Iceni Gold Limited uploaded a News Release
December 18, 2024
Iceni Enters Farm-in Deal with Gold Road for a Value up to A$44 million
- A$35 million exploration farm-in agreement signed with GOR over 154km2 of Iceni’s 100%-owned
tenements containing the Guyer Gold Trend within the 14 Mile Well Project in Western Australia, key
terms of which include:- Initial A$5 million minimum exploration expenditure, to be managed by Iceni, with the opportunity for GOR to take management upon reaching a key success milestone.
- A further A$10 million exploration expenditure within 2 years from meeting the minimum A$5
million exploration expenditure to earn a 50% Joint Venture interest (50 / 50 JV). - Upon Joint Venture formation GOR, can earn an additional 20% to take its Joint Venture interest to 70% by free carrying Iceni to the completion of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) (70 /30 JV).
- At the completion of the PFS, GOR can acquire an additional 10% Joint Venture interest (totaling 80%) by paying $20 million to Iceni (80/20 JV).
- In addition to the Farm-in, GOR is to acquire a 9.9% interest in Iceni by subscribing for A$3.05 million in shares at a price of 10 cents per share, representing a 59% premium to the 5-day VWAP prior to execution of the Farm-in Agreement.
- GOR to be issued 19,218,819 options exercisable at $0.15 on or before 31 December 2025.
- GOR to be issued 13,847,016 options exercisable at $0.20 on or before 31 December 2026.
- Should GOR exercise all options, and inclusive of the placement, Iceni will receive a total of $8.7m in cash.
- Exploration activity on the GOR farm-in tenements is expected to commence in January 2025 under Iceni management.
- Iceni retains 100% ownership of the remainder of the highly prospective 14 Mile Well Gold Project, where exploration can now be accelerated on other high priority targets within the portfolio.
- Following completion of the GOR share placement Iceni will have in excess of $3.8 million cash at bank and will be well-funded to continue exploration and development activities on its remaining highly prospective 100%-owned ground.