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Majestic Gold Corp
Symbol MJS
Shares Issued 1,042,664,381
Close 2023-12-13 C$ 0.08
Market Cap C$ 83,413,150
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Majestic Gold's Persistence releases IPO prospectus

2023-12-14 14:07 ET - News Release

Mr. James Mackie reports

MAJESTIC ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF PROPOSED LISTING ON HKEX FOR IPO OF SUBSIDIARY PERSISTENCE RESOURCES

Majestic Gold Corp.'s 94-per-cent-owned subsidiary, Persistence Resources Group Ltd., has issued its prospectus in respect of its listing of shares in the capital of Persistence on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd and the initial public offering (IPO) of newly issued shares of Persistence representing 25 per cent of its total issued and paid-up shares upon successful listing of the shares.

As previously announced, Persistence filed its listing application with the HKEX on March 30,2022. Through its subsidiary, Persistence owns a 75% indirect interest in Yantai Zhongjia Mining Co. Ltd., which operates the Songjiagou Gold Mine (the "Property") located in the eastern part of the Shandong Province, China. While Majestic will continue to own approximately 70.5% of total issued and paid-up Shares of Persistence upon successful listing of the Shares, which could materially dilute Majestic's ownership in the Property. Subsequent to the successful listing of the Shares on the HKEX, Persistence could issue additional Shares, which may further dilute Majestic's cumulative effective interest in the Property to less than 50%. The Board of Directors of Majestic, with the advice from its legal and financial advisors, have considered the potential dilutive effects and determined that a listing on the HKEX by Persistence may achieve a greater valuation for Persistence, which would help to better access capital for its future needs. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of Majestic unanimously approved the IPO.

Offering Details

Persistence plans to offer a total of 500,000,000 Shares (subject to the over-allotment option), of which 450,000,000 are international offer shares (subject to reallocation and the over-allotment option) and 50,000,000 are Hong Kong offer shares (subject to reallocation). The indicative offer price per offer share ranges from HK$0.55 to HK$0.75 (subject to downward offer price adjustment of up to 10% below the bottom end of the indicative offer price range). After deducting the underwriting fees and other estimated expenses relating to the global offering, and assuming that the over-allotment option is not exercised and the offer price is set at HK$0.65 per share (being the mid-point of the indicative offer price range), the aggregate net proceeds from the global offering are estimated to be approximately HK$265 million.

The Hong Kong public offering will commence at 9:00 a.m. HKT on 14 December 2023 and end at 12 p.m HKT on 19 December 2023. The final offer price and allotment results will be announced on 21 December 2023. Trading in the Shares of Persistence is expected to commence on the Main Board of the HKEX on 22 December 2023 under the stock code 02489. The Shares will be traded in board lots of 5,000 Shares each.

Innovax Capital Limited is the Sole Sponsor and Innovax Securities Limited is the Overall Coordinator, Sole Global Coordinator, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Manager of the global offering.

Use of Proceeds

Based on the offer price of HK$0.65 per offer share (being the mid-point of the indicative offer price range of HK$0.55 to HK$0.75), Persistence estimates that the net proceeds from the global offering (after deducting the underwriting fees and other estimated expenses relating to the global offering) will be approximately HK$265 million before the over-allotment option is exercised, which will be utilised as follows:

Future Growth Strategies

Selective acquisition of gold mining assets to increase market share

Persistence plans to expand its mineral resources and increase its market share through acquisition of surrounding high-quality gold mining assets. The criteria for acquisition targets include mines located in Shandong Province with potential gold resources of at least 10 tonnes at a depth of less than 1,000 meters, a life of mine ("LoM") of more than five years and a payback period of less than 10 years.

Mine optimization plan

Persistence is actively implementing the mine optimization plan, which includes expanding the mining surface area around 150 meters south of the existing boundary of Songjiagou Open-Pit Mine so as to increase the pit opening area from 0.34 square kilometers to 0.46 square meters and to deepen the depth of the pit to -171 meters above sea level. For this purpose, Persistence will construct new benches and plans to construct a water storage pool and drainage system to dewater groundwater, set up substations and topsoil storage yards, and acquire three excavators for the new mining area.

Additional exploration at existing mine area to increase gold reserves

According to the 2023 SRK Technical Report, the Songjiagou Open-Pit Mine area has potential for exploration and upgrading of its mineral resource. Persistence plans to identify additional mineral resources in the unmined areas adjacent to and below the current pit opening area covered by the mining license of its Songjiagou Open-Pit Mine by conducting further exploration work, which includes 26 drilling surveys in three phases at various depths ranging from 0 to 550 meters with a total depth of over 6,500 meters, so as to increase its gold mineral resources and to increase the LoM of its Songjiagou Open-Pit Mine.

Fully electronic application process

Persistence has adopted a fully electronic application process for the Hong Kong public offering. No printed copies of the prospectus or any application forms will be made available. The prospectus has been published on the Stock Exchange website at www.hkexnews.hk under "HKEXnews (New Listings) New Listing Information" and Majestic's website www.majesticgold.com and Persistence's website www.persistenceresource.com .

The closing of the proposed listing is subject to obtaining all required approvals, including the TSX.V and HKEX and any other regulatory approvals required.

About Majestic Gold

Currently focused in China, Majestic Gold Corp. is a British Columbia based company engaged in commercial gold production at the Songjiagou Gold Mine in eastern Shandong Province, China.

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