Americas Gold & Silver settles gold delivery obligation
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation has reached an agreement with International Royalty Corporation, an affiliate of Royal Gold, to settle its remaining obligation to deliver 8,861 ounces of gold under a 2019 Precious Metals Delivery and Purchase Agreement.
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Americas Gold and Silver Corporation has reached an agreement with International Royalty Corporation, an affiliate of Royal Gold, to settle its remaining obligation to deliver 8,861 ounces of gold under a 2019 Precious Metals Delivery and Purchase Agreement. The obligation will be extinguished through immediate delivery of 5,000 ounces of gold plus 2,652,532 common shares issued at a deemed price of US$5.86 per share, with the share issuance subject to TSX approval and a four‑month hold period. The company states that this settlement removes over $40 million in variable future debt obligations linked to the gold price and, together with the previously announced termination of a silver delivery agreement, eliminates over US$85 million in variable future debt obligations, reducing future cash debt service and simplifying its exposure to metal prices.
Positive
- Over US$85 million in variable debt obligations eliminated: The company states that settling the gold delivery agreement and terminating a silver delivery agreement together remove more than US$85 million of price-linked future debt obligations, which should materially lower financial overhang and simplify exposure to metal prices.
- Immediate gold delivery partly funded by hedge gains: Roughly US$7 million from unwinding in-the-money gold price protection instruments helps fund the 5,000-ounce gold delivery, reducing the cash burden of extinguishing the obligation.
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Insights
Americas converts a gold-stream liability into metal and equity, cutting price-linked debt.
Americas Gold and Silver is settling its remaining 8,861‑ounce gold delivery obligation to an affiliate of Royal Gold by delivering 5,000 ounces of gold now plus 2,652,532 common shares at a deemed US$5.86 per share. This converts a floating, commodity‑linked liability into fixed transactions.
The company highlights that the settlement removes over $40 million in variable future gold‑linked debt and, combined with a recently terminated silver delivery agreement, over US$85 million of such obligations. The gold delivery is funded partly from unwinding in‑the‑money gold price protection instruments that generated about US$7 million, limiting incremental cash outlay.
Management indicates this should reduce future cash debt service and increase leverage to silver prices by eliminating legacy metal‑linked contracts. Actual benefit depends on future metal prices, operating performance at assets like Galena and Crescent, and execution of its growth plans in silver and antimony.
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