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(Wallace Refiners) – Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR, NYSE: EXK) announced Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the El Cubo mine in Guanajuato, Mexico, to VanGold Mining for $15 million in cash and share payments plus up to $3 million in contingent payments.
According to the statement, VanGold will pay $15,000,000 to Endeavour as follows: a non-refundable down-payment of $500,000 cash (received); $7.0 million cash payment on closing, anticipated by the end of March 2021; $5.0 million in VanGold common shares on closing, priced at $0.2344 (CAD$0.30) per share for a total of 21,331,058 VanGold shares representing approximately 11.3% of the issued shares; $2.5 million promissory note due 12 months from the closing date.
VanGold has also agreed to pay Endeavour up to an additional $3.0 million in contingent payments based on the following: $1.0 million upon VanGold producing 3,000,000 silver equivalent ounces at El Cubo mill, derived from either the El Cubo or El Pinguico project; $1.0 million if the price of gold closes at or above $2,000 per ounce for 20 consecutive days within two years after closing;
$1.0 million if the price of gold closes at or above $2,200 per ounce for 20 consecutive days within three years after closing.
Endeavour also announced its common shares will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite and the NYSE Arca Gold Miners (GDX ETF) Indices effective after market close on Friday March 19, 2021, as per their respective Q1, 2021 rebalances, as announced on Friday March 12, 2021.
CEO Bradford Cooke commented, &Inclusion in these two major indices is a great milestone for the company, validating our recent success and providing greater visibility to investors. Constituents of these indices receive both an increase in the company profile and inclusion in mutual and pension funds that use these indices as benchmarks.&
Endeavour Silver is a mid-tier precious metals mining company that owns and operates three high-grade, underground, silver-gold mines in Mexico. Endeavour is currently advancing the Terronera mine project towards a development decision and exploring its portfolio of exploration and development projects in Mexico and Chile to facilitate its goal to become a premier senior silver producer.
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