Kenorland Enters Definitive Agreement to Sell the South Thompson Project to Evolution Nickel
Kenorland Enters Definitive Agreement to Sell
the South Thompson Project to Evolution
Nickel
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 30, 2024) -
Kenorland Minerals Ltd.
(TSXV: KLD)
(OTCQX: KLDCF) (FSE: 3WQ0) ("
Kenorland
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce it has
entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement (the "
Agreement
") with Evolution Nickel
Corporation ("
Evolution
") pursuant to which Evolution will acquire 100% of the South Thompson Nickel
Project (the "
Project
"). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Evolution has agreed to issue
Kenorland 26,000,000 common shares of Evolution (for a 50% equity ownership interest prior to the
closing of the Financing (as defined below)) and grant Kenorland a 2% net smelter return royalty (the
"
Royalty
") over the entirety of the South Thompson Project at closing of the transaction ("
Closing
").
At Closing, Kenorland and Evolution will enter into: (i) a definitive agreement in respect of the Royalty; (ii)
an investor rights agreement giving Kenorland the right to appoint a director to Evolution's board of
directors and a pre-emptive right to maintain Kenorland's pro-rata ownership interest; and (iii) an
operator services agreement providing for Kenorland's continued operation of the Project post-Closing.
Closing is expected to occur prior to December 31, 2024.
In addition to customary conditions precedent for a transaction of this nature, including the prior approval
of the TSX Venture Exchange, Closing is conditional upon Evolution completing an equity financing for
gross proceeds of not less than C$4,000,000 (the "
Financing
").
About the South Thompson Project
The South Thompson Project covers 307,753 hectares of land located approximately 200km south of the
town of Thompson, Manitoba, and 80km west of the town The Pas, Manitoba. The licences cover the
southern extension of the Thompson Nickel Belt, which is predominately covered by Phanerozoic cover
sequences.
Compilation and digitization of historical exploration data, including 337 drillholes, have been completed
along with re-processing of historical airborne magnetics and electromagnetic surveys. The Project is
adjacent to the Minago and Williams Lake nickel sulphide projects and the regional wide spaced drilling
has indicated anomalous Ni assays and sulphide mineralisation in ultramafics within the Project area.
The Project has seen no meaningful project-scale exploration in the last 20 years and the combination of
large gaps in drilling and lack of modern geophysical techniques over the project area represent
significant opportunity for a nickel sulfide discovery. Kenorland has conducted a project scale 12,084
line-km Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) survey at the South Thompson Project in Q1 of
2024 and is currently generating targets for follow-up.
Figure 1. South Thompson Regional Geology and Occurrences
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Qualified Person
Mr. Janek Wozniewski, B.Sc., P.Geo. (EGBC #172781, APEGS #77522, EGMB #48045, PGO #3824),
"Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and
technical information in this press release.
About Kenorland Minerals
Kenorland Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: KLD) is a well-financed mineral exploration company focused on project
generation and early-stage exploration in North America. Kenorland's exploration strategy is to advance
greenfields projects through systematic, property-wide, phased exploration surveys financed primarily
through exploration partnerships including option to joint venture agreements. Kenorland holds a 4% net
smelter return royalty on the Frotet Project in Quebec which is owned by Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada
Ltd. The Frotet Project hosts the Regnault gold system, a greenfields discovery made by Kenorland and
Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada Ltd. in 2020. Kenorland is based in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
About Evolution Nickel Corporation
Evolution Nickel Corporation is a newly formed exploration company with a mandate to explore for and
discover clean, high-grade nickel sulphide deposits.
Further information can be found on the Company's website
www.kenorlandminerals.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Zach Flood
President, CEO & Director
For further information, please contact:
Alex Muir, CFA
Investor Relations Manager
Tel +1 604 568 6005
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implied by such forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the assumptions
and factors used in preparing these forward-looking statements are reasonable based upon the
information currently available to management as of the date hereof, actual results and developments
may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. Readers are therefore cautioned
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and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed times frames or at all.
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or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
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