Equinox Gold Commences Trading on the TSX‐V as “EQX” Trek Mining, NewCastle Gold and Anfield Gold Complete Business Combination to Create Equinox Gold
TSX-V: EQX
OTC: LWLCF
Suite 730 – 800 West Pender St., Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2V6
[email protected] +1 604.558.0560 www.equinoxgold.com
NEWS RELEASE
Equinox Gold Commences Trading on the TSX‐V as “EQX”
Trek Mining, NewCastle Gold and Anfield Gold Complete Business Combination to Create Equinox Gold
December 22, 2017 – Vancouver, BC – Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX‐V: EQX) (“Equinox Gold” or the “Company”),
formerly Trek Mining Inc. (TSX‐V: TREK), is pleased to announce that Trek Mining Inc., NewCastle Gold Ltd.
(“NewCastle”) and Anfield Gold Corp. (“Anfield”) have combined their businesses to create Equinox Gold,
following final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX‐V”) of the previously announced plan of
arrangement.
“The overwhelming support for this merger from NewCastle and Anfield shareholders underscores the long‐
term growth potential of Equinox Gold,” said Christian Milau, C EO of Equinox Gold. “Equinox Gold has near‐
term production from the Aurizona Gold Mine in Brazil, signific ant production upside from the Castle
Mountain Gold Mine in California and an exceptional development pipeline of gold and copper assets. We
look forward to reporting on pro gress in 2018 as we work to ach ieve production and build a leading gold
company.”
The Equinox Gold Board of Directors includes Ross Beaty, Christian Milau, Greg Smith, Marcel de Groot,
Lenard Boggio, Marshall Koval and Jacques McMullen. Ross Beaty has been appointed as Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
Equinox Gold’s shares and warrants are now trading on the TSX‐V in Canada under the symbols “EQX” and
“EQX.WT”, respectively, and on the OTC in the United States under the symbol “LWLCF” and “LWLLF”,
respectively. Anfield shares have ceased trading by way of a tr ading halt. NewCastle shares are expected to
be de‐listed shortly.
Equinox Gold’s new website is live at www.equinoxgold.com.
Equinox Gold is also pleased to report that the sale of the sha res of Mayaniquel S.A. to International Nickel
Supply SA (“INS”) was completed on December 21, 2017 and the Com p a n y h a s r e c e i v e d t h e r e m a i n i n g
US$12.5 million in cash from INS. Further, the sale of Chapleau Resources Ltd., and its Coringa Gold Project,
to Serabi Gold PLC (“Serabi”) was completed on December 21, 2017 and the Company has received the initial
payment of US$5 million in cash from Serabi. A further US$5 mil lion in cash is payable within three months
of the closing and a final payment of US$12 million in cash is due upon the earlier of first gold being produced
from the Coringa Gold Project or 24 months from the date of clo sing. Payment of the future purchase price
installments is secured by a pledge in the Company’s favour on the shares of Chapleau Resources Ltd. For
f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o n t h e s e t r a n s a c t i o n s , p l e a s e r e f e r t o t h e r e s pective news releases issued by Anfield on
December 21, 2017, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under Anfield’s profile.
Equinox Gold Contacts
Christian Milau, CEO
Rhylin Bailie, Vice President Investor Relations
Tel: +1 604‐558‐0560
Email: [email protected]
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About Equinox Gold
Equinox Gold is a Canadian mining company with a multi‐million‐ ounce gold resource base, near‐term and
growing gold production from two past‐producing mines in Brazil and California, and a long‐term growth
platform with a diverse portfolio of gold and copper assets in North and South America. Early works
construction is underway at the Co mpany’s Aurizona project in B razil with the objective of pouring gold by
year‐end 2018, and a prefeasibility study is underway at the Company’s Castle Mountain project in California
with the objective of restarting production. Further informatio n about Equinox Gold’s current portfolio of
assets and long‐term growth strategy is available at www.equino xgold.com or by email at
Cautionary Notes and Forward‐Looking Statements
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as such term is defined in the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This document contains certain forward‐looking information and forward‐looking statements within the
meaning of applicable securities legislation (collectively “forward‐looking statements”). The use of the words
“will”, “expected”, “objective”, “underway” and similar express ions are intended to identify forward‐looking
statements. Forward‐looking statements contained in this news release include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the growth potential of the Company, produ ction from the Aurizona Gold Mine and
Castle Mountain Gold Mine, the Castle Mountain prefeasibility s tudy, the potential for other assets of the
Company, the date at which common shares of NewCastle will be de‐listed, and expectation of receiving
further purchase price installments related to the sale of Anfi eld’s Coringa Gold Project. Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward‐looking statements and/or information are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward‐look ing statements since the Company can give
no assurance that such expectatio ns will prove to be correct. T hese statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual re sults or events to differ materially from those
anticipated in such forward‐looking statements, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified
in the Company’s periodic filings with Canadian securities regu lators, and assumptions made with regard to
the Company’s ability to complete the Castle Mountain prefeasib ility study and the results of the study; the
Company’s ability to complete construction at the Aurizona project and the timing to achieve production; and
the Company’s ability to achieve the expected growth and production potential, and the expectation that the
Company will receive further purchase price installments from Serabi. Furthermore, the forward‐looking
statements contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and the Company does
not undertake any obligations to publicly update and/or revise any of the included forward‐looking
statements, whether as a result of additional information, futu re events and/or otherwise, except as may be
required by applicable securities laws.