Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX/NYSE:PVG) (“Pretivm” or the “Company”)
announces today that it has amended its existing credit facility
(the “Amended Loan Facility”) on favourable terms, increasing the
Loan Facility size to US$350 million from its current US$300
million. The Amended Loan Facility is comprised of a
US$100 million non-revolving term credit facility (the “Term
Facility”) and a US$250 million revolving credit facility (the
“Revolving Facility”).
The Term Facility was used to refinance the
existing term loan (US$100 million on closing date) and the
Revolving Facility will be available for general corporate
purposes. The Amended Loan Facility has been made available for a
term of four years, maturing on August 8, 2025.
“The increase in available liquidity combined
with our strong financial performance provides us with flexibility
and positions us to seize operational and strategic opportunities
as they arise,” said Jacques Perron, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Pretivm.
The Term Facility is to be repaid by way of
seventeen equal quarterly installments of principal plus accrued
interest commencing on September 30th, 2021. Any funds drawn on the
Revolving Facility are repayable in a single, lump sum payment
(principal and all accrued and unpaid interest) on the maturity
date.
The Amended Loan Facility is available by way of
US dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) loans that bear
interest at LIBOR (or Secured Overnight Financing Rate, after the
cessation of LIBOR) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 2.5% to
3.5%) determined based on the Company’s net leverage ratio, as well
as other customary borrowing options. The Amended Loan Facility
includes standard and customary finance terms and conditions
including with respect to fees, representations, warranties, and
covenants.
The terms and conditions of the Amended Loan
Facility are set out in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
made among the Company and a syndicate of lenders. The Bank of Nova
Scotia acted as administrative agent, the Bank of Nova Scotia, ING
Capital LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC acted as the joint lead
arrangers and joint bookrunners, with ING Capital LLC and SG
Americas Securities, LLC acting as co-syndication Agents.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is an intermediate gold producer with
the high-grade gold underground Brucejack Mine.
For further information contact:
Troy
Shultz Manager,
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Pretium Resources Inc.Suite 2300, Four Bentall
Centre, 1055 Dunsmuir StreetPO Box 49334 Vancouver, BC V7X 1L4(604)
558-1784invest@pretivm.com(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources
Inc.)
Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
This news release contains “forward-looking
information” and “forward looking statements”, within the meaning
of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation
(collectively herein referred to as “forward-looking information”),
including the “safe harbour” provisions of Canadian provincial
securities legislation and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
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been used to identify forward-looking information. Forward-looking
information may include, but is not limited to, statements with
respect to: the Amended Loan Facility, including its terms, use of
funds, maturity and repayment; our liquidity and the adequacy of
our financial resources (including capital resources); our
intentions with respect to our capital resources; capital
allocation plans; and our financing activities, including plans for
the use of proceeds thereof. Any statements that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance are not statements of historical fact and may be
forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is subject to a
variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual results, actions, events, conditions,
performance or achievements to materially differ from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including,
without limitation, those related to: uncertainty as to the outcome
of legal proceedings; the effect of indebtedness on cash flow and
business operations; the effect of a pandemic and particularly the
COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic and at the Brucejack Mine on
the Company’s business, financial condition and results of
operations and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our
workforce, suppliers and other essential resources and what effect
those impacts, if they occur, would have on our business, financial
condition and results of operations; the effectiveness of our
COVID-19 management plans, related protocols and preventative
measures; the effect of restrictive covenants pursuant to the
Amended Loan Facility; assumptions regarding expected capital
costs, operating costs and expenditures, production schedules,
economic returns and other projections; our production, gold grade,
milling recovery, cash flow and cost estimates, including the
accuracy thereof; commodity price fluctuations, including gold and
silver price volatility; the accuracy of our Mineral Resource and
Reserve estimates (including with respect to size, grade and mining
and milling recoverability) and the geological, operational costs
and price assumptions on which they are based; our need or ability
to raise enough capital to mine, develop, expand or complete
further exploration programs on our mineral properties; our ability
to generate operating revenues and cash flow in the future; and
such other risks as are identified in Pretivm’s public disclosure
documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and in the United States
through EDGAR at the Security and Exchange Commission’s website at
www.sec.gov (collectively, the “Pretivm Disclosure Documents”).
This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of
our forward-looking information. Although we have attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results,
actions, events, conditions, performance or achievements to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause results, actions, events,
conditions, performance or achievements to differ from those
anticipated, estimated or intended.
Our forward-looking information is based on the
assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management on
the date the statements are made, many of which may be difficult to
predict and beyond our control. In connection with the
forward-looking information contained in this news release, we have
made certain assumptions about, among other things: our business
and operations and that no significant event will occur outside of
our normal course of business and operations (other than as
expressly set out herein); the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and
outbreak, including on our operations and workforce; planned
exploration, development and production activities and the results,
costs and timing thereof; future price of gold and silver and other
metal prices; the accuracy of our Mineral Resource and Mineral
Reserve estimates and related information, analyses and
interpretations (including with respect to any updates or
anticipated updates); the geology and mineralization of the
Brucejack Mine; operating conditions; capital and operating cost
estimates; production and processing estimates; the results, costs
and timing of future exploration and drilling; timelines and
similar statements relating to the economic viability of the
Brucejack Mine; the geopolitical, economic, permitting and legal
climate that we operate in; the adequacy of our financial
resources, and our ability to raise any necessary additional
capital on reasonable terms; our ability to satisfy the terms and
conditions of our debt obligations; commodity prices; currency
exchange rates and interest rates; political and regulatory
stability; requirements under applicable laws; market competition;
sustained labour stability and availability of equipment; positive
relations with local groups; favourable equity and debt capital
markets; stability in financial capital markets; and the litigation
we are currently involved in. Although we believe that the
assumptions inherent in forward-looking information are reasonable
as of the date of this news release, these assumptions are subject
to significant business, social, economic, political, regulatory,
competitive and other risks and uncertainties, contingencies and
other factors that could cause actual actions, events, conditions,
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from those projected in the forward-looking information. The
Company cautions that the foregoing list of assumptions is not
exhaustive. Other events or circumstances could cause actual
results to differ materially from those estimated or projected and
expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking information
contained in this news release.
Additional information about the risks and
uncertainties concerning forward-looking information and material
factors or assumptions on which such forward-looking information is
based is provided in the Pretivm Disclosure Documents.
Forward-looking information is not a guarantee
of future performance. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such information. Forward-looking information
involves statements about the future and is inherently uncertain,
and our actual achievements or other future events or conditions
may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking
information due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other
factors, including, without limitation, those referred to in this
news release and the Pretivm Disclosure Documents. For the reasons
set forth above, readers and prospective investors should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking information.
We do not assume any obligation to update
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by
applicable law. Neither the TSX nor the NYSE has approved or
disapproved of the information contained herein.
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