Mr. Roy Bonnell reports
ARGEX TO SELL MOUCHALAGANE IRON ORE PROPERTY TO ITS WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY IMPACT IRON MINES; INITIAL STEP IN PROPOSED "SPIN-OFF" OF IMPACT IRON MINES TO ARGEX
SHAREHOLDERS
Argex Mining Inc.'s board of directors has unanimously approved the
sale by Argex of the Mouchalagane iron ore property to Impact Iron
Mines Inc., Argex's wholly owned subsidiary.
Argex president and chief executive officer, Roy Bonnell, commented as follows: "The
Mouchalagane property is an undeveloped iron ore property in the
Fermont-Labrador City mining district with significant near-term
mineral resource potential. Our focus is to unlock the value of this
asset for Argex's shareholders. The sale of the Mouchalagane property
to Impact Iron Mines is the first step in the spinoff process to
create two public companies: Argex as a titanium dioxide pure-play and
Impact as a pure iron ore company."
On Sept. 26, 2011, Argex reported on the overall conceptual
exploration potential of the Mouchalagane property as ranging between
940 million tonnes and 2.31 billion tonnes of magnetite and
hematite-rich mineralization at a grade of 30 per cent to 35 per cent Fe total. The
exploration information of potential quantity and grade is conceptual
in nature; there has been insufficient exploration to date to define a
mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result
in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.
Exploration work conducted on the Mouchalagane property in the 1950s,
'60s and '70s, consisting of mapping, ground geophysics, diamond
drilling and metallurgical testing, successfully identified numerous
magnetite and hematite-rich iron formations on the property. Iron
formation thicknesses reported from drill holes vary from a few metres
to more than a hundred metres, with average grades ranging from 25 per cent Fe
total to 42 per cent Fe total. Extensive metallurgical testing of the
magnetite-rich and hematite-rich facies completed on surface samples
and drill core composites returned concentrate grades between 65 per cent and
71 per cent Fe total.
In connection with the proposed sale of the Mouchalagane property to
Impact Iron Mines, Argex will receive 10 million common shares of
Impact Iron Mines at a deemed price of $1.00 per share, and a cash
payment of $2-million. In the event that a resource estimate compliant
with National Instrument 43-101 demonstrates at least 100 million
tonnes of net iron content on the Mouchalagane property, Argex will
receive an additional five million common shares of Impact Iron Mines.
Argex also has the right to receive the following payments from Impact
Iron Mines: (i) $10-million upon initial shipment of two million tonnes
of iron concentrate from the Mouchalagane property; (ii) an additional
$20-million upon shipment of an additional five million tonnes of iron
concentrate from the property; and (iii) an additional $30-million upon
shipment of an additional eight million tonnes of iron concentrate from the
property.
Argex intends to distribute to its shareholders the 10 million common
shares of Impact Iron Mines which it will receive as consideration for
the sale of the Mouchalagane property.
After the share distribution, it is not expected that Argex will hold
any shares of Impact Iron Mines, except for the five million shares to be
issued to Argex conditional upon an NI 43-101 compliant resource
estimate demonstrating at least 100 million tonnes of net iron content
on the Mouchalagane property.
The sale of the Mouchalagane property to Impact Iron Mines and the
proposed share distribution to Argex's shareholders are subject to a
number of conditions, including the signing of a definitive agreement,
and regulatory approval, including that of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The final details of the proposed distribution of the shares of Impact
Iron Mines to Argex's shareholders, including the record date for the
share distribution and the share distribution ratio, have yet to be
determined and will be announced by Argex as soon as practicable.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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