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Till now, not much sellers..mostly buyers. Great!
It's not today ..it's from March 16, 2022
I thought it was a video conf. today.
You should incl. the date and link w your post.
CONF. VIDEO CALL TROY LIVE 9:35
Where do you saw this?
Already up..great!
I knew it will drop...profit taking!
LOL or maybe 1 hamburger! Inflation..........
It's moving...19 sold!!!
You welcome!
No buyers..no sellers???
Why nothing move this morning? Market is open.
Interesting Developments
Sprott is turning the screw but not pulling the plug!
PureGold Secures Financial Agreement with Sprott Resource Lending, Provides Mine Operations Update and Announces Management Change
TSX.V: PGM
www.puregoldmining.ca
Mr. Troy Fierro reports:
US$6 million additional liquidity and waiver from Sprott Resource Lending
Operational turnaround underway; positive site-level cash flow expected by Q3 2022
60,000 metres of definition drilling underpins active six-month mine plan
Mark O’Dea assumes the role of Interim President & CEO
On track to publish updated Life of Mine plan in Q4 2022
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pure Gold Mining Inc. (TSX-V:PGM, LSE:PUR) (“PureGold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement (“Agreement”) with its lending partner, Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP (“Sprott”), pursuant to which Sprott has conditionally agreed to:
Provide to PureGold an additional, secured, first-priority, non-revolving credit facility (“Additional Credit Facility”) up to a maximum principal amount of US$6 million; and
Waive any existing defaults under the Credit Agreement, Stream Purchase Agreement, and Production Payment Agreement (“Existing Defaults”) for a period of time ending no later than May 15, 2022 (“Waiver Period”).
Per the Agreement, PureGold has agreed to immediately pursue an equity financing for net proceeds of not less than US$5 million to be received on or before May 15, 2022 (“Equity Raise”).
The Additional Credit Facility is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions in Sprott’s sole discretion, including: the closing of the Equity Raise by May 15, 2022; delivery to Sprott and acceptance by Sprott of a weekly budget prepared by PureGold covering the period May 15, 2022 to September 30, 2022; execution of definitive documentation; no additional events of defaults other than the Existing Defaults during the Waiver Period; and other conditions. The Additional Credit Facility matures on September 30, 2022 and accrues interest at a rate of 14% per annum.
Chris Haubrich, CFO & VP Business Development of PureGold, stated, “The Additional Credit Facility and support from our lending partner Sprott provides the Company with the liquidity and time needed to maintain the positive momentum of the operational turnaround and optimization initiatives currently underway while, in parallel, we continue working toward updating our Life of Mine plan and evaluating a wide range of strategic and potential financing alternatives.”
Operational Turnaround Plan
Following operational management changes beginning in Q4 2021, PureGold’s new operational leadership team has designed and is accelerating an operational turnaround plan for the PureGold Mine with key objectives as follows:
Fast-track the operation to a state of positive site-level cash flow by Q3 2022;
Ramp up throughput to nameplate capacity (800 tpd) by H2 2022 and continue to grow thereafter; and
Define Life of Mine plan and deliver updated NI 43-101 Technical Report in Q4 2022.
Reduced headcount, rationalized equipment, and optimized underground development initiatives already completed are expected to lead to an approximate 30% reduction in costs in Q2 2022 compared to Q1 2022, and Q3 2022 costs are expected to fall further still. In addition, a new six-month mine plan is underway, which sees production growing steadily from April through September underpinned by 60,000 metres of definition drilling completed since November 2021. Taken together, the production and cost improvement initiatives already completed and underway are expected to see the Company transitioning to a state of positive site-level cash flow by Q3 2022, and, subject to ongoing work in support of the updated Life of Mine plan, to transition to a state of corporate free cash flow by Q1 2023 as the operation ramps up throughput beyond 800 tpd.
Leadership Transition
PureGold Director Mark O’Dea will assume the role of interim President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Troy Fierro has stepped down due to personal health issues. Mr. Fierro will remain a Director of the Company.
Mark O’Dea stated, “On behalf of the Company and Board of Directors, I would like to sincerely thank Troy for his contribution over the past 4 months. He, along with the rest of management, has brought focus, creativity, and discipline to the operation. Importantly, the benefits of some of the key initiatives that began several months ago are now being realized leading to reduced costs and increased revenue at our mine. As interim CEO, I look forward to working more closely with the new team to complete the stabilization plan and get our operation on solid footing.”
Financing Strategy
Based on current cost and revenue projections, the Company anticipates it will need additional capital (in addition to the Additional Debt Facility and Equity Raise) to transition the Company to a state of positive site-level cash flow (expected in Q3 2022) and to complete the updated Life of Mine plan and NI 43-101 Technical Report (expected in Q4 2022). The Company is evaluating a range of strategic and potential financing alternatives to source this capital. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfy the conditions for the Additional Credit Facility to close or that the Company will be able to close the Equity Raise or obtain the additional financing necessary for it to meet its objectives and to comply with the Credit Agreement and the Additional Credit Facility.
Significant Cost Reductions Completed and Underway
Since February 2022, the Company has reduced its workforce by approximately 20% from 340 employees down to 275. In April 2022, the Company transitioned to a campaign milling schedule, which will see the mill operating for two out of every four weeks temporarily to save costs by aligning with near-term mine production forecasts. The mill will gradually return to a full-time schedule as mining production increases. Drilling has been scaled back to two rigs, which is sufficient to continue aggressive growth of inventory of high-confidence stopes ahead of mining. Lastly, development of the Main Ramp has been temporarily paused with resources reallocated to near-term production and development areas. The Main Ramp is currently at a depth of approximately 500 metres below surface, which is several hundred metres below near-term mining areas; as such, temporarily pausing ramp development will not constrain ore mining or definition drilling in the near-term. To date, the operating plus sustaining capital cost saving initiatives already in effect represent approximately $4 million or 30% in monthly savings for Q2 as compared to Q1 2022. In H2 2022, the Company expects to further reduce costs by another $1 million per month by realizing savings associated with the installation of the on-site camp, renegotiating key supply agreements, and further optimization of the workforce and overtime management.
New High-Confidence Six Month Mine Plan
A new six-month mine plan for the period April to September 2022 has been completed recently and is underway, which will see the PureGold Mine produce ore at an average rate of 615 tpd and average grade of 5.4 g/t Au, yielding 2,500 to 4,100 ounces of gold per month trending upward over the period. The new mine plan is based on a drilled inventory of over 140,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 5.2 g/t Au which is the direct result of approximately 60,000 metres of definition drilling completed since November 2021. Despite ongoing definition drilling activity since November 2021, only now are the benefits of this investment beginning to be realized. This six-month plan, underpinned by this densely drilled inventory, is the most confident mine plan the Company has produced to date. More than 80% of the stopes in the plan have an average drill spacing of less than 6 metres and all stopes have an average spacing less than 10 metres. The Company expects to continue growing its inventory of high confidence material over the coming months as definition drilling continues, leading to a 12-month plan by mid-year. Further, the Company expects the efficiency of its definition drilling program to continue to improve and costs to reduce over time as results are returned and processes are correspondingly improved.
Further Optimization
In H2 2022, the PureGold Mine is expected to continue to increase throughput and ramp up toward 800 tpd and eventually 1,000 tpd while continuing to improve cost performance. Further optimization initiatives that will support these outcomes include: improving mobile equipment availability; transitioning to efficient sill mining; mining a higher proportion and greater quantity of high-grade, high-confidence stopes; improving basic mine services including ventilation, electrical, compressed air, and water management, and most importantly continuing improving overall mine planning integration.
Beyond the current six-month plan, the Company expects to transition out of the McVeigh domain and into other zones including Austin and South Austin, which are generally higher grade and less complex compared to McVeigh. This transition is expected to drive further improvements in production, costs, and profitability.
Defining the Life of Mine Plan
The Company remains on track to release an updated Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve, and Life of Mine plan summarized in an updated NI 43-101 Technical Report by Q4 2022. Work in support of these updates is underway. The updated Life of Mine plan will set out the Company’s vision for developing, operating, and potentially expanding the PureGold Mine based on all available data and operating experience to date.
Leading up to the revised Life of Mine plan, the Company and its consultants are conducting several strategic trade-off studies including a comparison of continuing to ramp down to higher grade zones at depth (including 8 Zone) versus accelerating rehabilitation of the existing 1,275-metre-deep shaft to access the higher grade zones faster than ramp access, and be able to mine more cheaply than ramp access, albeit at an assumed higher upfront capital cost. Updates on these studies and their outcomes will be provided as information becomes available.
Qualified Persons and 43-101 Disclosure
Terrence Smith, P.Eng., Chief Operating Officer for the Company, is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same.
About Pure Gold Mining Inc.
PureGold is a Canadian gold mining company, located in the very heart of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The Company owns and operates the PureGold Mine which entered commercial production in 2021 after the successful construction of an 800 tpd underground mine and processing facilities. The PureGold Mine historically produced 2.6 million ounces of gold and currently hosts a Mineral Reserve of 1.0 million ounces grading 9.0 g/t gold within a 2.1 million ounce Indicated resource grading 8.9 g/t gold plus another 0.5 million ounce Inferred resource grading 7.7 g/t gold. The gold resource is centered on a forty-seven square kilometre property with significant discovery potential. PureGold’s strategy is to pursue operational excellence today while investing in systematic exploration and phased expansions to fuel discovery and growth for the future.1
Additional information about the Company and its activities may be found on the Company’s website at www.puregoldmining.ca and under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
For further information, see the technical report titled “Madsen Gold Project Technical Report Feasibility Study for the Madsen Deposit, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada” with an effective date of February 5, 2019, and dated July 5, 2019 (the “Feasibility Study”), for further information please see puregoldmining.ca or under the Company’s Sedar profile at www.sedar.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Mark O’Dea"
Mark O’Dea, President & CEOesident & CEO
"On March 17,2022 the Company defaulted by failing to make the required payment and the Note Payable was reclassified as a convertible note as of that date. As of March 17th 2022 a penalty amount of $300,000 was added to the principal of the Note pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Note. As of March 31, 2022 the principal amount of $1,751,580 remains outstanding."
"As of April 7, 2022 the outstanding balance owed to Coventry is now $982,801.99. The face amount on the note was originally $1,500,000. This represents great progress on reducing debt off the balance sheet."
If this is not true, it's false information, misinformation to shareholders!
So is he paying his debt or not?
Because SP dilution, I guess not!
What will be SP in July if shareholders continue to pay the debt?
Sorry typo mistake
..10 cents less now.
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I dont see sub .50 eigther, maybe .20 less if profit tsking.
Its already .20 less now.
.87 to .33...lots of flippers!
It can happens again (not so low as .33 but lower if flippers take profit).
"...got symbol change yet..."
Why a symbol/name change would move the SP higher?
It's only a ticker change.
Last run top at ,87 to .low 33 - some let their shares go and take profit.
Bought shares...already making $ !
Great!
If there is a drop (profit taking), I'll buy more.
Buy now or wait SP price lower?
Selling? No way!
Buying? No way!
I am like the stock..I don't move!
"This could be a good time to BUY........."
No way....at least not for me now.
Last week the Golden cross was supposed to be good for higher move.
Wait & see...
"Is it really that difficult to see the con being played here?"
Prefer not to see..LOL
Hoping for at least another run, even at .04 I'll be happy!
If everything you say is true, RGBP will become bankrupt!
Hope your wrong!
And your having probably more then me! LOL
GL!
Wait & see....
Hope so..at .45 I'll buy more!
"..Mr Koos has brought the company current with the filings restored the patents and has the team waiting all within the past year now it’s time for the shareholders to be rewarded..."
That's true, that's why I am still believing we might see another run or SP higher.
"..REGEN is just another OTC SCAM stock run by one guy who has used the loose OTC policies to enrich himself..."
He is not alone!
And some companies face class action from shareholders!
No..a Death cross!
For now, looks like the cat is stock in the bag!
Not to be paid, I thought it brought credibility to the author.
Maybe not...
Anyway, I am only a small player and I think I'll stay a small player! LOL
Well..that's the OTC game I guess!
I only hope to exit at the right time w more $$ than less!
I don't even have over 500K in shares (below 500k), so it's not dramatic!
Last week article - Disclosure: we hold no position in RGBP either long or short and we have not been compensated for this article.
About last week article: the guy was not paid and did not hold any position of RGBP.
It was written in the disclosure.
"As the saying goes, fool me once...." LOL
That's the positive side..buy low!
How do they do to pump a stock one day?
Is there is a guy one morning saying: "Ok guys, today we will buy shares as much as we can!"
Mystery for me!
"Secure these cheap shares for big Profits!"
I wish I could!