Mayfair Gold Defeats Muddy Waters’ Meritless Lawsuit
05 June 2024 - 12:00PM
Mayfair Gold Corp. (“
Mayfair” or the
“
Company”) (
TSX-V:
MFG; OTCQB:
MFGCF) is pleased to announce that the Supreme
Court of British Columbia (the “
Court”) today has
set aside the ex parte order (the “
Muddy Waters
Order”) obtained by Muddy Waters Capital LLC
(“
Muddy Waters”) and dismissed Muddy Waters’
application that the Court grant a new injunction.
As previously disclosed by the Company, on May
27, 2024, Muddy Waters obtained the Muddy Waters Order from the
Court which restricted the distribution of funds held in trust of
approximately $4.0 million (the “Change of Control
Payments”) representing the aggregate termination payment
payable to certain of the Company’s management and employees (the
“Terminating Employees”) under their employment
agreements in respect of a change of control.
On June 3, 2024, the Company brought a
successful application before the Court to have the Muddy Waters
Order set aside thus permitting the Company to uphold its
contractual obligations under the Settlement Agreement between the
Company and the Terminating Employees dated May 6, 2024 (the
“Settlement Agreement”), and the Company’s
employment agreements with the Terminating Employees. The Court
also dismissed Muddy Waters’ application to grant a new injunction
to restrict the distribution of the Change of Control Payments.
In its oral reasons, the Court found that Muddy
Waters failed to make full and frank disclosure on the ex parte
application and failed to establish a strong prima facie case
regarding their claim that the Company had acted in an oppressive
manner to Muddy Waters. The setting aside of the Muddy Waters Order
removes the restriction on the distribution of the Change of
Control Payments.
Harry Pokrandt, Chairman of the Board, Mayfair
Gold, commented: “We are pleased that the Supreme Court of British
Columbia has agreed with us and found Muddy Waters’ costly and
unnecessary litigation to be without merit. I commend the Company’s
employees for their continued focus and dedication to the Company
in the face of Muddy Waters’ distracting and antagonizing lawsuit
aimed at interfering with their contractual rights.”
For more information regarding the Muddy Waters
Order, the Settlement Agreement and the Change of Control Payments
please see the Company’s news releases dated May 29, 2024, May 9,
2024 and the Company’s management information circular dated May 6,
2024 (the “Circular”).
Proxy Contest
Shareholders who have any questions relating to
the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held
on June 5, 2024 (the “Meeting”) may contact Alliance Advisors, LLC
by telephone at 844-858-7380 or email at
Mayfair@allianceadvisors.com.
Additional details relating to the matters to be
voted upon at the Meeting and the Board’s recommendations are
included in the Circular, which is available on www.sedarplus.ca,
as well as the Investor Resources section of the Company’s website
at https://mayfairgold.ca/investor-resources/.
Scientific and Technical
Information
Scientific and technical information contained
in this news release has been derived, in part, from the Company’s
technical report titled “National Instrument 43 101 Technical
Report Fenn–Gib Project, Ontario, Canada” with an effective date of
April 6, 2023 and reviewed and approved by Tim Maunula, an
independent “qualified person” pursuant to National Instrument
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Mayfair
Mayfair Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration
company focused on advancing the 100% controlled Fenn-Gib gold
project in the Timmins region of Northern Ontario. The Fenn-Gib
gold deposit is Mayfair’s flagship asset and currently hosts an
updated NI 43-101 resource estimate with an effective date of April
6, 2023 with a total Indicated Resource of 113.69M tonnes
containing 3.38M ounces at a grade of 0.93 g/t Au and an Inferred
Resource of 5.72M tonnes containing 0.16M ounces at a grade of 0.85
g/t Au at a 0.40 g/t Au cut-off grade. The Fenn-Gib deposit has a
strike length of over 1.5km with widths ranging over 500m. The gold
mineralized zones remain open at depth and along strike to the east
and west. Recently completed metallurgical tests confirm that the
Fenn-Gib deposit can deliver robust gold recoveries of up to
94%.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For further information contact:Patrick Evans,
President and CEOPhone: (416) 670-5114Email:
patrick@mayfairgold.caWeb: www.mayfairgold.ca
Media contact:John Vincic, Oakstrom
AdvisorsPhone: (647) 402-6375Email: john@oakstrom.com
For information on voting:Alliance Advisors,
LLC Phone: 1-844-858-7380Email: Mayfair@allianceadvisors.com
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of
Canadian securities legislation (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”) that relate to
Mayfair’s current expectations and views of future events including
the distribution of any portion of the Change of Control Payments;
and any future litigation involving the Company and Muddy Waters.
Forward-looking statements and may involve estimates, assumptions
and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to
differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking
statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations will
prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in
this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These
statements speak only as of the date of this news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number
of assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond Mayfair’s control, which
could cause actual results and events to differ materially from
those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward- looking
statements. Mayfair undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required
by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for Mayfair to predict all of them, or assess the impact
of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from
those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement.
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 news release.
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