TORONTO, April 15, 2020 /CNW/ – Royal Nickel Corporation dba. RNC Minerals (“RNC” or the “Company”) (TSX:RNX) announced today that it has received the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX“) for a normal course issuer bid (the “Bid“) to purchase up to no more than 30,415,198 of its issued and outstanding common shares (the “Common Shares“).
Purchases under the Bid may commence on April 17, 2020. The Bid will expire no later than April 16, 2021.
Purchases of Common Shares will be made through the facilities of the
TSX in accordance with its rules. Purchases may also be made through
alternative Canadian trading systems. The average daily trading volume
of the Common Shares for the previous six calendar months (“ADTV“)
was 1,533,196 Common Shares. Subject to the TSX’s block purchase
exception, on any trading day, purchases under the Bid will not exceed
383,299 Common Shares (25% of the ADTV). The price that the Company will
pay for any Common Shares purchased under the Bid will be the
prevailing market price at the time of purchase. Any Common Shares
purchased by the Company will be cancelled. The Company has not made any
purchases of its common shares during the past twelve months.
As of April 8, 2020, there were
608,303,967 Common Shares issued and outstanding. The 30,415,198 Common
Shares that may be repurchased under the Bid represents 5% of the Common
Shares issued and outstanding.
Any purchases made under the Bid would, among other factors, reflect
the Corporation’s belief that its common shares trade at a significant
discount to their underlying value
The Board of Directors has determined that the Bid is an effective
use of the Company’s financial resources when its common shares trade at
a significant discount to their underlying value.
To the knowledge of the Company, no director, senior officer or other
insider of the Company currently intends to sell any common shares
under the Bid. However, sales by such persons through the facilities of
the TSX may occur if the personal circumstances of any such person
change or any such person makes a decision unrelated to these purchases
under the Bid. If during the course of the Bid the Company becomes aware
that such persons intend to sell their common shares then the Company
will not intentionally acquire such common shares pursuant to the Bid.
The benefits to any such person whose shares are purchased would be the
same as the benefits available to all other holders whose shares are
purchased.
Haywood Securities Inc. has been engaged to undertake purchases under the Bid.
RNC is focused on growing gold production and reducing costs at its integrated Beta Hunt Gold Mine and Higginsville Gold Operations (“HGO“) in Western Australia. The Higginsville treatment facility is a low-cost 1.4 Mtpa processing plant which is fed at capacity from RNC’s underground Beta Hunt mine and open pit Higginsville mine. At Beta Hunt, a robust gold mineral resource and reserve is hosted in multiple gold shears, with gold intersections along a 4 km strike length remaining open in multiple directions. HGO is a highly prospective land package totaling approximately 1,800 square kilometers. In addition, RNC has a 28% interest in a nickel joint venture that owns the Dumont Nickel-Cobalt Project located in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Dumont contains the second largest nickel reserve and ninth largest cobalt reserve in the world. RNC has a strong Board and management team focused on delivering shareholder value. RNC’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol RNX. RNC shares also trade on the OTCQX market under the symbol RNKLF.
This news release contains “forward-looking information” including
without limitation statements relating to the liquidity and capital
resources of RNC, production guidance and the potential of the Beta Hunt
Mine, HGO and Dumont Nickel Project. Often, but not always,
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as
“plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”,
“scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does
not anticipate”, or “believes”, or describes a “goal”, or variation of
such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results
“may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be
achieved.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of RNC to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect the outcome
include, among others: the price of the Common Shares not adequately
reflecting the value of the Company; the number of Common Shares to be
repurchased for cancellation under the Bid; the Company’s intentions
regarding the Bid; future prices and the supply of metals; the results
of drilling; inability to raise the money necessary to incur the
expenditures required to retain and advance the properties;
environmental liabilities (known and unknown); general business,
economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; results of
exploration programs; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the
mining industry; political instability, terrorism, insurrection or war;
or delays in obtaining governmental approvals, projected cash operating
costs, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals. For a more
detailed discussion of such risks and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements, refer to RNC’s filings with Canadian
securities regulators, including the most recent Annual Information
Form, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Although RNC has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from
those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other
factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those
anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements contained
herein are made as of the date of this news release and RNC disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, except
as required by applicable securities laws.
Cautionary Statement Regarding the Higginsville Mining Operations
Production decision at the Higginsville gold operations was made by previous operators of the mine, prior to the completion of the acquisition of the Higginsville gold operations by RNC and RNC made a decision to continue production subsequent to the acquisition. This decision by RNC to continue production and, to the knowledge of RNC, the prior production decision were not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves, demonstrating economic and technical viability, and, as a result, there may be an increased uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, which include increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit. Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There is no guarantee that anticipated production costs will be achieved. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s cash flow and future profitability. Readers are cautioned that there is increased uncertainty and higher risk of economic and technical failure associated with such production decisions.
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