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Pivotal Metals Limited (ASX:PVT) (‘Pivotal’ or the ‘Company’) has agreed the sale of Tungsten San Finx S.L. (‘TSFx’), the 100% owner of the San Finx tin and tungsten mine The exit from San Finx will ensure that shareholder funds will be dedicated to the highly attractive Canadian portfolio of battery metal projects.
Highlights
- Sale has been executed with Metáis Estratéxicos, S.L. (“MESL”) with an effective date of 30 June 2023.
- Pivotal has to date made no consideration payments to Valoriza Mineria S.L.U. (‘Valoriza’ the previous owner) under the sale agreement dated 27 December 2021, incurring only working capital expenditure. MESL will assume the obligations payable to Valoriza (‘Valoriza Consideration’).
- MESL will pay Pivotal a 3% royalty on sales, capped at US$1m, commencing in the quarter following the satisfaction in full of the Valoriza Consideration. This consideration, in addition to €150,000 paid upfront, results in a total effective consideration payable of €1.15m to the Company, the majority of which is deferred until after production.
- The sale of TSFx is a significant milestone in completing the strategic shift to Canadian battery metals, initially announced on 22 May 2022. Since that date the Company has assembled a highly attractive Canadian portfolio comprising the Horden Lake Cu-Ni-PGM deposit with a JORC compliant resource totalling 27.8Mt at 1.49% CuEq1, and the 157 km2 high grade BAGB package of Ni-Cu- PGM exploration claims.
Managing Director Steven Turner said: “Pivotal believes that the Canadian portfolio offers exceptional upside to shareholders and has been keen to ensure that shareholder funds are focussed on the realisation of that value. The Board has agreed that a clean exit from San Finx is the best outcome for shareholders.”
Canadian Portfolio
Horden Lake is an advanced exploration project containing a JORC compliant pit constrained resource of 27.8Mt at a 1.49% CuEq. The resource estimate does not include all of the Au, nor any of the significant Co and Ag known to exist within the deposit. The planned drilling programme for 2023/24, once completed, will look to better define these various additional metals for inclusion in an updated mineral resource estimate.
Belleterre-Angliers Greenstone Belt (‘BAGB’) is a high impact exploration project that has demonstrated exceptional grades of nickel, copper and PGMs, potentially indicative of a large deeper system. A review of EM anomalies below 300m from recent VTEM surveys has identified 20 high priority targets never previously explored. These targets will be the focus of a survey programme scheduled for later in 2023.
Following the successful $4m flow through share capital raise announced 16 May 2023, the Company is well funded for the Canadian 2023/2024 drilling and survey programme across its two projects. The extensive Quebec forest fires have resulted in the Company rescheduling the order of its activities with an immediate focus on BAGB, noting that a winter drill programme at Horden Lake would avail the Company of significant costs savings given the use of a temporary land access track as opposed to the use of helicopters to complete the planned 8,000m programme.
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