MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Dec. 21, 2015) - Matamec Explorations Inc. ("Matamec" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MAT)(OTCQX:MHREF) announced today the execution of a Property Rights Exchange Arrangements Agreement (the "PREAA") between the Company, International Explorers and Prospectors Inc. ("IEP"), Glencore Canada Corp. ("Glencore") and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. ("Goldcorp") with respect to the sale by the Company and IEP of certain properties located in Hoyle and Matheson Townships in Timmins. The PREAA sets out the arrangements among the parties related to, among other things, the consideration to be received by the Company for the sale of its interest in the properties, being CAD$500,000 and certain net smelter royalties, all as detailed below.
Sale of Properties to Glencore and Goldcorp
The Company and IEP own the properties listed below (the "Properties") pursuant to their involvement in a contractual joint venture named the "Matamec-IEP Matheson Joint Venture" (the "MJV").
a. The "Colbert/Anglo Property", comprising freehold mining and surface rights located in Timmins, Ontario, east of the Hoyle Pond Gold Mine; and b. The "Northern Property", comprising a portion of leasehold surface rights located in Timmins, Ontario, east of the Hoyle Pond Gold Mine.
Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the PREAA, the Company and IEP will sell (a) to Glencore, the Northern Property as well as the surface rights to the Colbert/Anglo Property; and (b) to Goldcorp the mining rights in relation to the Colbert/Anglo Property. The Company and IEP will retain all mining rights in relation to the Northern Property.