 km2 in Southern Greenland, is pleased to announce that it has agreed non-binding heads of terms, subject to final documentation, for US\$49.5 million in debt financing (the "Financing") to accelerate production and cash flow generation at its cornerstone Nalunaq gold development project.
third-party engineering study for the processing plant and surface infrastructure, and contractors of choice for the next development phase of Nalunaq.
"We are very pleased to have successfully arranged this US\$49.5 million debt package in addition to our available cash in treasury of US\$34 million, to unlock near-term value in the Gold side of our Company. Alongside the \$22 million we have secured with GCAM for exploration over our Strategic Metals portfolio, Amaroq has a very exciting future in front of it.
The Financing will enable the transition of activities at Nalunaq from the mining of the Bulk sample and potential toll treatment of ore to the extension of exploration activities, delivering a mineral reserve, and commencing trial mining and ore processing on site prior to starting commercial production.
I would like to thank our investors and debt funding partners for the confidence they have shown in Amaroq and Nalunaq, our flagship gold asset in Greenland, and I look forward to providing more details on the project plans and timescales later this year."
Fossar Investment Bank and Livermore Partners LLC are related parties of Amaroq. Fossar Investment Bank is a company in which Sigurbjorn Thorkelsson, Non-Executive Director of the Company, is Chairman of the Board and indirectly controls over 30% of the capital. Livermore Partners LLC is company in which David Neuhauser, Non-Executive Director of Amaroq Minerals, is Managing Director.
Following completion of the GCAM Transaction, ACAM LP will (through GCAM LP) own a 49% interest in Gardaq ApS, an Amaroq subsidiary, and have the right to appoint two directors to the subsidiary company board. As such, following completion of the GCAM Transaction, ACAM LP will be a related party of the Company.
As such, the elements of the Financing with Fossar Investment Bank (US\$1 million), Livermore Partners LLC (US\$1 million), and ACAM LP (US\$16 million) constitute a Related Party Transaction in accordance with AIM Rule 13.
The Independent Directors, being the Amaroq Directors other than Sigurbjorn Thorkelsson and David Neuhauser, having consulted with the Company's Nominated Adviser, are confident that the terms of the Financing with related parties are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.
Eldur Olafsson, Executive Director and CEO +354 665 2003 [email protected]
Eddie Wyvill, Investor Relations +44 (0)7713 126727 [email protected]
Callum Stewart Varun Talwar Simon Mensley Ashton Clanfield +44 (0) 20 7710 7600
John Prior Hugh Rich Dougie Mcleod +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Nick Emerson Charlie Stephenson +44 (0) 1483 413500
Billy Clegg Elfie Kent Charlie Dingwall +44 (0) 20 3757 4980
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Amaroq Minerals' principal business objectives are the identification, acquisition, exploration, and development of gold and strategic metal properties in Greenland. The Company's principal asset is a 100% interest in the Nalunaq Project, an advanced exploration stage property with an exploitation license including the previously operating Nalunaq gold mine. The Corporation has a portfolio of gold and strategic metal assets covering 7,866.85km2, the largest mineral portfolio in Southern Greenland covering the two known gold belts in the region. Amaroq Minerals is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and wholly owns Nalunaq A/S, incorporated under the Greenland Public Companies Act.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("UK MAR"), as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("EU MAR").
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