Antler Gold Inc. (TSXV: ANTL) (“Antler” or the “Firm“) is happy to announce that Antler and its subsidiary Antler Exploration Zambia Restricted (“Antler Exploration”) have entered into an choice settlement (the “Possibility Settlement”) with Prospect Assets Restricted (ASX: PSC) (FSE: 5E8) (“Prospect” or the “Associate”) pursuant to which Prospect has an choice to amass 51% curiosity in Antler Exploration, which holds the Kesya Uncommon Earth Undertaking (“Undertaking”) situated in southern Zambia.
Deal Highlights:
- Prospect has as much as two years to amass a 51% curiosity in Antler Exploration which holds the Kesya Uncommon Earth Undertaking through a complete mixed counterparty consideration and venture expenditure funds amounting to US$3.05 million.
- Section 1 dedication by Prospect is 2 money funds of an mixture of US$150,000 and US$350,000 in exploration expenditures in addition to an issuance of US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares inside 30 days of the completion of Section 1.
- Section 2 choice dedication by Prospect is a money fee of US$150,000 and US$750,000 in exploration expenditures in addition to an issuance of US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares inside 30 days of electing to proceed to Section 2.
- The ultimate section dedication by Prospect is a money fee of US$150,000 in addition to an issuance of US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares on the finish of the two 12 months choice interval which is able to then earn Prospect 51% of Antler Exploration.
Undertaking Highlights:
- The Undertaking covers a Giant-Scale Exploration License Software the place geological mapping and floor sampling performed by Antler Exploration has recognized a big, uncommon earth-element enriched carbonatite.
- Rock chip samples assayed by Antler Exploration define very encouraging whole uncommon earth factor oxide (TREO) mineralisation contained inside monazite and bastnaesite with low ranges of uranium and thorium.
- The Kesya rock chip outcomes present extremely anomalous floor values in uncommon earth parts with the very best seize pattern up to now assaying 6559 ppm (0.66%) TREO.
- The seize samples are enriched in neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium (Pr) oxides which common 29% of the TREO content material and makes this a really encouraging basket distribution.
- Keysa’s great amount of carbonatite outcrop permits for straightforward drill concentrating on providing prospectivity to quickly delineate a mineral useful resource and make a major new uncommon earth factor discovery in Zambia.
- Antler Exploration together with its associate Prospect are getting ready for an preliminary 1,500m diamond drilling program to check the subsurface expression and depth extent of the mapped and sampled uncommon earth factor enriched carbonatite.
Christopher Drysdale, CEO of Antler commented:
“We’re extraordinarily excited to announce this settlement with Prospect. It is a testomony to our dedication to strategic partnerships with extremely credible organizations that share our imaginative and prescient for worth creation. Prospect has an excellent monitor file, which is demonstrated by their profitable development of the Arcadia lithium venture in Zimbabwe. This settlement represents a major milestone for Antler Gold because it underscores our skill to establish promising mineral prospects throughout Africa and align ourselves with top-tier corporations. Not solely does this partnership allow us to leverage Prospect’s industry-leading experience, nevertheless it additionally establishes a stable basis for potential future collaborations, whereas sustaining vital publicity to the extremely promising Kesya REE venture.”
Prospect’s Managing Director and CEO, Sam Hosack, commented:
“The Possibility Settlement we’ve got struck in relation to the extremely potential Kesya REE Undertaking in Zambia is one other vital milestone, which extends our attain additional into the battery and electrification mineral sector in Africa, in keeping with our strategic targets. Kesya has all of the substances of a world-class, uncommon earth enriched, carbonatite-hosted system, having additionally returned vital values of the high-value REEs, neodymium and praseodymium, over a broad floor space of the Undertaking. Zambia is a number one jurisdiction to discover and develop mining operations in subSaharan Africa, having a long-standing historical past within the sources sector, notably for copper. This contains wonderful infrastructure and powerful help from each the federal government and group, with main corporations like Barrick Gold and First Quantum Minerals already calling it residence. We’re delighted to have reached this settlement with Antler, which is a longtime and revered Canadian exploration and growth firm focussed on its flagship Erongo and Onkoshi Gold Initiatives, situated in central Namibia. The Kesya REE Undertaking affords wonderful potential to ship a major new, highvalue uncommon earths discovery, with outlined present drilling targets and a well-established working atmosphere. Topic to the satisfaction of all related situations precedent, this can be a high-quality greenfield exploration play for Prospect.”
Introduction and deal phrases:
The Kesya carbonatite was first recognized in 1961 by Bailey within the Kafue district in southern Zambia. An preliminary mapping marketing campaign by Antler demonstrated that it’s enriched with uncommon earth parts and warrants additional exploration and drilling.
The Possibility Settlement is amongst Prospect, Antler and a subsidiary of Antler, Antler Exploration. Topic to satisfaction of sure situations precedent, Prospect may have the precise to earn a 51% curiosity in Antler Exploration over a two-phased earn-in association over two years for whole consideration of US$3.05 million, which incorporates consideration funds to Antler and in-ground venture expenditure.
Prospect can pay an preliminary non-refundable money fee to Antler of US$50,000 on signing. Following satisfaction of the situations precedent below Section 1, Prospect can pay Antler an extra US$100,000 in money, and decide to spend US$350,000 on the Undertaking inside one 12 months (topic to sure extensions permitted below the Possibility Settlement). Prospect can even difficulty to Antler US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares on the completion of Section 1 (the worth of the widespread shares will probably be set on the value of Prospect shares on the time of signing, primarily based on earlier 10-day VWAP).
After completion of Section 1, Prospect can elect to proceed to Section 2 or terminate the Possibility Settlement (and on this case Prospect will maintain no real interest in Antler Exploration).
If Prospect proceeds to Section 2, it’s required to pay Antler an extra US$150,000 in money and difficulty US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares (the worth of the widespread shares will probably be set on the value of Prospect shares as on the time of election to proceed to Section 2, primarily based on earlier 10-day VWAP), and it’ll have the precise, however not the duty, to spend an extra US$750,000 on the Undertaking inside one 12 months from completion of Section 1 (topic to sure extensions permitted below the Possibility Settlement).
If Section 2 is accomplished, Prospect will probably be entitled to train a name choice to amass 51% of the issued and excellent shares of Antler Exploration. To train the choice, Prospect should make a ultimate fee to Antler of US$150,000 money and difficulty US$500,000 price of Prospect widespread shares (the worth of the widespread shares will probably be set on the value of Prospect shares as on the time of the train of the decision choice, primarily based on earlier 10-day VWAP).
Prospect will seek the advice of with Antler in relation to the work program and funds however will in the end decide and handle all exploration actions in relation to the Undertaking.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Antler Exploration will probably be ruled by a shareholders settlement (“Shareholders Settlement”) amongst its shareholders. Prospect and Antler Exploration have agreed on the important thing phrases of the Shareholder Settlement, with a full kind Shareholder Settlement to be entered into sooner or later. Growth funds for the Undertaking are to be contributed by shareholders of Antler Exploration on a pro-rata foundation. If a celebration doesn’t contribute its professional rata share, its shareholding will probably be diluted through a prescribed formulation. Neither celebration may be diluted under a 15% curiosity, from which level such curiosity shall be free-carried via to the completion of a JORC-Code reportable or NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Examine. The shareholder can then elect to transform its free carried curiosity to a 2% NSR or equal (“Royalty”) and the opposite shareholder has a proper however not the duty to buy one half of the Royalty for US$5,000,000.
Proposed Exploration Programme
There was no historic drilling carried out on the Kesya carbonatite and the subsurface beneath the extent of the mapped carbonatite advanced and the depth extension is but to be examined. Antler together with Prospect is designing a preliminary 1,500 metre diamond drilling programme on the venture. (Determine.1) The goal is to judge the continuity of the recognized floor REE mineralisation to depth. The preliminary exploration plan will probably be to drill twenty (20) 75m deep holes alongside the carbonatite in addition to its contacts with the nation rock by utilizing a heli-man transportable drill rig and pending all environmental and statutory approvals.
Undertaking Location and Background
Determine 1.) Proposed Diamond Drill gap location plan for preliminary 1500m drilling.
The Kesya REE Undertaking, contains a single, large-scale exploration license (LEL) utility masking 1053.13 hectares and is situated close to the city of Kafue in southern Zambia within the Kafue Gorge. This license is situated roughly 90 km through a tarred street touring south of the capital metropolis of Lusaka and has water and energy infrastructure close by. As soon as the LEL is granted, Antler’s wholly owned Zambian subsidiary, Antler Exploration Zambia Restricted will personal 95% of the Kesya REE Undertaking. The remaining 5% of the Undertaking has native possession.
Determine 2.) Map of the situation of the Kesya carbonatite situated south of the capital metropolis Lusaka.
Undertaking Geology
The Kesya Carbonatite intruded into gneisses of the Paleoproterozoic Basement Complicated rock sequences close to the intersection of the mid-Zambezi-Luangwa Rift Valley and the Kesya Rift.
The Kesya Carbonatite is split into two main rock varieties: Firstly, a coarse-grained carbonatite with scattered nation rock xenoliths: This carbonatite is generally composed of coarse sövite with small quantities of chlorite. The second rock sort is a carbonatite breccia, which surrounds the principle intrusion.
The foremost minerals recognized are magnetite, quartz, apatite, Fe-rich phlogopite, monazite, thorite, Ti-oxides, Fe-sulphides, calcite, ilmenite, and the REE-bearing mineral bastnaesite. Relationship of apatite in samples from the carbonatite point out that it’s of Neoproterozoic age (Kesya is ca. 535±16 Ma).
Determine 3.) Map of the seize pattern areas with related TREO assay values.
The carbonatite kinds a central topographic excessive surrounded by deeply incised valleys alongside its margins the place weathering processes are extra intense.
Subject investigations by Antler, and petrological (Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)) research accomplished throughout 2021 demonstrated that the uncommon earth mineralisation at Kesya is hosted primarily in monazite (a REE phosphate mineral) and bastnaesite (a REE fluoro-carbonate mineral).
Determine 4.) View of the Kesya carbonatite (Trying in direction of the East from the Western fringe of the Kafue Gorge)
Uncommon Earth Factor Mineralisation
Antler Gold has accomplished mapping and sampling campaigns at Kesya in 2021, which concerned reconnaissance work throughout the carbonatite advanced and the gathering of 51 rock chip seize samples taken on the license.
Determine 6; under exhibits a small number of these rock chip seize samples together with their pattern ID’s O6530 (A), O6537 (B), O6514 (C) and O6551 (D).
The rock chip samples collected by Antler at Kesya proved to be strongly and constantly mineralised with REE, with a mean of 1280 ppm (0.13%) Complete Uncommon Earth Oxide (TREO) content material, peaking at 6559 ppm (0.66%) TREO.
Encouragingly, these samples additionally present constantly excessive contents of neodymium- and praseodymium oxide – key main supplies within the manufacture of robust everlasting magnets for highly effective motors, utilized in such gadgets as giant, wind generators, more and more utilised within the international renewable power sector.
Neodymium and praseodymium oxides common 29% of the Complete Uncommon Earth Oxide (TREO) content material of the rock chip samples collected from Kesya (Determine 5).
Determine 5.) Pie Chart displaying common grades of Particular person REO’s from the Kesya sampling marketing campaign.
Determine 6.) Pictures of rock chip seize samples from area mapping at Kesya.
Abstract of most up-to-date seize assay outcomes
Through the mapping marketing campaign undertaken by Antler Gold, 51 rock chip seize samples had been taken from in-situ outcrop on the Kesya REE Undertaking. Pattern sizes had been 1-3 kg and brought to pretty characterize the lithology recorded at every pattern website.
Along with the rock chip samples, an additional 15% of QAQC supplies (2 x blanks, 2 x every of CRM AMIS0185, AMIS0304, AMIS0356 and a pair of x duplicate area samples) had been added to the batch of samples dispatched for assaying to adjust to QAQC rules.
All samples had been shipped to Namibia and ready by crushing and milling at Activation Laboratories Ltd (ACTLABS) in Windhoek.
Pulped samples had been then exported to ACTLABS in Ancaster, ON, Canada, for Code 8 – REE evaluation, which is a lithium metaborate/tetraborate fusion with subsequent evaluation by ICP-OES and ICP-MS.
Certified Particular person
The technical and scientific info on this presentation has been reviewed and permitted by Oliver Tors, B.Sc (Hons)., Exploration Supervisor of the Firm, who’s registered Skilled Pure Scientist with the (SACNASP) South African Council for Pure Scientific Professions (Pr. Sci. Nat. No. 120660) who’s a Certified Particular person as outlined by NI 43-101. Mr. Tors is an worker of Antler Gold Inc. and isn’t impartial of the Firm below NI 43-101.
About Antler Gold Inc.
Antler Gold Inc. (TSXV: ANTL) is a Canadian listed mineral exploration firm centered on the acquisition and exploration of mineral tasks in Africa’s High-Ranked Jurisdictions, with publicity to each gold and REE. Antler’s whole license place now contains 6 tasks for a complete landholding of roughly 584,347 ha. The Firm continues to evaluate new regional alternatives with the goal of constructing a threat diversified enterprise mannequin, which permits the corporate to generate brief and long- time period earnings while offering stakeholders with publicity to potential a number of returns which might be generated from the invention course of.
About Prospect Assets Restricted (ASX: PSC) (FSE: 5E8)
Prospect Assets Restricted (ASX: PSC) (FSE:5E8) is an ASX listed firm centered on the exploration and growth of mining tasks, particularly battery and electrification metals, in Zimbabwe and the broader sub-Saharan African area.
Cautionary Statements
This press launch could include forward-looking info, corresponding to statements concerning the completion of the transactions topic to the Possibility Settlement and future plans and targets of Antler and its subsidiary, Antler Exploration in relation to the Undertaking. This info relies on present expectations and assumptions (together with assumptions in reference to the continuance of the relevant firm as a going concern and normal financial and market situations) which might be topic to vital dangers and uncertainties which might be troublesome to foretell, together with dangers regarding the flexibility to fulfill the situations to completion of the transactions contemplated by the Possibility Settlement. Precise outcomes could differ materially from outcomes advised in any forward-looking info. Antler assumes no obligation to replace forward-looking info on this launch, or to replace the explanation why precise outcomes might differ from these mirrored within the forward-looking info until and till required by relevant securities legal guidelines. Extra info figuring out dangers and uncertainties is contained in filings made by Antler with Canadian securities regulators, copies of which can be found at www.sedar.com.
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For additional info, please contact Chris Drysdale, CEO of Antler Gold Inc at +264 81 220 2439 or Daniel Whittaker, Govt Chairman of Antler Gold Inc., at (902) 488-4700.