Spark Energy Minerals Announces Financing and Provides Status Update
VANCOUVER, BC / December 14, 2023 / Spark Energy Minerals Inc., ("Spark" or the
"Company" (CSE: EMIN) (Frankfurt: J8V) (OTC: MTEHF) is pleased to provide a corporate
update including terms of amendments to its property agreement in Brazil with Lithium Plus .
PROPERTY AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
On April 23, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with Lithium Plus Mining Corp.
("Lithium Plus"). Lithium Plus has the option (the " Option Agreement") to acquire a 65% right,
title and interest in and to certain mining claims in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (the " Spark
Property"). The Spark Property comprises 12 claims totaling 21,136.73 hectares of surface area.
Pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement, Lithium Plus must:
(a) pay $100,000 in cash to Spark immediately;
(b) pay $500,000 to Spark by April 23, 2024;
(c) conduct an exploration work program incurring at least $500,000 in expenditures by April
23, 2024; and
(d) conduct an exploration work program incurring at least $1,000,000 in expenditures by
April 23, 2025.
On December 6, 2023, the Company amended the Option Agreement with Lithium Plus such that
the new terms to the Option Agreement are, Lithium Plus must:
(a) pay $100,000 in cash to Spark within eight months of the closing of the Option Agreement;
(b) pay $500,000 to Spark by April 23, 2025;
(c) conduct an exploration work program incurring at least $250,000 in expenditures by April
23, 2025; and
(d) conduct an exploration work program incurring at least $1,000,000 in expenditures by
April 23, 2026.
The amended terms will allow the Lithium Plus to better use its current capital resources to
advance the development of the Spark Property in the short-term and thereby increase the value
of Spark's interest in the property.
Spark Energy Minerals Announces Financing and
Provides Status Update
DEFAULT STATUS UPDATE
Spark also announces that further to its news releases dated November 23, 2023 and December 1,
2023, the Company’s principal regulator, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC")
granted a management cease trade order (the " MCTO") on November 29, 2023, under National
Policy 12-203 Management Cease Trade Orders ("NP 12-203"). Pursuant to the MCTO, Peter Grant
Wilson, the Chief Executive Officer, and Christopher Glenn Foster, the Chief Financial Officer, may
not trade in securities of the Company until such time as the Company files its annual audited
financial statements, annual management’s discussion and analysis and related certifications for
the year ended July 31, 2023 (collectively, the "Required Documents"), and the Executive Director
of the BCSC revokes the MCTO. The MCTO does not affect the ability of other shareholders to trade
their securities.
The Company’s Board of Directors and management confirm that they are working expeditiously
to file the Required Documents and expect to do so on or about December 22, 2023 and confirm
that since the Company’s news release dated December 1, 2023, there is no other material
information respecting the Company’s affairs that has not been generally disclosed.
Until the Required Documents have been filed, the Company intends to continue to satisfy the
provisions of the alternative information guidelines specified in NP 12-203 by issuing bi-weekly
default status reports in the form of further press releases for so long as the Company remains in
default of the financial statement filing requirement. In the event that the Company does not file
the Required Documents in a timely manner, the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities may
impose an issuer cease trade order on the outstanding securities of the Company.
About Spark Energy Minerals Inc.
Spark Energy Minerals, Inc., is a Canadian company pursuing battery metals and
mineral assets with newly acquired interests in Brazil and Canada. The Company has acquired
assets in some of the world's most prolific mining jurisdictions, Brazil's growing lithium areas,
and in the Newfoundland, Canada region, which is also gaining recognition as a world hot spot
for lithium and rare earth mineral exploration.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SEE THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE AT
https://sparkenergyminerals.com
Email to [email protected]
Contact: Peter Wilson, CEO, Tel. +1-604-200-2785
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "forward–looking
statements" or "forward-looking information" (collectively "forward-looking information") as
those terms are used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar
Canadian laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any
of the words "could," "intend," "expect," "believe," "will," "projected," "estimated",
"anticipates" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical
facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Company's
current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future
results may differ materially. In particular, this release contains forward-looking information
relating to the business of the Company, the Property, the timing for filing the Required
Documents, financing and certain corporate changes. The forward-looking information
contained in this release is made as of the date hereof, and the Company is not obligated to
update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.