TS X: ALS | OTCQX: ATUSF Altiu s Minerals Corporation
TS X: ALS | OTCQX: ATUSF Altiu s Minerals Corporation
February 26, 2021 | St. John’s, Newfoundland
Acquisition of Common Shares of TRU Precious Metals Corp. by Altius Resources Inc.
Altius Resources Inc. (“Altius”), a subsidiary of Altius Minerals Corporation (TSX:ALS)
(OTCQX:ATUSF) announced today that pursuant to an option agreement dated February 23,
2021 with TRU Precious Metals Corp.(TSXV: TRU) (“TRU”), with its head office at 70 Trius
Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5E3, it has the right to acquire 7,140,000 common
shares of TRU (the “Shares”) representing approximately 19.9% of the issued and outstanding
common shares of TRU upon receipt of the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the
“TSXV”) in exchange for the grant of an option to acquire by TRU a 100% interest in the mineral
claims known as Golden Rose in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (the “Option”). In
addition, the Option Agreement provides that TRU will issue to Altius an additional 800,000
common shares within one month from the closing date of the transaction contemplated by the
Option Agreement, 800,000 common shares on the first anniversary of the Option Agreement
and a further 1,400,000 common shares (collectively, the “Additional Shares”) on the second
anniversary of the Option Agreement, subject to the approval of the TSXV. If on the dates of
issuance of such Additional Shares, the issuance would result in the total number of common
shares held by Altius exceeding 19.9% of the issued and outstanding capital of TRU following
such issuance, then such Additional Shares will not be issued on such dates but shall remain
issuable to Altius at such time that Altius’ shareholdings in TRU would not result in it exceeding
19.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of TRU. All of the Additional Shares must
be issued prior to the exercise of the Option under the Option Agreement by TRU. The Shares
and the Additional Shares to be acquired by Altius pursuant to the Option Agreement will be
issued at a deemed price of $0.25 per share, subject to the requirements of the TSXV.
Immediately prior to the transaction contemplated by the Option Agreement, Altius held no
securities of TRU. Altius will not acquire the Additional Shares if such acquisition would result in
Altius’ shareholding in TRU exceeding 19.9% of the issued and outstanding capital of TRU.
Altius will acquire the Shares and Additional Shares for investment purposes only, and
depending on market and other conditions, Altius may from time to time in the future increase or
decrease its ownership, control or direction over securities of TRU, through market transactions,
private agreements, or otherwise.
In satisfaction of the requirements of National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System
and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues, an early warning report respecting the
acquisition of securities by Altius has been filed under TRU’s SEDAR Profile at www.sedar.com.
The head office of Altius is located at 38 Duffy Place, 2nd Floor, St John's, NL A1B 4M5. For
further information regarding this acquisition by Altius or to obtain a copy of the early warning
report, please contact Chad Wells, Vice-President, Business Development, Altius Minerals
Corporation, Tel. 1-877-576-2206.
TS X: ALS | OTCQX: ATUSF Altiu s Minerals Corporation
About Altius
Altius’s strategy is to create per share growth through a diversified portfolio of royalty assets that relate to
long life, high margin operations. This strategy further provides shareholders with exposures that are well
aligned with sustainability -related global growth trends including the electricity generation transition from
fossil fuel to renewables, transportation electrification, reduced emissions from steelmaking and increasing
agricultural yield requirements. These macro-trends each hold the potential to cause increased demand for
many of Altius’s commodity exposures including copper, renewable based electricity, several key battery
metals (lithium, nickel and cobalt), clean iron ore, and potash. In addition, Altius runs a successful Project
Generation business that originates mineral projects for sale to developers in exchange for equity positions
and royalties. Altius has 41,477,653 common shares issued and outstanding that are listed on Canada’s
Toronto Stock Exchange. It is a member of both the S&P/TSX Small Cap and S&P/TSX Global Mining
Indices.
Forward-looking information
This news release contains forward‐looking information. The statements are based on reasonable
assumptions and expectations of management and Altius provides no assurance that actual events will
meet management's expectations. In certain cases, forward ‐looking information may be identified by such
terms as "anticipates", "believes", "could", "estimates", "expects", "may", "shall", "will", or "would".
Although Altius believes the expectations expressed in such forward ‐looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or
developments may differ materially from those projected. Readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. Altius does not undertake to update any forward-looking information
contained herein except in accordance with securities regulation.
For further information, please contact:
Chad Wells
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 1.877.576.2209
Flora Wood
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 1.877.576.2209
Direct: +1(416)346.9020