Clean Air Metals Closes First Tranche Of C$15 Million Royalty Financing Agreement On Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals Project With Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.
Clean Air Metals Closes First Tranche Of C$15 Million Royalty Financing Agreement On Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals Project With Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.
12/19/22, 12:06 PM
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thunder bayClean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals") (the "Company") (TSXV: AIR) (OTCQB: CLRMF) (CKU: DB) has closed the first tranche in the amount of C$10 million of a C$15-million mineral royalty financing agreement (the "TF Royalty Agreement") effective December 16, 2022 (the "Effective Date") with Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. ("Triple Flag"). The TF Royalty Agreement features a 2.5% net smelter returns ("NSR") mining royalty for all mineral product produced on the Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals (Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel) Project in Northern Ontario, Canada, temporarily excepting the Escape claims.
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thunder bay, ontario, canada
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Clean Air Metals' flagship asset is the 100% owned, high grade Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals project, a platinum, palladium, copper, nickel project located near the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario and the Lac des Iles Mine owned by Impala Platinum. The Thunder Bay North Project hosts the twin magma conduit bodies which host the Current and Escape deposits forming the basis for a robust preliminary economic assessment (PEA) filed January 12, 2022. The PEA of a ramp access underground mine and on-site 3600tpd milling complex and the 2-year trailing average price deck, features a pre-tax NPV5 of C$425m and an IRR of 31% on initial capital of $367m over a 10-year mine life.
Executive Chair Jim Gallagher, P.Eng. and COO Mike Garbutt, P.Eng. lead an experienced technical team who are using the Norilsk magma conduit stratigraphic and mineral deposit model to guide ongoing exploration and development prefeasibility studies for a low-carbon, all-electric sustainable mining operation at Thunder Bay North. As the former CEO of North American Palladium Ltd. which owned the Lac des Iles Mine prior to the sale to Impala Platinum in December 2019, Jim Gallagher and team are credited with the mine turnaround and creation of significant value for shareholders.