Galane Gold Announces B2Gold Has Met Its Commitments With Regards to Tranche 1 of the Earn-in Agreement for Botswana Prospect...
03 October 2019 - 7:00AM
Galane Gold Ltd. (“
Galane Gold” or the
“
Company”) (TSX-V: GG; OTCQB: GGGOF) is pleased to
announce that B2Gold Corp. (“
B2Gold”) (TSX:
BTO) has met the conditions of Tranche 1 of the previously
announced earn-in option agreement with respect to certain Botswana
prospecting sites (the “
Earn-in Agreement”) and
has confirmed its intent to commence with Tranche 2 expenditures of
US$2 million.
Galane Gold CEO, Nick Brodie commented: “B2Gold
has completed detailed mapping of the most prospective areas of the
prospecting licences and has identified the areas where it wishes
to commence a more detailed exploration campaign.
Galane remains confident and excited that
B2Gold, from the progress so far, is the best team to unlock the
known exploration potential of the Tati Greenstone Belt.”
Under the Earn-in Agreement, B2Gold has the
option to indirectly acquire, in three tranches, up to 70% of the
shares of Southern Cross Exploration and Development (Pty) Ltd.
(“Southern Cross”), a subsidiary of Galane Gold,
which has received two gold prospecting licences over an aggregate
of approximately 520 km2 located around the Company’s Mupane
property in Botswana, excluding its current operations and mining
licences. B2Gold has agreed to and will carry out exploration on
the properties with guidance received from a jointly formed
technical committee.
Please refer to Galane Gold’s press release
dated March 19, 2018 for further detail on the Earn-In Agreement.
Upon B2Gold acquiring shares of Southern Cross upon the completion
of Tranche 2, the Earn-in Agreement will be replaced by a
definitive shareholders agreement governing the parties’ interests
in Southern Cross.
About Galane Gold
Galane Gold is an un-hedged gold producer and
explorer with mining operations and exploration tenements in
Botswana and South Africa. Galane Gold is a public company and its
shares are quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “GG”
and the OTCQB under the symbol “GGGOF”. Galane Gold’s management
team is comprised of senior mining professionals with extensive
experience in managing mining and processing operations and
large-scale exploration programmes. Galane Gold is committed to
operating at world-class standards and is focused on the safety of
its employees, respecting the environment, and contributing to the
communities in which it operates.
Cautionary Notes
Certain statements contained in this press
release constitute “forward-looking statements”. All statements
other than statements of historical fact contained in this press
release, including, without limitation, those regarding the
Company’s future financial position and results of operations,
strategy, proposed acquisitions, plans, objectives, goals and
targets, and any statements preceded by, followed by or that
include the words “believe”, “expect”, “aim”, “intend”, “plan”,
“continue”, “will”, “may”, “would”, “anticipate”, “estimate”,
“forecast”, “predict”, “project”, “seek”, “should” or similar
expressions or the negative thereof, are forward-looking
statements. These statements are not historical facts but instead
represent only the Company’s expectations, estimates and
projections regarding future events. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve assumptions, risks and
uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual
results may differ materially from what is expressed, implied or
forecasted in such forward-looking statements.
Additional factors that could cause actual
results, performance or achievements to differ materially include,
but are not limited to: the Company’s dependence on two mineral
projects; gold price volatility; risks associated with the conduct
of the Company’s mining activities in Botswana and South Africa;
regulatory, consent or permitting delays; risks relating to the
Company’s exploration, development, plant expansion and mining
activities being situated in Botswana and South Africa; risks
relating to reliance on the Company’s management team and outside
contractors; risks regarding mineral resources and reserves; the
Company’s inability to obtain insurance to cover all risks, on a
commercially reasonable basis or at all; currency fluctuations;
risks regarding the failure to generate sufficient cash flow from
operations; risks relating to project financing and equity
issuances; risks arising from the Company’s fair value estimates
with respect to the carrying amount of mineral interests; mining
tax regimes; risks arising from holding derivative instruments; the
Company’s need to replace reserves depleted by production; risks
and unknowns inherent in all mining projects, including the
inaccuracy of reserves and resources, metallurgical recoveries and
capital and operating costs of such projects; contests over title
to properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties; laws
and regulations governing the environment, health and safety;
operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or
development activities; lack of infrastructure; employee relations,
labour unrest or unavailability; health risks in Africa; the
Company’s interactions with surrounding communities and artisanal
miners; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired
assets; risks related to restarting production; the speculative
nature of exploration and development, including the risks of
diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; development of the
Company’s exploration properties into commercially viable mines;
stock market volatility; conflicts of interest among certain
directors and officers; lack of liquidity for shareholders of the
Company; risks related to the market perception of junior gold
companies; and litigation risk. Management provides forward-looking
statements because it believes they provide useful information to
investors when considering their investment objectives and cautions
investors not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements
made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary
statements and other cautionary statements or factors contained
herein, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or
developments will be realized or, even if substantially realized,
that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on,
the Company. These forward-looking statements are made as of the
date of this press release and the Company assumes no obligation to
update or revise them to reflect subsequent information, events or
circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information please
contact:Nick BrodieCEO, Galane Gold Ltd.+ 44
7905089878Nick.Brodie@GalaneGold.comwww.GalaneGold.com
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