Golden Harp arranges reverse takeover by BeadellGolden Harp arranges reverse takeover by Beadell
2018-03-21 14:45 ET - News Release
Mr. Shaun Maskerine reports
GOLDEN HARP ANNOUNCES REVERSE TAKEOVER WITH BEADELL RESOURCES LIMITED TO FORM "AMERICANO MINING INC."
Golden Harp Resources Inc. has entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Beadell Resources Ltd. pursuant to which Golden Harp and Beadell will complete a scheme of arrangement under the Australian Corporations Act whereby Golden Harp will acquire all the outstanding shares of Beadell. Beadell is an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed gold company with a producing mine in northern Brazil.
Pursuant to the scheme, each Beadell shareholder will be entitled to exchange 14.25 fully paid ordinary Beadell shares for one Golden Harp common share (either in the form of CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) or, if a shareholder elects, Golden Harp common shares), following the completion by Golden Harp of a consolidation of its common shares on an 11-old-for-one-new basis. The resulting entity will carry on the business of Beadell, as a mining issuer, under a new name, Americano Mining Inc., and will remain listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and will apply to be listed on the ASX. The transaction constitutes a reverse takeover of Golden Harp in accordance with the polices of the TSX-V. The transaction is an arm's-length transaction.
Concurrent financing
In connection with the transaction, Golden Harp will undertake an non-brokered financing to raise aggregate gross proceeds of $4-million. The private placement will be completed by way of an issuance of subscription receipts at a price of 8.5 cents per subscription receipt. Each subscription receipt will be exchangeable into one preconsolidation common share of Golden Harp immediately prior to the closing of the transaction. The gross proceeds of the private placement will be held in escrow pending satisfaction of the conditions for the transaction. Finders' fees may be payable in association with the private placement, which is subject to the approval of the TSX-V. The principal subscribers in the placement are expected to be Sprott Inc. and entities associated with the Lundin family.
Debt settlement
Conditional upon the completion of the transaction, Golden Harp will also undertake a settlement of $477,951.07 in debt owed to directors, officers and creditors of Golden Harp through the issuance of an aggregate of 5,622,954 preconsolidation common shares of Golden Harp at a price of 8.5 cents per share. The debt settlement is subject to the approval of the TSX-V. As the debt settlement involves the settlement of certain debts owed to two directors of Golden Harp, being Shaun Maskerine and Kyle Takeuchi, as well as a control person of Golden Harp, Timothy Young, the debt settlement, as it relates to those parties constitutes a related-party transaction pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 and is subject to the requirements of a formal valuation and majority of the minority shareholder approval unless an exemption is available.
Terms and conditions of the transaction
The transaction is subject to, among other things, receipt of the approvals of the shareholders of each of Beadell and Golden Harp, regulatory approvals (including Australian foreign investment approval and approval of the ASX and the TSX-V), Australian court approval of the scheme, the completion of the private placement, debt settlement and consolidation, and other customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this nature.
The principal terms of the transaction include:
- Golden Harp will complete the private placement and debt settlement.
- Golden Harp will seek shareholder approval for the transaction, the debt settlement, the consolidation and the private placement (if required). Golden Harp shareholders holding 41.2 per cent of the common shares of Golden Harp have entered into voting support agreements pursuant to which they have undertaken to vote in favour of these matters.
- Beadell will seek shareholder approval for the scheme.
- Pursuant to the scheme, Beadell shareholders will exchange 14.25 fully paid ordinary Beadell shares for one postconsolidation common share of Golden Harp such that at the completion of the transaction, existing Beadell shareholders will hold approximately 94.5 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares of Golden Harp.
- The consideration will be issued either in the form of CDIs or, if a shareholder elects, Golden Harp common shares.
- Upon completion of the transaction, Golden Harp will have approximately 92 million common shares issued and outstanding.
- Golden Harp will be renamed Americano Mining Inc. and will apply for listing on the ASX through the admission to quotation of the CDIs (which will be subject to the ASX listing and admission process).
- Once the transaction is complete it is anticipated that Americano will trade on both the TSX-V and the ASX.
Golden Harp anticipates holding it a shareholder meeting in relation to the matters above on or around late May or early June, 2018. Beadell intends to implement the transaction in the second quarter of 2018.
Directors and officers
Following the completion of the transaction, the board of directors of Americano will be as presented in the associated table, which constitutes the existing board of Beadell with the addition of Adam Lundin.
Chairman Craig Readhead President and chief executive officer Simon Jackson Non-executive directors Dr. Nicole Adshead-Bell Brant Hinze Timo Jauristo Mr. Lundin
Mr. Readhead is a lawyer with over 30 years legal and corporate advisory experience with specialization in the resources sector, including the implementation of large-scale mining projects both in Australia and overseas. Mr. Readhead is a former president of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association and is a general counsel of Whitestone Minerals Pty. Ltd. Mr. Readhead is currently a non-executive director of Eastern Goldfields Ltd. (previously called Swan Gold Mining Ltd.), Redbank Copper Ltd. and Western Areas Ltd. During the past three years, he has served as the chairman of the ASX-listed company Heron Resources Ltd. (1999 to 2015) and as a non-executive director of the ASX-listed company General Mining Ltd. (2009 to 2015). Mr. Readhead is also a member of the Western Australia Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and until recently, was a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors State Council.
Mr. Jackson is a chartered accountant with 25 years experience in the gold industry. Most recently, Mr. Jackson was a founding shareholder and president and chief executive officer of the TSX-V-listed Orca Gold Inc., a junior exploration company with multiple gold discoveries in Sudan. Prior to that, he was an integral part of the senior management team at Red Back Mining Inc., which grew from a small West Perth-based junior to a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed intermediate producer that was taken over by Kinross Gold Corp. in 2010. Mr. Jackson's career includes corporate transactions and equity financings involving assets in Australia, Africa, Asia and South America. Mr. Jackson is currently the non-executive chairman of the TSX-V-listed company Orca Gold and a non-executive director of the TSX-V-listed company Sarama Resources Ltd. and of the ASX-listed company Cygnus Gold Ltd. During the past three years, he has served as a non-executive director of the TSX-V-listed companies Cardinal Resources Ltd. (2015 to 2017) and RB Energy Inc. (2014 to 2015).
Dr. Adshead-Bell is a geologist with over 20 years of capital-markets and natural-resource-sector experience. From 2012 to 2015, she was the director of mining research at Sun Valley Gold LLC, a United States-based Securities and Exchange Commission-registered investment adviser focused on the precious metals sector. Her prior roles include: managing director, investment banking, at Haywood Securities, where she concentrated on building the company's merger and acquisition and financing business in the mining sector, sell-side analyst at Dundee Securities, and buy-side analyst at Sun Valley. Dr. Adshead-Bell is currently president of Cupel Advisory Corp., a natural resources investment and advisory firm, and is a director of TSX-listed companies Pretium Resources Inc. and Dalradian Resources Inc. During the past three years, she has served as a non-executive director of the TSX-listed company Lithium Americas Corp. (2016 to 2017).
Mr. Hinze is a mining engineer with a career spanning more than 30 years and has worked in all facets of the mining business from small start-ups to some of North America's largest mining companies, in remote operations and on foreign assignments in South America and Southeast Asia. He was president and chief operating officer of Kinross Gold from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Hinze also worked for Newmont Mining Corp. from 2001 to 2010. Prior to 2001, Mr. Hinze worked for Battle Mountain Gold until its merger with Newmont in 2001. He served as senior vice-president for North American operations, general manager of the Minera Yanacocha SRL in Peru and other senior management positions in Southeast Asia.
Mr. Jauristo is a geologist and seasoned mining professional with over 35 years experience in the gold mining industry. Most recently, Mr. Jauristo was executive vice-president, corporate development, of Goldcorp. He spent 15 years with Placer Dome in various operating and corporate roles. Mr. Jauristo was involved in numerous merger and acquisition transactions in many of the major gold-producing regions of the world. During the past three years, Mr. Jauristo has served as a non-executive director of the TSX-listed companies Eastmain Resources (2016 to 2017) and Primero Mining (2010 to 2014).
Mr. Lundin brings a recognized legacy and years of international finance and capital markets experience to Americano. Mr. Lundin started his career at a number of Lundin Group companies around the globe before moving into finance and ultimately becoming co-lead of Pareto Securities' highly successful London office. He is currently the president and chief executive officer of Filo Mining Inc., which owns the Filo de Sol copper-gold-silver project in the high Andes of Chile and Argentina.
The head office of Americano will be located at Beadell's offices in West Perth, Western Australia. Americano will also have an office in Toronto, Canada.
About Beadell Resources Ltd.
Beadell Resources is currently listed on the ASX and its primary asset is the 100-per-cent-owned Tucano gold mine, located in Amapa state in northern Brazil. Tucano is forecast to produce 145,000 ounces to 155,000 ounces in 2018 and sits in the middle of 2,500 square kilometres of greenstone belt with district-scale exploration potential.
During the year ended Dec, 31, 2017, Beadell reported revenues of $211.1-million (Australian) and overall net loss of $101.2-million (Australian) (audited). As at Dec. 31, 2017, Beadell's held $294.8-million (Australian) in assets, of which $76.7-million (Australian) were current assets and had $162.5-million (Australian) in liabilities, of which $124.1-million (Australian) were current liabilities (audited).
Commenting on the proposed transaction, Mr. Jackson, Beadell managing director and chief executive officer, said: "We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Golden Harp that will benefit both companies' shareholders. It has long been my view that the Tucano mine needs to be listed in Canada along with the vast majority of South American gold developers and producers. We are delighted to have received the support of Sprott and the Lundin family as they become new shareholders of Americano. These new shareholders bring extensive market following and experience to the Tucano story and we look forward to growing Americano into an intermediate gold producer. I am also very pleased that Adam Lundin has agreed to join the board of Americano and we look to leverage his industry and capital markets experience as we focus on delivering on our long-term strategy."
The Golden Harp board unanimously recommends that Golden Harp shareholders vote in favour of the transaction, in the absence of a superior proposal.
Sponsorship
The transaction is subject to the sponsorship requirements of the TSX-V, unless an exemption from those requirements is granted. Golden Harp intends to apply for an exemption from the sponsorship requirements; however, there can be no assurance that an exemption will be obtained. If an exemption from the sponsorship requirements is not obtained, a sponsor will be identified at a later date. An agreement to act as sponsor in respect of the transaction should not be construed as any assurance with respect to the merits of the transaction or the likelihood of its completion.
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