Kesselrun Resources (formerly Aleeyah Capital) Announces Completion of Qualifying Transaction and Concurrent Financing
VANCOUVER, July 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Kesselrun Resources Ltd. (TSXV: KES) (the "Company" or "Kesselrun" or "KES"), formerly Aleeyah Capital Corp. (TSXV: AAY.P) ("Aleeyah"), is pleased to announce that it closed its Qualifying Transaction and concurrent financing on July 18, 2012 (the "Closing Date").
Resumption of Trading
The Company anticipates that its common shares will resume trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") on or about July 25, 2012 under the symbol "KES".
The Qualifying Transaction
The Company acquired (the "Transaction") options to acquire up to a 100% interest in and to 713 units (the "Property")
covering 11,408 hectares located in Bluffpoint Lake Township, with
portions extending into the townships of Lawrence Lake, Napanee Lake and
Barker Bay in the Kenora Mining Division of Northwestern Ontario.
First Option
To
exercise its first option to acquire a 60% undivided interest in the
Property, the Company must make the cash payments and issue 4,000,000
common shares as set out below:
(a)
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on the Closing Date, issue to Michael Thompson (the "Optionor") 2,000,000 common shares (issued); and
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(b)
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on or before the 1st anniversary
of the Closing Date, pay the Optionor $100,000 and issue to the
Optionor an additional 1,000,000 Resulting Issuer Shares; and
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(c)
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on
or before the 2nd anniversary of the Closing Date, pay the Optionor
$100,000 and issue to the Optionor an additional 1,000,000 Resulting
Issuer Shares.
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The
Company may accelerate the payment to the Optionor at any time and such
accelerated payment shall be credited against any share issuance and/or
cash payment obligations under the terms of the Options.
The
Property is subject to a royalty payable to the Optionor equal to a
2.0% NSR, of which 1.0% may be purchased by the Resulting Issuer at any
time for the payment of $1,000,000; leaving the Optionor with a final
1.0% NSR. If the Optionor decides to dispose of its remaining 1.0% NSR,
the Resulting Issuer shall have the first right of refusal to acquire
that remaining 1% NSR on the same terms and conditions that the Optionor
proposes to dispose of its NSR. If the Optionor proposes to dispose of
its NSR, the Optionor shall deliver to the Resulting Issuer written
notice of the Optionor's intention to dispose of its NSR and the terms
of the proposed disposition. The Resulting Issuer shall have thirty
(30) days from receipt of such disposal notice to notify the Optionor in
writing that the Resulting Issuer intends to exercise its option (s)
and acquire the Optionor's NSR. If the Resulting Issuer has duly
exercised its option to acquire the NSR from the Optionor, the Resulting
Issuer shall then have sixty (60) days to deliver to the Optionor the
full payment price for the NSR.
Option Committee
The Company has established a three member committee comprised (the "Option Committee")
comprised of Ali Hakimzadeh, James Beesley and John Da Costa. The
Option Committee is expected to meet on a periodic basis to assess the
results of exploration conducted by the Company to date and determine
whether the Company should continue to exercise the First Option or, if
applicable, the Second Option. The Option Committee may take advice
from Michael Thompson, Caitlin Jeffs, and any experts that the Option
Committee considers necessary or advisable into consideration in its
deliberations. The Option Committee shall have the power to:
(a)
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Retain
appropriately skilled technical advisors to assist the Option Committee
in its ongoing evaluation of the Property and to pay such advisors
accordingly through cash and incentive stock options;
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(b)
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Determine
whether the Resulting Issuer shall make the cash payments and/or share
issuances to the Optionor under the terms of the First Option and/or the
Second Option and, upon the majority of the Option Committee
determining to make required cash payments and/or share issuances for
the period, Aleeyah shall make the particular cash payments and/or share
issuances, as the case may be;
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(c)
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Determine
whether the Resulting Issuer shall enter into the Joint Venture with
the Optionor in accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture
Agreement;
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(d)
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Assess
any Acquired Interest and, upon a majority decision in favour, give
notice to the Optionor that the Resulting Issuer intends to exercise its
option to purchase the Acquired Interest, and to effect the purchase
thereof; and
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(e)
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Determine
whether the Resulting Issuer shall acquire any portion of the
Optionor's NSR on the terms and considitons set out in Section 2.3 of
the Option Agreement.
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For
greater certainty, other than the initial share issuance of 2,000,000
Resulting Issuer Shares, the Resulting Issuer is prohibited from paying
any amount to the Optionor or issuing any Resulting Issuer Shares to the
Optionor unless a majority of the Option Committee gives its approval
for the particular cash payment or share issuance.
Second Option
Within
sixty (60) days of the Resulting Issuer exercising the First Option and
acquiring a 60% undivided interest in and to the Property, the Option
Committee shall notify (the "Second Option Notice") the Optionor
whether the Resulting Issuer intends to exercise the Second Option to
acquire a 100% interest in and to the Property. If the Option Committee
does not deliver the Second Option Notice to the Optionor within this
sixty (60) day timeframe, the Second Option shall automatically
terminate and the Resulting Issuer shall be deemed to have elected to
enter into the Joint Venture with the Optionor.
Upon
duly delivering the Second Option Notice to the Optionor, the Resulting
Issuer shall earn the exclusive and irrevocable right and option (the "Second Option")
to acquire the outstanding 40% interest in and to the Property (so that
the Resulting Issuer would have a 100% interest in and to the
Property). In order to exercise the Second Option, the Resulting Issuer
must pay the Optionor a cash amount of Two Hundred Thousand dollars
($200,000) and issue to the Optionor an additional two million Resulting
Issuer Shares at or before the third anniversary of the Closing.
Pursuant
to the terms of an Option Agreement dated March 31, 2012 between
Aleeyah and Michael Thompson, Aleeyah issued 2,000,000 common shares to
Mr. Thompson on close of the Transaction. These shares have been
deposited into escrow with Computershare Investor Services Inc. in
accordance with the terms and conditions of a Form 5D escrow agreement.
Aleeyah also issued 200,000 shares to RAB Holdings Corp as a finder's
fee.
Upon
close of the Transaction, the concurrent financing, as described below,
and the Finder's Fee, the Company has 16,900,000 common shares issued
and outstanding, 1,690,000 share purchase options and 200,000 warrants.
The Company is now a Resource Issuer listed on Tier 2 of the Exchange.
Name Change
Concurrent
with the Closing of the Transaction, the Company changed its corporate
name from Aleeyah Capital Corp. to Kesselrun Resources Ltd.
Concurrent Financing
Concurrent with the closing of the Transaction, the Company completed a concurrent, non-brokered financing (the "Offering").
Pursuant to the Offering, the Company sold 10,700,000 common shares at a
price of $0.10 per share for gross proceeds of $1,070,000. No finder's
fees were paid in connection with the Offering. The securities sold in
the Offering are subject to a six month hold period expiring January
18, 2013. The proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund the
exploration program recommended in the Company's National Instrument
43-101 technical report entitled "Aleeyah Capital Corp. Technical Report
On The Bluffpoint Gold Project Kenora Mining Division Ontario, Canada"
dated April 12, 2012 (effective December 31, 2011)(as filed on
Sedar.com), option costs and for general working capital.
Board of Directors & Management
Concurrent
with closing of the Transaction, the board of directors of the Company
was restructured. Don Graham and Rich Joyes resigned from the board of
directors of the Company. The Company would like to thank Mr. Graham
and Mr. Joyes for their respective contributions to the Company.
Michael Thompson, Caitlin Jeffs and John Da Costa were appointed to the
board. The board of directors of KES is now comprised of Michael
Thompson, Caitlin Jeffs, John Da Costa, James Beesley and Ali
Hakimzadeh. Mr. Thompson was appointed President and CEO of the Company
and John Da Costa was appointed to act as CFO and Corporate Secretary
of the Company.
Transfer within escrow
Concurrent
with the Closing of the Transaction, 1,200,000 common shares of the
Company held in escrow under the terms of a CPC Escrow Agreement dated
July 27, 2011 were transferred from former directors and officers of the
Company to the incoming directors and officers. Don Graham, Rich Joyes
and Ke Feng (Andrea) Yuan each transferred 400,000 common shares to
Michael Thompson, Caitlin Jeffs and John Da Costa at a price of $0.10
per share. These shares remain in escrow under the terms of the CPC
Escrow Agreement.
Stock Options
Concurrent
with the Closing of the Transaction, the Company granted 1,290,000
incentive stock options to its directors, officers, employees and
consultants. The Stock Options shall be exercisable at a price of $0.10
per share for a period of five (5) years from the Closing Date of the
Transaction.
Description of the Property
The
Bluffpoint property is an early stage exploration property covering
11,408 hectares in Northwest Ontario's Wabigoon Subprovince. The
Wabigoon Subprovince is host to recent multi-million ounce gold
discoveries such as the Hammond Reef and Rainy River deposits. The
Bluffpoint property is a large tonnage granodiorite hosted gold target
with similar geology, structural controls and mineralization styles as
Osisko Mining's Hammond Reef deposit (NI 43-101 compliant inferred
resource of 530.6 million tonnes at a grade of 0.62 grams/tonne gold for
10.52 million ounces of gold - News Release November 7th,
2011). The Bluffpoint property was previously explored by Homestake
Mining in the early 1990's outlining an approximately 400m by 100m zone
of gold mineralization.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
KESSELRUN RESOURCES LTD.
Per: "Michael Thompson"
Michael Thompson, President, CEO and Director
"Neither
TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."
SOURCE: Kesselrun Resources Ltd.
For further information:
For any additional information please contact Adam Rabiner at 604-868-7881.
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