Xali Gold Ratifies Agreement with El Oro Municipality for Reprocessing Historic Tailings
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Xali Gold Ratifies Agreement with El Oro Municipality for
Reprocessing Historic Tailings
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 31, 2022. Xali Gold Corp. (TSXV:XGC) ("Xali Gold”
and/or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its Mexican subsidiary, Minera CCM
El Oro Jales (“CCM El Oro”) and the Municipality of El Oro ha ve agreed to renew both
the Tailings Agreement (on the Mexico Mine Tailings Project in El Oro, Mexico) and the
Tourism Agreement (collectively called the “Agreement s”). The terms of the Agreements
have no substantial changes but do include the obligation to employ person s from El Oro
on a preferential basis.
Renewing the Tailings Agreement is the final item required for Sun River Gold Corp (“Sun
River”), who have the option to acquire 100% of the Tailings Project from CCM El Oro, to
receive permits to operate the Tailings Reprocessing Facility at El Oro, Mexico. F urther
to Sun River advising the Company that it has arranged financing of app roximately
US$6.5M (see News Release dated October 14, 2021), they also expect to have the Facility
operational in Q2 2022. Sun River has also advis ed that most of the equipment required
for the reprocessing operation has been procured.
The Tailings Agreement, called the ‘Ratificación del Convenio de Usufructo del Terreno
Denominado Los Jales Tiro México ’ provides Xali Gold with the right to recover all
available gold and silver from the tailings deposit and pay to the Municipality of El Oro
an 8% Net Profits Interest (“NPI”). Xali Gold also retains the first US$1.5M from the
8%NPI payable to the Municipality. Sun River must make all NPI payments to the
Municipality.
The original Tailings Agreement was signed in 2013 and renewed and revised in 2017 and
again in 2019. The Tailings Agreement signed in 201 9, is to be ratified every three years ,
when the Municipality elects a new President and Council Members. There was no change
to any previous terms in the Tailings Agreement.
The Tailings Agreement is directly related to a Tourism Agreement, which allows the
Municipality of El Oro to operate tourism activities in part of the San Juan tunnel and the
Providencia Shaft which are historic workings controlled by CCM El Oro as part of the El
Oro mineral property. The State of Mexico has contributed significant financing of this
tourism project wh ich is part of their larger initiative to promote tourism and mining
together throughout Mexico.
The tailings are located several kilometres apart from both the San Juan tunnel and
Providencia shaft and the tourism activities in these facilities would not impact the
development of the tailings.
NEWS RELEASE
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Sun River has the option to acquire 100% of the Tailings Project from CCM El Oro by
making staged payments totalling US$500,000 (paid), bring the tailings into commercial
production by October 31, 2021 (extended to April 31, 2022 as stated in Company News
Release 109 dated January 6 , 2022), and grant to the Company a 5% NPI, Life of Mine
royalty (the “Candente Royalty”) as well as the Municipality’s 8% NPI on production from
the properties.
Sun River is a private Arizona based corporation managed by an experienced team of
mining professionals with a combined 80 years of mining experience in Mexico, including
specific experience in the reprocessing of old gold and silver tailings.
The Tailings Project in El Oro contain an Inferred Resource* of 1,267,400 Tonnes grading
2.94 Au g/t, 75.12 Ag g/t containing 119,900 ounces of gold and 3,061,200 ounces of
silver.
*Note: Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic
viability. Al l figures have been rounded to reflect the accuracy of the estimate. For more
information see “National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Inferred Mineral Resource
Estimate of the Mexico Mine Tailings” prepared by Nadia Caira, P.Geo. and Allan Reeves, P.Geo.,
dated August 25, 2014 with an effective date of July 8, 2014 available at www.sedar.com.
About Xali Gold
Xali Gold has launched a comprehensive growth strategy to acquire gold and silver projects
with near surface exploration potential , near -term production potential and previous mining
histories. Xali Gold plans to advance our growing bank of gold and silver assets internally and/or
with industry partners.
El Oro, remains as our flagship asset , as it is a district scale gold project encompassing a well -
known prolific high-grade gold-silver epithermal vein system in Mexico. The project covers 20
veins with past production and more than 57 veins in total, from which approximately 6.4 million
ounces of gold and 74 million ounces of silver were reported to have been produced from just two
of these veins (Ref. Mexico Geological Service Bulletin No. 37, Mining of the El Oro and
Tlapujahua Districts. 1920, T. Flores*) . Modern understanding of such systems indicates that
several of the El Oro district’s veins hold excellent discovery potential .
Xali Gold is dedicated to being a responsible Community partner.
Joanne C. Freeze, P.Geo., President, CEO and Matthew Melnyk, CPG., Director Operations, are Qualified Persons as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 for the projects discussed above. Ms. Freeze and Mr. Melnyk have reviewed and approved the contents
of this release.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward-looking Information
This news release may contain forward-looking information (as such term is defined under Canadian securities laws)
including but not limited to the potential for discovery on the Victoria, El Dorado, Cocula and El Oro Properties and
other statements that are not historical facts. While such forward- looking information is expressed by Xali Gold in
good faith and believed by Xali Gold to have a reasonable basis, they address future events and conditions and are
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therefore subject to inherent risks and uncertainties including those set out in Xali Gold’s MD&A. Factors that cause
the actual results to differ materially from those in forward -looking information include, without limitation, gold
prices, results of exploration and development activities, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of materials
and equipment, timeliness of government approvals, potential environmental issues, availability of capital and
financing and general economic, market or business conditions. Xali Gold expressly disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
On behalf of the Board of Xali Gold Corp.
“Joanne Freeze” P.Geo.
President, CEO and Director
For further information please contact:
Joanne Freeze
President & CEO
Tel: + 1 (604) 689-1957
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