Fort Capital Investment Banking Pitch Book
Background to the Situation
Since the formation of Corvus in 2010, Anglo Gold has held a significant ownership position in Corvus
Background to the Situation
August 25, 2010- International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (ITH") spun out its
existing Alaska mineral properties (other than the Livengood project) and the
North Bullfrog mineral property and related assets in Nevada into a new public
company, being Corvus Gold Inc. AngloGold owned 12.5% of ITH and as a result
of spin-off retained 12.5% ownership in Corvus
May 29, 2015 - Anglo Gold owned 14,698,876 Corvus Shares representing
18.3% of Corvus' outstanding share capital
June 30, 2017 - Renaissance Gold signs option agreement on Silicon Project
with AngloGold for a total of US$3M over 3 years
December 4, 2017 - AngloGold entered into a confidentiality agreement with
Corvus with an initial one-year term in order to have access to and review
confidential and proprietary information in relation to North Bullfrog. Mother Lode
and other exploration assets owned by Corvus located in Nevada
August 10, 2020 - AngioGold owned 24,774,949 Corvus Shares representing
19.5% of Corvus' outstanding share capital
May 22, 2020- AngloGold it will complete the option to purchase the Silicon
project in Nevada from Renaissance Gold
May 6, 2021 - Entered into a loan agreement with AngloGold to fund up to
US$20M towards the ongoing permitting and pre-development work at the North
Bullfrog project as well as going exploration at the Mother Lode property
July 13, 2021 - The Company announced that it has received an unsolicited,
non-binding proposal from AngloGold for the acquisition of the outstanding
common shares not already held by AngloGold
September 12, 2021- AngloGold and Corvus expected to sign an agreement
setting out a revised offer of CS4.10 per share
Corvus
GOLD INC
Confidentiality Agreement
The term of the Confidentiality Agreement has been
extended on an annual basis by the parties following
the expiry of its initial term.
• Under the Confidentiality Agreement, AngloGold may
not, among other things, increase its equity stake in
Corvus beyond 20% of Corvus' outstanding share
capital or acquire any assets of Corvus
Loan Agreement
A fixed interest rate of 1.107025% with interest
beginning 180 days after loan signing
Repayment of loan will be the lesser of 12 months
after loan origination date, or after all North Bullfrog
project mine construction permits are obtained by
Corvus
A minimum of 70% of the loan amount to be spent on
project work
• Exclusivity period of 90 days which was extended to
120 days as a result of the AngloGold offer
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Offer Summary
Consideration of C$4.00 per common share payable
in cash
As of May 31, 2021, Anglo Gold owned 24,774,949
common shares representing approximately 19.5% of
the total issued and outstanding common shares
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