Sixty North Gold Announces Debt Settlements and Option Grants
The proposed share settlements would discharge accrued fee debt, while the option grants permit additional share issuance.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Sixty North Gold Mining (SXNTF) has arranged settlements with certain officers and directors for $130,000 in accrued management and consulting fees. The fees cover October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Settlement would involve issuing 928,570 common shares at $0.14 per share within the next five business days, subject to the CSE raising no objection. GST will be paid in cash, and the shares carry resale restrictions of four months and a day from issuance.
The company also granted options to directors, officers and consultants to purchase up to 1,275,000 common shares at $0.14 per share until October 2, 2031, with no vesting provisions. The debt settlements are related party transactions; the company intends to rely on a formal valuation exemption and qualifies for an exemption from minority approval.
How this balance works
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Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Arranged share settlements would discharge $130,000 in accrued management and consulting fee debt. 1.8% of market cap
Negative
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Debt settlements would issue 928,570 common shares at $0.14 per share, diluting existing holders.
- Minor pointGranted options permit up to 1,275,000 shares at $0.14 until October 2, 2031, with no vesting provisions.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Settlement within five business days remains subject to the CSE raising no objection.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.GST on outstanding amounts will require a cash payment.
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 2, 2026) - Sixty North Gold Mining Ltd. (CSE: SXTY) (FSE: 2F40) (OTC Pink: SXNTF) (the "Company" or "Sixty North Gold") announces that that it has arranged debt settlements with certain officers and directors of the Company to settle a total of
The Company has also granted incentive stock options to its directors, officers, and consultants to purchase a total of up to 1,275,000 common shares of the Company at an exercise price of
Debt settlements with directors and officers of the Company constitute related party transactions for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Company intends to rely on the exemption from the formal valuation requirement in MI 61-101 provided under section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 on the basis that the Company's shares are not listed on any of the specified markets listed in MI 61-101. The debt settlements are also exempt from the majority of the minority approval requirement in MI 61-101 under section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 on the basis that the fair market value of the debt settlements is less than
About the Company
Sixty North Gold is developing mining operations on its 100-per-cent-owned Mon Gold Project. The Company has designed its operation to be as sustainable as possible.
The 100 tpd mill will only require 15 to 20 cubic meters of make-up water each day that will be sourced first from mine water discharge and lastly from fresh sources. The Mon Mine should use less water than a modest diamond drill program and have no liquid slurry to manage and net, the mill will have reduced fresh water usage by >
Mining at the Mon Gold Mine in the 1990's extracted 15,000 tonnes of ore to depths of only 15 metres below surface, recovering an estimated 15,000 ounces of gold (Company Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023 on SEDAR+ or https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/technical-report/). Recently, underground development has intersected the productive A-Zone 17 m below the historic stopes as planned. A newly discovered zone, the DD-Zone is exposed in the main ramp. The company plans to develop and mine stopes in the East Limb, West Limb and DD Zone and to extend the ramp to allow for the development of deeper levels.
The silver-rich VMS deposits (https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/volcanogenic-massive-sulphide-vms-deposits/), the large shear zone-hosted gold targets (https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/shear-zones/), and the critical-element-enriched IOCG-style mineralization (https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/iocg-target/) will be explored and developed as warranted.
The Yellowknife gold camp hosts two mines that averaged 30 gpt gold or better (Discovery Mine with one million ounces of gold produced, and Sixty North Gold's Mon Mine), and two that averaged 15 gpt or better for a total production of over 14 million ounces of gold (Con Mine and Giant Mine); (ref. Company Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023). The Yellowknife Gold Belt is an historic gold producing camp where all of the mines commenced production at <100 tpd. Yellowknife has the people, services and experience to bring this Archean gold belt back to life.
For more information, please refer to the Company's public filings available on SEDAR (www.sedarplus.ca), under the Company's profile.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Dave Webb"
Dave Webb, President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Dave Webb
Tel.: 604 818-1400
Email: dave@drwgcl.com
Website: www.sixtynorthgold.com
THE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS NOT APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED THE CONTENT OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking information is based on certain assumptions that Sixty North Gold believes are reasonable at this time, including assumptions as its ability to receive, in a timely manner and on satisfactory terms, the necessary regulatory and other third-party approvals.
Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks relating to the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; general economic, market and business conditions; fluctuations in securities markets and the market price of precious metals and of the Company's shares; and other risks inherent in the mining industry.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable securities laws, Sixty North Gold does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317258
FAQ
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What are the terms of Sixty North Gold's debt settlements?
Sixty North Gold arranged to settle $130,000 in accrued management and consulting fees with certain officers and directors by issuing 928,570 common shares at $0.14 per share. Closing is planned within the next five business days, subject to the CSE raising no objection.
What stock options did Sixty North Gold grant?
Sixty North Gold granted directors, officers and consultants options to purchase up to 1,275,000 common shares at $0.14 per share until October 2, 2031. The options have no vesting provisions.
Why are Sixty North Gold's debt settlements exempt from valuation and minority approval requirements?
The company intends to rely on the formal valuation exemption under MI 61-101 section 5.5(b) because its shares are not listed on the markets specified in that rule. The settlements are exempt from majority-of-the-minority approval under section 5.7(1)(a) because their fair market value is less than 25% of the company's market capitalization.