Canadian Metals Announces a Sale and Supply Agreement with an Experienced Quarry Operator
MONTRÉAL, May 2, 2019 - Canadian Metals Inc. ("CME" or the "Corporation") (CSE: CME) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a strategic and experienced quarry operator, Les Minéraux Industriels du Québec Inc. ("MIQ" or the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which CME intends to sell (the "Disposition") all its right, titles and interest in and to the Langis property (the "Property"), in exchange of a long-term quartz price lock-in supply agreement (the "LTA") and $2,250,000. This strategic alliance with MIQ should allow optimization of the resource extracted from the Property and will generate short- and medium-term cash flow for CME.
The Corporation's management believes quartz supply for its Baie-Comeau project should now be fully secured through the LTA and CME 100% interests in other mining titles with similar quartz characteristics, including its Lake La Chesnaye property located in the Baie-Comeau area, which might ultimately prove to be more suitable for the Baie-Comeau plant due to its logistical cost advantage.
The Disposition provides CME with:
- $2,250,000, where $500,000 is due at closing of the Disposition and staged cash payments totalling $1,750,000 modulated on the Purchaser production on the Property, with the following deadlines: (i) $150,000 on or before December 31, 2019; (ii) $300,000 on before each of December 31, 2020, 2021, and 2022, (iii) $450,000 on or before December 31, 2023, and (iv) a final $250,000 over a maximum of 5 years after the previous payment.
- The LTA meeting its specific quartzite requirements at a currently favorable fixed price until January 1, 2024, after which date the original fixed price would be indexed every year until 2039.
The transaction is structured as a sale with a resolutory condition whereby, in the event that the transfer of the mining titles and authorization certificate comprised in the Property is not completed prior to August 30, 2019 (or such other date as may be agreed upon by the Corporation and the Purchaser), the Disposition will be deemed to have never occurred and title to the Property will revert back to CME.
The cash proceeds will be used to further strengthen CME's balance sheet and, most importantly, allow the Corporation to focus on its development activities.
This Disposition remains subject to approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange.
About Canadian Metals Inc.
Canadian Metals is a diversified resource company focused on creating shareholder value through the development of large-scale industrial mineral portfolios in specific commodities and jurisdictions that will fuel the new energy economy. The company is uniquely positioned to pursue this strategy in silicon, precious and base metal assets.
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SOURCE Canadian Metals Inc.
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Stéphane Leblanc, Chief Executive Officer, Email: sleblanc@canadianmetalsinc.com, (418) 717-2553; René Boisvert, President, Email: rboisvert@canadianmetalsinc.com; Patsie Ducharme, Chief Financial Officer, Email: pducharme@canadianmetalsinc.com, (514) 895-5556; Website: www.canadianmetalsinc.com