Hercules Metals Grants Stock Options
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Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG, OTCQB: BADEF) has granted 2,350,000 incentive stock options to certain officers, directors and consultants under its Omnibus Incentive Plan approved on July 15, 2022. The options have a five-year term, an exercise price of $0.88 per share, and vest in three equal tranches: one-third immediately, and the remainder on the first and second anniversaries of the grant date.
According to the company, these grants form part of previously agreed incentive compensation, deferred until after announcing recent management appointments and a related private placement. Hercules is a U.S.-focused explorer advancing the 100%-owned Hercules Project in western Idaho, including the Leviathan porphyry copper system.
Positive
- 2,350,000 stock options granted as structured long-term incentive over five years
- Options priced at $0.88 per share with staged vesting over three years
- Equity incentives granted under shareholder-approved Omnibus Incentive Plan from July 15, 2022
Negative
- Potential dilution from up to 2,350,000 additional shares if options are fully exercised
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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 7, 2026) - Hercules Metals Corp. (TSXV: BIG) (OTCQB: BADEF) (FSE: C0X) ("Hercules" or the "Company") announces that it has granted 2,350,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") to certain officers, directors, and consultants of the Company. The Options vest in three equal tranches, with one-third vesting immediately, and the remaining two-thirds vesting on the first and second anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. The Options are exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of
The Options form part of previously agreed incentive compensation for certain officers, directors and consultants. The grants were deferred until after the public disclosure of the Company's recently announced management appointments and related private placement.
About Hercules Metals Corp.
Hercules Metals Corp. is a U.S.-focused mineral exploration company advancing the
The Hercules Project hosts the newly discovered Leviathan porphyry copper system, one of the most important new discoveries in the country to date. Leviathan is a large and growing porphyry copper system discovered by Hercules in 2023. The initial discovery hole intersected 185 metres grading
Subsequent drilling has demonstrated mineralization as shallow as 72 meters depth in the eastern portion of the deposit, with a mineralized envelope that remains open in multiple directions.
The Hercules Project forms part of a 73-kilometre copper belt across which the Company controls more than 100,000 acres of prospective mineral rights. Hercules is conducting systematic definition drilling at Leviathan and exploration drilling to identify additional porphyry centres.
Hercules' shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "BIG," on the OTCQB under the symbol "BADEF" and in Frankfurt under the symbol "C0X."
For further information please contact:
Chris Paul
CEO & Director
Telephone +1 (604) 670-5527
Email: chris@herculesmetals.com
Matthieu Bos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Email: mbos@herculesmetals.com
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