Chakana Copper Announces Extension Agreement and Revised Payment Terms with Condor Resources for Soledad Project, Peru
Chakana Copper Announces Extension
Agreement and Revised Payment Terms with
Condor Resources for Soledad Project, Peru
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 18, 2022) -
Chakana Copper Corp. (TSXV:
PERU) (OTCQB: CHKKF) (FSE: 1ZX)
(the
"
Company
"
or
"
Chakana
") is pleased to announce that it
has reached a binding agreement with Condor Resources Inc. ("
Condor
") to amend the terms of the
purchase option agreement dated April 24, 2017, as amended on March 18, 2019, and November 13,
2020, relating to the Soledad Project.
Under the existing agreement, a final payment of US$4.425 million dollars was due to Condor on April
23, 2022. The parties have agreed to extend and amend the terms of the option to provide that Chakana
may complete the exercise of the option by either, (1) paying US$2,800,000 and issuing 9,480,198
common shares to Condor's Peruvian subsidiary prior to June 23, 2022, or (2) making the following cash
and share payments to Condor's Peruvian subsidiary over the next three-year period:
Date
Cash Payment
Shares in C$ Equivalent
On or prior to June 23, 2022
US$800,000
C$200,000
On or prior to June 23, 2023
US$1,000,000
C$200,000
On or prior to June 23, 2024
US$1,000,000
C$200,000
On or prior to June 23, 2025
US$1,425,000
C$400,000
"This is an outstanding development for the Soledad project as it ensures that the capital raised by
the company is better allocated to exploration and increasing value in the project. With either
payment option, Condor increases their shareholding of Chakana, allowing them to further leverage
the value we have created on their original mineral concessions with exposure to the upside on the
much larger project that is now over 4,200 hectares. To date we have only tested 15% of the 122
targets currently defined on the project, leading to an initial inferred resource hosting 191,000 ounces
of gold, 11.7 million ounces of silver, and 130 million pounds of copper as published on January 11,
2022,"
stated President and CEO David Kelley.
The amounts of the share payments are subject to adjustment in the event of early or late payment. In
addition, Condor has agreed to certain voluntary resale restrictions on the shares of Chakana to be
issued to Condor, with periodic releases over an 18-month period.
Pursuant to the amendment agreement and as part of the amount owed to Condor, Chakana has also
agreed to make a payment of US$200,000 to Condor's Peruvian subsidiary by April 22, 2022.
About Chakana Copper
Chakana Copper Corp is a Canadian-based minerals exploration company that is currently advancing
the Soledad Project located in the Ancash region of Peru, a highly favorable mining jurisdiction with
supportive communities. The Soledad Project is notable for the high-grade copper-gold-silver
mineralization that is hosted in tourmaline breccia pipes. An initial inferred resource estimate for seven
breccia pipes was announced in January, 2022 (see news release dated February 23, 2022), with 6.73
Mt containing 191,000 ounces of gold, 11.7 million ounces of silver, and 130 million pounds of copper. In
addition, extensive multidisciplinary exploration has defined 122 exploration targets, 18 of which have
been tested to date (15%), confirming that Soledad is a large, well-endowed mineral system with strong
exploration upside.
Chakana's investors are uniquely positioned as the Soledad Project provides
exposure to base and precious metals. For more information on the Soledad project, please visit the
website at
www.chakanacopper.com
.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
(signed) "
David Kelley
"
David Kelley
President and CEO
For further information, contact:
Joanne Jobin, Investor Relations Officer
Phone:
647 964 0292
Email:
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward-looking Statement Advisory:
This release may contain forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which
may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Chakana to be materially different
from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements or information relates to, among other things, the
interpretation of the nature of the mineralization at the Soledad copper-gold-silver project (the
"Project"), the potential to expand the mineralization, and to develop and grow a resource within the
Project, the planning for further exploration work, the ability to de-risk the potential exploration targets,
and our belief in the potential for mineralization within unexplored parts of the Project. These forward-
looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs but given the
uncertainties, assumptions and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward- looking statements or information. The Company disclaims any obligation to update, or to
publicly announce, any such statements, events or developments except as required by law.
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