March 16, 2020 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Arbor Metals Corp. (the “Company”) (TSXV:ABR) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kruger Gold Corp. (“Kruger”), has reachedan agreement to expand the scope of its existing right to acquire a seventy-five percent interestin and to the Rakounga Gold Project (the “Project”), located in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Under the revised terms, Kruger now was the right to acquire up to a one-hundred percentinterest in and to the Project, subject only to pre-existing royalty obligations. Kruger has controlover operations conducted on the Project, and can acquire a ninety-percent interest in theProject by completing a series of cash payments totaling $1,000,000, and incurring explorationexpenditures of at least $1,250,000 in the development of the Project over a five-year term.Following completion of these payments and expenditures, Kruger can acquire the remainingten-percent interest in the Project by completing a one-time cash payment of $1,000,000.
The Project is subject to a one-percent net smelter returns royalty in favour of an underlyingowner, as well as a further one-percent royalty in favour of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Followingacquisition of the Project, Kruger would assume responsibility for these existing royaltyobligations.
The Company continues to explore further opportunities for strategic acquisitions in theexploration-stage mineral sector. At this time, the Company does not intend to devote themajority of its resources to the development of the Project in the next twelve months, nor does itexpect the Project to represent the majority of its assets going forward.
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On behalf of the Board,
Arbor Metals Corp.
Mark Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer
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