StrikePoint Gold IncSKP - TSX.V

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San Gold and StrikePoint enter into Strike Point Property Option Agreement

 

 

January 15, 2010 - Dale Ginn, CEO of San Gold Corporation (“San Gold”) and Richard Boulay, CEO of StrikePoint Gold Inc.(“StrikePoint Gold”) (collectively, the “Parties”) are pleased to announce that San Gold and StrikePoint Gold have entered into a definitive option agreement (the "Option Agreement") as contemplated by a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) between the parties dated September 16, 2009, described in a joint press release of San Gold and StrikePoint Gold dated September 17, 2009. 

Pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement San Gold has the option to earn a 50% undivided interest in the StrikePoint Gold property comprising approximately 3,595 hectares situated in Southeast Manitoba (the “Property”). The Option Agreement provides that San Gold shall pay StikePoint Gold $50,000 cash on the first anniversary of the execution of the Letter Agreement and shall conduct a total minimum of $1,500,000 in exploration work on the Property over three years at a minimum rate of $400,000, $500,000 and $600,000 per year, respectively, to earn a 50% undivided interest in the Property. The Option Agreement provides StrikePoint Gold with the ability to unilaterally accelerate the spending on exploration work on the Property up to an additional maximum of $500,000 per year, calculated from the date of the Letter Agreement.

 

The Option Agreement provides that when San Gold has earned its 50% interest, both parties shall become working parties, each responsible for 50% of expenditures. Each of San Gold and StrikePoint Gold has a first right of refusal to purchase the other Party’s interest in the Property. The Option Agreement also provides that neither Party shall purchase any common shares of the other Party, without the approval of the board of directors of each of Party, during the term of the Option Agreement or for a period of two years following the termination of the Option Agreement.  

 

The entering into of the Option Agreement is a Reviewable Transaction as defined in TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.3 since Richard A. Boulay and Courtney Shearer are directors and officers of StrikePoint Gold and directors of San Gold. The final closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. 

 

 

For further information regarding StrikePoint Gold, please contact Richard Boulay CEO of StrikePoint Gold Inc., at (403) 243-9500.