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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On March 21, 2024, Perpetua Resources Corp. (the “Company”), Perpetua Resources Idaho, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“PRII”) and Idaho Gold Resources Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“IGRCLLC”), entered into a Silver Royalty Agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Franco-Nevada Idaho Corporation (“Franco-Nevada”) pursuant to which IGRCLLC and PRII sold Franco-Nevada a 100% royalty (the “Royalty”) on the future payable silver production from the Stibnite Gold Project in exchange for a cash payment of $8.5 million. The Company expects to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. Silver represents less than 0.3% of projected life-of-mine revenue in the 2020 Feasibility Study.
The Royalty Agreement provides a mechanism whereby Franco-Nevada can receive minimum payments equal to 100% of the payable silver from the sale of dore as outlined in the Company’s 2020 Feasibility Study commencing in the seventh calendar year following commercial production and ending upon the completion of the fifteenth calendar year following commercial production.
The Royalty Agreement also provides Franco-Nevada an option upon the occurrence of certain conditions precedent (including achieving commercial production at the Stibnite Gold Project) to pay the Company a contingent payment and receive a Royalty on any silver payable from the production of antimony concentrate from the Stibnite Gold Project. Franco-Nevada has also been granted a Right of First Refusal on any royalties or stream interests in the Stibnite Gold Project (except for and excluding any new or existing gold royalties or gold stream interests that solely covers gold and no other minerals) with such right being subordinated to the existing Right of First Refusal granted to Franco-Nevada pursuant to that certain Royalty Agreement dated May 7, 2013 (as amended).
In connection with the execution of the Royalty Agreement, Company granted Franco-Nevada a continuing security interest and a first priority lien on certain collateral including the land and mineral interests comprising the Stibnite Gold Project, including all proceeds and products thereof, in order to secure Company’s obligations under the Royalty Agreement.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP. | ||
| Dated: March 21, 2024 | By: | /s/ Jessica Largent |
| Jessica Largent | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||