Minfocus Announces Revisions to Acquisition of New Coral Zinc Interest and Responds to Misleading Information from GreenBank Capital
Minfocus Announces Revisions to Acquisition of New Coral Zinc Interest and
Responds to Misleading Information from GreenBank Capital
July 26, 2018 - Minfocus Exploration Corp. (TSX -V: MFX) (“Minfocus” or “Company”) is pleased to
announce that further to its June 27 th, 2018 and July 10 th, 2018 news releases, and the recently announced
proposed 7 -for-1 consolidation of Minfocus common shares, Minfocus and Dr. Francis Manns, P.Geo.
(ON) (“Manns”) have agreed to revised terms for the purchase from Manns of his 45% ownership interest
(“New Coral Interest”) in the 80% interest in the Coral Zinc Project tenures that Minfocus does not hold .
The revised term s are intended to bring the agreement into line with the pricing under the recently
announced proposed Minfocus Private Placement which shall be closed subsequent to the Minfocus share
consolidation.
Under the revised terms for the purchase of the New Coral Interest, Minfocus is to issue to Manns
7,180,000 post-consolidation common shares (“Coral Shares”) plus 7, 180,000 share purchase warrants.
Each share purchase warrant shall be exercisable for two years to purchase one post-consolidation
common share of Minfocus at an exercise price of $0.0 7 per share. According to TSXV policy the
deemed value of the C oral Shares is $0.055 per share for a total deemed value of $3 94,500. Under the
new terms, Manns shall receive the Coral Shares post-consolidation and in tranches such that Manns shall
not become a New Control Person, as defined under TSXV Policy, without the prior approval by a vote of
disinterested Minfocus shareholders. Upon issuance of the first tranche of Coral Shares, Manns would
become a new Insider of Minfocus. For a period of 6 months following the ir issuance, the Coral Shares
shall be subject t o an anti-dilution clause whereby , if Minfocus proposes to issue or sell any new
securities (“New Offering”), Manns shall have the right to subscribe for and purchase the same securities
being offered to others, on a pro -rata basis in proportion to the Manns’ percentage interest, on a non -
diluted basis, in the issued and outstanding shares of Minfocus immediately prior to the New Offering and
at the same price which such new securities are offered to others for issue or sale to other purchasers.
The New Coral Interest would represent an additional 36% beneficial ownership interest in the Coral Zinc
project. Minfocus currently holds a direct 20% interest in the Coral Zinc Project tenures acquired
separately under the 2015 Coral Option agreement ( see Min focus news release January 26, 2015 and
August 29, 2017). The agreement to acquire the New Coral Interest from Manns is still subject to TSXV
approval. Under the Coral Option agreement, upon completion of a further $550,000 in exploration
expenditure before September 30, 2018 plus make a payment to the Vendors of $40,000 in cash or shares,
Minfocus shall acquire a further direct 20% (cumulative 40%).
Minfocus Responds to Misleading Information from Greenbank Capital
GreenBank Capital Inc. (“GB”), a CSE-listed entity, has again issued a misleading news release regarding
Minfocus that w as issued on July 23, 2018 (“ GB News Release ”), which purport s that the proposed
acquisition by Minfocus of the New Coral from Manns is a scheme to issue common shar es to “an insider
and affiliate” which is somehow at the expense of Minfocus shareholders. Dr. Francis Manns, P.Geo.
(ON), is the former Senior Manager of Compliance and Disclosure, Mining, for the TMX Group, and is
not either an Insider or an Affiliate o f Minfocus, in accordance with TSXV Policy, and is at arms -length
to Minfocus with regards to the proposed acquisition of the New Coral Interest.
Contrary to the suggestions in GB News Release, the Minfocus acquisition of the New Coral Interest,
approved unanimously by Minfocus' independent directors , is in their opinion a unique opportunity to
acquire a further 36% beneficial interest in the Coral Zinc Project at a valuation that is superior to the cost
of otherwise acquiring a further 20% interest for $590,000 in work commitments, cash and/or shares
under the current Coral Option agreement.
On December 15th, 2017, G B, presented a proposal for an RTO to Minfocus. After considerations by a
Special Committee of independent directors formed by the Minfocus Board, and subsequent further
discussion with GreenBank, the Board of Minfocus did not approve the proposed transaction which would
have been highly dilutive to existing Minfocus shareholders. Shortly after the failed RTO proposal, Gerald
Harper, the former President and CEO of Minfocus, was appointed CEO of a private entity, Ubique Minerals
Ltd., in which GB held a 27% interest and which was recently part of a plan of arrangement application by
GB. In February 2018, GB purchased 19.6% of Minfocus from Harper, pay ing for their interest in Minfocus
with GB shares. According to the GB News Release, we are now told th at GB and Harper intend to support
each other and vote for the same slate of directors at the upcoming Minfocus AGM on September 7, 2018.
To date, neither GB or Harper, have stated what they would propose differently from the directions that the
current Board of Minfocus has clearly communicated to shareholders.
About Minfocus Exploration Corp.
Minfocus Exploration Corp. is a Canadian company currently advancing a portfolio of base-metal projects including
three Mississippi-Valley-Type zinc projects in British Columbia and Newfoundland and a Platinum Group Element
(“PGE”)–enriched Ni -Cu-Pt-Pd project in N.W. Ontario. Minfocus has a successful management group with a
record of multiple discoveries of deposits worldwide, including gold and uranium deposits in Mongolia and PGE -
rich resources in Ontario, including the discovery of the first platinum -rich Ni-Cu-Pt-Pd deposit in the Midcontinent
Rift, the Current Lake deposit (+700,000 oz. Pt-Eq).
For further information, please contact:
Kenneth B. de Graaf
President & Chief Executive Officer
Email: [email protected]
The Qualified Person who has reviewed and approved the technical content contained in this release is Dr. G raham C. Wilson ,
P.Geo.(Ont), a director of Minfocus.
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Forward-looking statements are based on the current opinions and expectations of management, and are subject to a number of risks
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currently anticipated by such statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from curren t
expectations include, among other things, the possibility that future exploration results will not be consistent with the Com pany’s
expectations, fluctuating commodity prices, delays in commencing the Company’s proposed drilling program, exploration costs
varying significantly from estimates, the availability of financing, and other risks identified in the Company’s documents fi led with
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