GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY (TSE:AUM) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01 Entry Into a Definitive Material Agreement.
On August30, 2018, Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”), through its wholly owned subsidiary Minera de Cordilleras, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“MC”), sold 50% of its remaining right, title and interest in and to the mining concessions and related interests and contractual rights in connection with the Company’s Celaya exploration property in Mexico to Minera Adularia Exploración, S. de R.L. de C.V., an affiliate of The Electrum Group LLC (“Adularia”), in exchange for a payment of $3.0 million. Any Mexican VAT payable as a result of the sale is payable by Adularia.
The sale was memorialized in (i)a Contract of Assignment of Rights dated August30, 2018 among MC and Adularia (the “Contract of Assignment”) and (ii)an Assignment of Rights Agreement dated August30, 2018 among MC and Adularia (the “Assignment of Rights” and together with the Contract of Assignment, the “Assignment Agreements”). The mining concessions and related interests and contractual rights sold were subject to a certain earn-in agreement, as amended, between MC and Adularia, which was terminated upon entry into the Assignment Agreements.
The foregoing description of the Contract of Assignment and Assignment of Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Contract of Assignment and Assignment of Rights, which are attached hereto as Exhibits10.1 and 10.2, respectively.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits