Stellar AfricaGold Signs MOU for Acquisition of 770 km2 Gold Permits in Cote d'Ivoire

2020-06-29 / @thenewswire

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Vancouver - TheNewswire - June 29, 2020 - John Cumming, President and CEO of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSXV:SPX) ("Stellar" or the "Company") announces:

Stellar has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Altus Strategies PLC outlining the commercial terms for the acquisition of two gold permits, the fully issued Priko permit and the pending Zenoula permit, totaling approximately 770 km2 in Côte d’Ivoire. The MOU provides a thirty-day exclusivity period for Stellar to conduct a technical due diligence review and site inspection, and for the parties to complete a binding agreement (the “Agreement”) for the acquisition.

The Prikro Project

The Prikro permit comprises a single 369.5 km2 exploration permit in the Prikro and Koun-Fao Departments in eastern Côte d’Ivoire, approximately 240km northeast of the capital of Abidjan. The permit is located 40km north-west of the town of Agnibilekrou and 25km west of the town of Koun-Fao, both of which can be accessed by asphalt roads from Abidjan. The permit has historically reported gold occurrences, prospective geology, and nearby artisanal workings including along strike of a major NE-SW trending shear zone which is interpreted to traverse the permit area. Birimian-age greenstone rocks reportedly crop out extensively across the Prikro permit and represent Paleoproterozoic meta-sedimentary units, with associated granite to diorite intrusives, which are the dominant host setting for gold deposits across West Africa.

The Zenoula Project

The Zenoula permit comprises a single 400km2 permit application which is currently pending grant in the Marahoue Department in central Côte d’Ivoire, approximately 300km north of Abidjan. The permit is located 100km north of the town of Yamoussoukro which can be accessed by asphalt roads from Abidjan. Zenoula is centred within a NNE trending Birimian age granite greenstone belt, 65km along strike from the Abujar project of ASX listed Tietto Minerals Limited. Zenoula targets a 22 km long oblique ENE trending structure, interpreted by historic air magnetic data. Geologically, the project reportedly comprises metasediments, metabasalts and syntectonic granitoid intrusives.

Commercial Terms of the Acquisition

The commercial terms provide for the acquisition by Stellar of a 100% interest in Aeos Resources Ltd., a Seychelles company, which owns a 100% interest in Aucrest SARL, a Cote D’Ivoire company. Aucrest SARL owns a 100% interest the Prikro gold permit and the pending Zenoula gold permit application.

Consideration

The consideration for the acquisition will be 2,500,000 units of Stellar, each unit consisting of one common share and one share purchase warrant exercisable for two years at C$0.07 per share.

Milestone Payments

Contingent upon reaching exploration milestones on each permit Stellar will also make two further share payments per permit of shares equal to US$250,000 in value: a) upon completion of a NI43-101 resource estimate of not less than 500,000 ounces of gold with not less than 250,000 ounces in the Inferred category, and b) upon completion of a definitive feasibility study.

Royalty and Buy-back

Altus will retain a 2.5% Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) royalty on each permit. Stellar may repurchase up to 1.0% of each NSR for US$500,000 for each 0.5%.

The Agreement will be subject to required regulatory approvals on behalf of both parties.

Although Covid-19 international travel restrictions have impeded foreign acquisitions and exploration activity for many international companies, Stellar is fortunate to have access to qualified and experienced African professionals to manage the legal and technical requirements of this acquisition. The acquisition and technical teams in Africa will be directly managed by Stellar’s Moroccan director Yassine Belkabir, managing director of African Bureau of Mining Consultants and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

ABOUT STELLAR AFRICAGOLD INC.

Stellar AfricaGold Inc. is a Canadian gold company with head office in Vancouver, BC and technical office in Montreal, QC. Stellar President John Cumming can be contacted at 604-618-4262 or by email at cumming@stellarafricagold.com.

The technical content of this press release has been reviewed and approved by Yassine Belkabir, MScDIC, CEng, MIMMM, a Stellar director and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

On Behalf of the Board

John Cumming,

President & CEO

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