RE: TSX RNS22 Mar 2019 15:36
Macarthur Minerals Clarifies Disclosure
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Macarthur Minerals Limited (TSX-V: MMS) (OTCQB: MMSDF) (the “Company” or “Macarthur”) announces that, as a result of a review by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the Company is issuing the following news release to clarify certain statements in the Company’s news release dated March 21, 2019 entitled “Macarthur Minerals Signs 10 Year Iron Ore Off-Take Agreement for the Lake Giles Iron Project in Australia With Glencore International A.G.” (the “March 21 News Release”).
In addition to the retractions and clarifications contained in this news release, the Company would like to clarify that the intention of the Company in issuing the March 21 News Release was to immediately disclose the entering into a material contract with Glencore International A.G., as required by Policy 3.3 – Timely Disclosure of the TSX Venture Exchange Corporate Finance Manual (the “TSX-V Manual”). The Company regrets any confusion to the shareholders of the Company that may have resulted from the March 21 News Release.
The disclosure in the March 21 News Release relating to the gross value of the iron ore off-take agreement, projected revenue to the Company, projected spot price for iron ore during the term of the off-take agreement and the resource estimates and economic forecast of the combined Moonshine Magnetite and Ularring Hematite operation (collectively, the “Disclosure”) is inconsistent with:
section 2.1 (Requirements Applicable to All Disclosure) of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) because the March 21 News Release did not contain the required statements that the scientific and technical information contained in the March 21 News Release has been approved by a “qualified person” under NI 43-101;
section 2.3 (Restricted Disclosure), subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c), of NI 43-101 because the Disclosure discloses the results of economic analyses that includes or is based on inferred mineral resource and the gross value of metal or mineral in a deposit;
section 2.3 (Restricted Disclosure), subsection (3), and section 3.4(e) of NI 43-101 because the March 21 News Release did not contain the required cautionary language, including the qualifications and assumptions made by a “qualified person” under NI 43-101;
section 4.2(6) (Production Decision) of Companion Policy 43-101CP to NI 43-101 because the March 21 News Release did not contain the required cautionary language that Macarthur has not filed a technical report to support a production decision; and
section 8.1 (Content of News Releases) of Policy 3.3 – Timely Disclosure of the TSX-V Manual because the March 21 News Release only discloses the projected “revenue” of the Life-of-Mine Off-Take Agreement.
In addition, the preliminary assessment titled “The Technical Report on the Moonshine and Moonshine North Prospects, Lake G