Rusoro Provides Citgo Update
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RUSORO PROVIDES CITGO UPDATE
December 2, 2025 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- Rusoro Mining Ltd. (TSX-V: RML) (the
"Company" or "Rusoro") announces that on November 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware, acting through U.S. Circuit Judge Leonard P. Stark, issued an order (“Sale Order”) authorizing the
sale of the shares of PDV Holding, Inc. (“ PDVH”), a U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan national oil and gas
company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (“ PDVSA”) and the indirect 100% owner of Citgo Petroleum Corp.
(“Citgo”), to Amber MSub LLC (“ Amber”). The order authorizing the sale of PDVH stock to Amber
represents the culmination of several years of litigation concerning the auction sale of those shares under federal
and Delaware law to satisfy several billion dollars in judgments rendered against the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela (“Republic”) and PDVSA. The Sale Order directs a court-appointed special master to sell the shares,
which were attached by court order, in accordance with the terms of the bid submitted by Amber. Under that
bid, the sale of the shares will generate proceeds sufficient to extinguish US$5.892 billion in judgments against
the Republic and Venezuela.
Upon closing, the sale will pay several – but not all – parties holding judgments and attachments against PDVH
shares, with payment to be made in accordance with a court -ordered priority waterfall. Rusoro’s judgment
against the Republic – which, with the accrual of interest, is worth approximately US$1.550 billion as of today
– will be satisfied by the sale. Specifically, Rusoro will receive US$400 million in cash at closing, and US$650
million of a debt instrument in the form of convertible notes (“Notes”)), also at closing. The Notes carry an
initial principal amount of US$3.65 billion (subject to flex as detailed further in the referenced additional detail
below) and liquidation preference equal to the greater of (i) an agreed multiple on initial principal amount and
(ii) an agreed IRR . Rusoro will also receive warrants for equity in Amber. Additional detail concerning the
consideration to be paid to Rusoro (including the flex terms for the Notes) can be found in pertinent pages of
the agreements between Rusoro and Amber, which can be found at pages 436 and 455 of the Special Master’s
Updated Final Recommendation (Document 2123- 1 on the case docket for Crystallex International Corp. v.
Bol. Rep. of Venezuela, Misc. No. 17- 151-LPS (D. Del.)). Management believes that the package of
consideration provided by the sale provides Rusoro with the potential to recover the full value of its judgment
against the Republic. Rusoro notes that its recovery throug h the sale will only satisfy its U.S. judgment
confirming its arbitration award against the Republic; that judgment is approximately US$650 million less than
the arbitration award itself, as a result of the fact that the judgment earns interest at a signif icant lower rate.
Rusoro remains committed to collecting the full amount of the award through all lawful means.
The Republic, PDVSA, PDVH, and Citgo have appealed the Order on December 1. Further, the sale remains
subject to approval by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Andre Agapov"
Andre Agapov, President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Rusoro Mining Ltd.
Gordon Keep
T: 604 609-6110
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