Palladium One Completes Previously Announced Acquisition of MetalCorp Limited, Expanding its Canadian Footprint
Palladium One Completes Previously
Announced Acquisition of MetalCorp Limited,
Expanding its Canadian Footprint
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 3, 2023) -
Palladium One Mining Inc.
(TSXV: PDM) (FSE:
7N11) (OTCQB: NKORF) ("
Palladium
One
" or "
PDM
") and
MetalCorp Limited
(TSXV: MTC)
("
MetalCorp
" or "
MTC
") are pleased to announce the successful completion of their previously-
announced statutory plan of arrangement under the provisions of the
Business Corporations Act
(Ontario) (the "
Arrangement
"). Pursuant to the Arrangement, among other things, Palladium One
acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of MetalCorp. The Arrangement became effective at
12:01 a.m. (Toronto time) on May 2, 2023 (the "
Effective Time
"), resulting in MetalCorp becoming a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Palladium One.
Under the terms of the Arrangement, each former MetalCorp shareholder ("
MTC Shareholders
") is
entitled to receive, in exchange for each common share in the capital of MetalCorp (a "
MTC Share
")
held, 0.30 of a common share in the capital of Palladium One (each whole share, a "
PDM Share
") (the
"
Exchange Ratio
"). Further, under the Arrangement, all options to acquire MTC Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time are exchanged for stock options to purchase PDM Shares at the
Exchange Ratio.
"The deemed value of the MetalCorp acquisition is approximately $3.3 million paid in shares, and for
that Palladium One assumes approximately $1.8 million of cash and for the remainder of the purchase
price being approximately $1.5 million obtains optionality on both precious metal and critical mineral
projects in Ontario, Canada.
Importantly, Palladium One assumes a significant pool of assessment
credits and therefore has no spending obligations for many years to come," commented Derrick
Weyrauch, President and Chief Executive Officer of PDM.
In order to receive the PDM Shares in exchange for their MTC Shares, registered MTC Shareholders
are reminded that they must complete, sign and return the letter of transmittal to Computershare Investor
Services Inc., in its capacity as depositary under the Arrangement, together with their certificate(s) or
DRS statement(s) representing their MTC Shares, in accordance with the tender procedures described
in MTC's management information circular dated March 22, 2023 (the "
Circular
") which is available on
SEDAR (
www.sedar.com
) under MTC's issuer profile. Any MTC Shares held in the CDS system were
automatically deposited under the Arrangement and the beneficial shareholders thereof will receive the
PDM Shares at the Exchange Ratio in respect of such MTC Shares.
If you have any questions or require more information with regard to the procedures for receiving the
PDM Share consideration, please contact Computershare Investor Services Inc., by (i) telephone within
North America at 1-800-564-6253
or (ii) email at
.
Advisors and Counsel
Bennett Jones LLP is acting as Palladium One's legal advisor. Dickinson Wright LLP is acting as MTC's
legal advisor.
Grant of Incentive Awards
Palladium One also announces that its board of directors has granted:
(i)
275,000 restricted share units ("RSUs") to certain employees, advisors and consultants of
Palladium One, which vest in three years;
(ii)
1,525,000 stock options to certain officers and directors of Palladium One, which are exercisable
for five years at a price of $0.11 per PDM Share with
1/3
rd
vesting immediately and 1/3
rd
annually
thereafter; and
(iii)
550,000 stock options to certain employees, advisors and consultants of Palladium One, which
are exercisable for five years at a price of $0.11 per PDM Share with 1/3
rd
vesting immediately and
1/3
rd
annually thereafter.
About Palladium One
Palladium One Mining Inc. (TSXV: PDM) is focused on discovering environmentally and socially
conscious
Metals for Green Transportation
. A Canadian mineral exploration and development
company, Palladium One is targeting district scale, platinum-group-element (PGE)-copper-nickel
deposits in Canada and Finland. The Läntinen Koillismaa (LK) Project in north-central Finland, is a
PGE-copper-nickel project that has existing NI43-101 Mineral Resources, while both the Tyko and
Canalask high-grade nickel-copper projects are located in Ontario and the Yukon, Canada, respectively.
Follow Palladium One on
,
, and at
www.palladiumoneinc.com
.
For further information contact:
Derrick Weyrauch, President & CEO
Email:
Telephone:647-612-6466
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
This press release is not an offer or a solicitation of an offer of securities for sale in the United States
of America. The common shares of Palladium One Mining Inc. have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration.
Information set forth in this press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are statements that relate to future, not past events. In this context, forward-looking
statements often address a company's expected future business and financial performance, and often
contain words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", and "intend", statements
that an action or event "may", "might", "could", "should", or "will" be taken or occur, or other similar
expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release include, without limitation,
statements with respect to: the expected synergies and benefits of the Transaction, the future price of
nickel, copper, gold, and cobalt, the estimation of mineral resources, costs and timing of the
development of projects and new deposits, success of exploration, currency fluctuations,
requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, and environmental
risks. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future
events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the results of regulatory approvals for the
Arrangement, the integration of MetalCorp with Palladium One, the quality of the title of MetalCorp to
its assets and the extent of any known, unknown or contingent liabilities of MetalCorp, the results of
the exploration at Hemlo East or North Rock Copper, the accuracy of the mineral resource estimates
at Hemlo East or North Rock Copper; project development; the need for additional financing;
operational risks associated with mining and mineral processing; fluctuations in palladium and other
commodity prices; title matters; environmental liability claims and insurance; reliance on key
personnel; the absence of dividends; competition; dilution; the volatility of our common share price
and volume; and tax consequences to Canadian and U.S. shareholders. Forward-looking statements
are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are
made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these
beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change. Investors are cautioned
against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.
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