Ridgestone Mining Inc. Announces Proposed Option to Acquire 100% Interest in Rebeico Property
Ridgestone Mining Inc. Announces Proposed Option to
Acquire 100% Interest in Rebeico Property
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2018) -
Ridgestone Mining Inc. (TSXV: RMI) (the "
Company
" or
"
Ridgestone
"), further to its news release dated March 8, 2018, the Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into an
option agreement with YQ Gold de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. ("
YQ Gold
"), with respect to a proposed option ("
Option
") to
acquire a 100% interest in what is known as the gold-copper Rebeico Property (the "
Option Transaction
"). The Rebeico
Property is comprised of 6 mining concessions covering approximately 167 hectares in Sonora, Mexico.
The Option Transaction is subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange ("
Exchange Approval
").
The terms of the Option require Ridgestone to make an aggregate of US$500,000 in cash payments to YQ Gold over a period
of six months from receipt of Exchange Approval of which US$350,000 may be satisfied through the issuance of common
shares of Ridgestone ("
Option Shares
") having an equivalent fair market value. In addition, the Company must also incur
exploration expenditures of US$1,000,000 within two years from Exchange Approval and pay 50% of the net profits derived from
commercial production from the Rebeico Property, to a maximum amount of US$1,450,000, to YQ Gold. Upon exercise of the
Option, a 2% net smelter returns royalty ("
NSR
") will be granted to certain shareholders of YQ Gold. Ridgestone will have the
right to repurchase one-half of the NSR, being 1%, for US$1,000,000.
Any Option Shares issued to YQ Gold will be subject to a hold period of four months and one day.
For further information, please contact:
Erwin Wong
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
Ridgestone Mining Inc.
Telephone: 604-377-8758
About the Company
Ridgestone Mining Inc. is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the
Cimarron Gold Property located in Nye County, Nevada, USA.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
R
egulation
S
ervices
P
rovider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release
.
This news release contains forward-looking statements or information (collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking
statements"). Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or
developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements and are not guarantees of future performance of the
Company
.
In this news release such statements include but are not limited to the preparation of a definitive agreement and
the requirement of TSX Venture Exchange approval therefor.
No assurance can be given that any of the events
anticipated
by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the
Company
will obtain from them. These
forward-looking statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain expectations, estimates and
assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements,
including those described in the
Company's
Prospectus dated February 9, 2018
available on
www.sedar.com
. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should any of the
Company
's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from
those projected in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks, uncertainties and
other factors is not exhaustive. Unpredictable or unknown factors
not discussed could also have material adverse effects on
forward-looking statements. The impact of any one factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with
certainty as such factors are dependent o
n other factors, and the Company
's course of action would depend on its
assessment of the future considering all information then available. All forward-looking statements in this news release are
expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Except
as required by law, the Company
assumes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.