Global Energy Metals Corp (CSE:GEMC) has made the first option payment under a deal to gain an interest in two prospective cobalt projects in Nevada.
The Vancouver-based company has issued 384,627 of its shares to Nevada Sunrise and paid US$20,000 to the underlying vendor as part of the agreement to acquire an 85% interest in the Lovelock cobalt mine, which is noted for its high-grade cobalt-nickel-copper potential, and the adjacent Treasure Box project
In a brief statement Tuesday, GEMC also added it is reviewing exploration plans for both properties, which are in Churchill County, around 150 kilometers east of the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada.
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The program will assist with an ongoing extensive review and reinterpretation of historical data.
"There has been a tremendous amount of attention placed on the US for it to stop being merely a bystander in the global battery arms race and start developing more domestic supplies of battery metals such as cobalt, nickel and copper to supply its homegrown battery factories, including Nevada-based Gigafactory 1," said Mitchell Smith, director and CEO at GEMC.
'Prime examples'
"The Lovelock and Treasure Box projects are prime examples of US-based battery metal projects that are very prospective and strategically located in close proximity to a domestic end-user with a large appetite for the critical materials used in EV and energy storage technology."
The consideration, over two years, is US$75,000 in cash, as well as more than 1.72 million shares at a deemed price of $0.15 each and more than 1.6 million reimbursement shares.
These are to reimburse share payments made according to the underlying option held by Primus Resources. Reimbursement shares are subject to a floor price of $0.05
Primus will retain a 2% net smelter return (NSR) royalty, with the company and Nevada, as joint-venture partners, having the right to purchase one-half (1%) for 10 years from the effective date of the Primus underlying option for US$1.5 million, said Global Energy Metals.
Significantly, the Nevada assets are drill-ready, and eight diamond drill targets have been identified.
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