SEC Form S-3/A filed by Solitario Resources Corp. (Amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2024

Registration No. 333-276775

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Amendment No. 1

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390

Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

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Christopher E. Herald

President and Chief Executive Officer

4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390

Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033

(303) 534-1030

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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Copy to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities, in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED February 7, 2024

Prospectus

12,798,485 Shares of Common Stock

This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus under “Selling Stockholders” of up to 12,798,485 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share.   Of those shares (i) 4,166,667 were issued to one of the selling stockholders in a private transaction that closed on July 31, 2023, and (ii) 8,631,818 were issued to the other selling stockholders in a private transaction that closed on October 13, 2023 and in connection with that transaction we agreed to register the resale of the shares.

We are not selling any securities under this prospectus, and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders will bear all brokerage commissions and similar expenses attributable to the sale of shares under this prospectus, and we will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of such shares. The selling stockholders may sell the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus from time to time on terms to be determined at the time of sale through ordinary brokerage transactions or through any other means described in this prospectus. Such shares may be sold at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information.

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “XPL.” On January 26, 2024, the closing price for our common stock as reported on the NYSE American was $0.55 per share. Our principal executive offices are located at 4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033.  

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus beginning on page 2 and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.  

The date of this prospectus is February [  ], 2024.

Table of Contents

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus under “Selling Stockholders” of up to 12,798,485 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, referred to herein as our “common stock.” We are not selling any securities under this prospectus, and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders under this prospectus.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, referred to herein as the “SEC.” This prospectus omits some of the information contained in the registration statement, and we refer you to the full registration statement for further information about us and the securities being offered by the selling stockholders under this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should read, in addition to this prospectus and the registration statement, any documents that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus, as referred to under “Information Incorporated by Reference,” and the information under “Where You Can Find More Information.” Any statement contained in the prospectus concerning the provisions of any document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC is not necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of the document filed. You should review the complete document to evaluate these statements.

Neither we nor the selling stockholders have authorized any other person to provide you with any information or to make any representations, other than those contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If anyone provides you with additional, different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We take no responsibility for and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date of this prospectus, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale or issuance of a security, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed materially since those dates. You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Solitario,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or “our company” in this prospectus refer to Solitario Resources Corp., a Colorado corporation.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any projections of financing needs, revenue, expenses, earnings or losses from operations, or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning exploration and development plans and timelines; any statements of expectation or belief; any statements regarding the impact to our business from the on-going effects from the COVID-19 pandemic; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. In addition, forward looking statements may contain the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,” “seek,” “could,” “may,” “might,” and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes, or the negative version of those words or phrases or other comparable words or phrases of a future or forward-looking nature.

The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus represent our estimates as of the date of this prospectus. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the future, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our estimates or views as of any date subsequent to the date of this prospectus.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights certain information about us, each of the Newmont Transaction and October Private Placement (each, as defined below), and selected information contained elsewhere in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before making an investment decision. For a more complete understanding of our company, you should read and consider carefully the more detailed information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including the factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 4 of this prospectus, as well as the information incorporated herein by reference, before making an investment decision.

Overview of Solitario Resources Corp.

Solitario is an exploration stage company as defined by rules issued by the SEC, with a focus on the acquisition and exploration of precious metal, zinc and other base metal exploration mineral properties. Our primary business is to acquire exploration mineral properties and/or discover economic deposits on our mineral properties and advance these deposits, either on our own or through joint ventures, up to the development stage of the project. At that point, or sometime prior to that point, we would likely attempt to sell our mineral properties, pursue their development either on our own or through a joint venture with a partner that has expertise in mining operations, or create a royalty with a third party that continues to advance the property. We have never developed a property. In addition to focusing on our mineral exploration properties and the evaluation of mineral properties for acquisition, we also evaluate potential strategic transactions as a means to acquire an interest in new precious and base metal properties and assets with exploration potential or other potential corporate transactions that we determine to be favorable to us.  We currently consider our Golden Crest project in South Dakota, our carried interest in the Florida Canyon project in Peru, and our interest in the Lik project in Alaska to be our core mineral property assets.

We have been actively involved in mineral exploration since 1993. We have recorded revenue in the past from the sale of mineral properties, including from a royalty in January 2019 and the sale in June 2018 of our interest in the royalty on the Yanacocha property. Revenues and / or proceeds from the sale or joint venture of properties or assets, although significant when they occur, have not been a consistent annual source of cash and would only occur in the future, if at all, on an infrequent basis.  Historically we have reduced our exposure to the costs of our exploration activities through the use of joint ventures. Although we anticipate that the use of joint venture funding for some of our exploration activities will continue for the foreseeable future, we can provide no assurance that these or other sources of capital will be available in sufficient amounts to meet our needs, if at all.

Corporate Information

We were incorporated in Colorado on November 15, 1984 under the name Solitario Resources Corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Resources Corporation, or Crown. On June 12, 2008, our shareholders approved an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to change our name from Solitario Resources Corporation to Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. In July 1994, Solitario became a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange through its initial public offering. On July 26, 2004, Crown completed a spin-off of its holdings of our shares to its shareholders as part of the acquisition of Crown by Kinross Gold Corporation.  In July 2017 Solitario acquired Zazu Metals Corp. and its 50% interest in the Lik project in Alaska and changed its name to Solitario Zinc Corp. from Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. In June 2023 our shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to change the Company’s name from Solitario Zinc Corp. to Solitario Resources Corp., and that name change was effected in July 2023.

Our website address is www.Solitarioxr.com.  The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and is not part of this prospectus. 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “XPL” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SLR.” Our principal executive offices are located at 4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033. Our telephone number is (303) 534-1030.

Private Placements

                On July 31, 2023, we closed a private transaction that involved, among other things, the offer and sale of 4,166,667 shares of our common stock to Newmont Overseas Exploration Ltd.  (the “Newmont Transaction”).    As part of that transaction, we granted the investor certain registration rights.  For more information regarding the Newmont Transaction, see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 2, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.

                On October 13, 2023, we effected a closing of a private offering of our common stock (the “October Private Placement”). In total, we received commitments to purchase, and then closed on the sale of, 8,631,818 shares of Solitario common stock in the October Private Placement (the “Shares”) at US $0.55 per share. In the subscription agreement with each investor we agreed that promptly following the final closing of the October Private Placement we could register, on one occasion, all or a portion of the Shares for resale.  For more information regarding the October Private Placement, see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 16, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.

The Offering

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Please see the risk factors under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, on file with the SEC, and those risk factors identified in reports subsequently filed with the SEC, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Before you invest in our securities, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference into this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations. The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities. The discussion of risks includes or refers to forward-looking statements; you should read the explanation of the qualifications and limitations on such forward-looking statements discussed elsewhere in this prospectus.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We are not selling any securities under this prospectus, and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders under this prospectus. All proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus will be for the account of the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders will bear all brokerage commissions and similar expenses attributable to the sale of shares under this prospectus, and we will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of such shares.

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

This prospectus covers an aggregate of up to 12,798,485 shares of our common stock, which shares of common stock may be sold or otherwise disposed of by the selling stockholders.  Except for the transactions associated with described in reports we file with the SEC, and the ownership of the shares of common stock purchased in the Newmont Transaction or the October Private Placement, none of the selling stockholders have had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

The below table sets forth certain information with respect to each selling stockholder, including (a) the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by such selling stockholder prior to this offering, (b) the number of shares of our common stock being offered by such selling stockholder pursuant to this prospectus and (c) such selling stockholder’s beneficial ownership of our common stock after completion of this offering, assuming that all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus (but none of the other shares, if any, held by the selling stockholders) are sold to third parties in this offering.

The table is based on information supplied to us by the selling stockholders. Beneficial and percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, which is based on voting or investment power with respect to such shares, and this information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. In accordance with SEC rules, in computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder, shares of common stock subject to derivative securities held by that selling stockholder that are currently exercisable or convertible, or that will be exercisable or convertible within 60 days after January 26, 2024, are deemed outstanding. Such shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other selling stockholder. Each selling stockholder’s percentage ownership after this offering is based on 79,696,358 shares of our common stock outstanding as of January 30, 2024.

The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of their shares of common stock covered by this prospectus. We do not know the number of such shares, if any, that will be offered for sale or otherwise disposed of by any of the selling stockholders. Furthermore, since the date on which we filed this prospectus, the selling stockholders may have sold, transferred or disposed of shares of common stock covered by this prospectus in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information.

* Less than 1.0%

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 We are registering the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus on behalf of the selling stockholders. All costs, expenses and fees connected with the registration of such shares of common stock will be borne by us. Any brokerage commissions and similar expenses connected with selling such shares of common stock will be borne by the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders may offer and sell such shares of common stock from time to time in one or more transactions. As used in this prospectus, the term “selling stockholders” includes pledgees, donees, transferees and other successors-in-interest who may acquire such shares of common stock through a pledge, gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer from the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders will act independently of the Company in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. These transactions include:

In connection with distributions of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus or otherwise, the selling stockholders may:

The selling stockholders may also resell all or a portion of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, or any other exemption from the registration requirements that become available, rather than under this prospectus.

In effecting sales, the selling stockholders may engage broker-dealers or agents, who may in turn arrange for other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders and/or from the purchasers of shares of common stock covered by this prospectus for whom the broker-dealers may act as agents or to whom they sell as principal, or both. The compensation to a particular broker-dealer may be in excess of customary commissions. To our knowledge, there is currently no plan, arrangement or understanding between any selling stockholders and any broker-dealer or agent regarding the sale of any shares of common stock by the selling stockholders.

The selling stockholders, any broker-dealers or agents and any participating broker-dealers that act in connection with the sale of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus may be “underwriters” under the Securities Act with respect to those shares of common stock and will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. Any profit that the selling stockholders realize, and any compensation that any broker-dealer or agent may receive in connection with any sale, including any profit realized on resale of such shares of common stock acquired as principal, may constitute underwriting discounts and commissions. If the selling stockholders are deemed to be underwriters, the selling stockholders may be subject to certain liabilities under statutes including, but not limited to, Section 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act.

The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell such shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders may also transfer and donate shares of common stock covered by this prospectus in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

The securities laws of some states may require the selling stockholders to sell the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. These laws may also require that we register or qualify such shares of common stock for sale in those states unless an exemption from registration and qualification is available and the selling stockholders and we comply with that exemption. In addition, the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares of common stock in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to such shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus and the ability of any person to engage in market-making activities with respect to such shares.

If any selling stockholder notifies us of entry into any material arrangement with a broker-dealer for the sale of shares of common stock covered by this prospectus through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution, over-the-counter distribution or secondary distribution, or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file any necessary supplement to this prospectus to disclose:

In addition, if the selling stockholder notifies us that a donee, pledgee, transferee or other successor-in-interest of the selling stockholder intends to sell any shares of common stock covered by this prospectus, we will file an amendment to the registration statement on Form S-3, of which this prospectus forms a part, or a supplement to this prospectus, if required.

EXPERTS 

Plante & Moran, PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as amended, as set forth in their report, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Plante & Moran, PLLC’s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. 

The estimates of our mineral reserves and mineral resources as of December 31, 2021 with respect to the Florida Canyon Zinc Project is incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been included in reliance upon a technical report prepared by, and under the overall supervision of, Donald E. Hulse.  The estimates of our mineral reserves and mineral resources as of December 31, 2021 with respect to the Lik Project is incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been included in reliance upon a technical report prepared by, and under the overall supervision of, Donald E. Hulse. 

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters, including the legality of the securities offered, will be passed upon for us by Dykema Gossett PLLC.

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information and reports we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to these documents. Our SEC file number is 001-32978. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information already incorporated by reference. We are incorporating by reference the documents listed below, which we have already filed with the SEC, and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, except as to any portion of any future report or document that is not deemed filed under such provisions, until we sell all of the securities:

Upon written or oral request, we will provide, without charge, to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered a copy of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You may request a copy of these filings, and any exhibits we have specifically incorporated by reference as an exhibit in this prospectus, at no cost by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Solitario Resources Corp.

Attn: Corporate Secretary

4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390

Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033

(303) 534-1030

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. We have incorporated exhibits into this registration statement. You should read the exhibits carefully for provisions that may be important to you.

You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus or those documents.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance with the Exchange Act, file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. These documents also may be accessed through the SEC’s electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system, or EDGAR, via electronic means, including the SEC’s home page on the Internet (www.sec.gov).

We have the authority to designate and issue more than one class or series of stock having various preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption. See “Description of Preferred Stock” and “Description of Common Stock.” We will furnish a full statement of the relative rights and preferences of each class or series of our stock which has been so designated and any restrictions on the ownership or transfer of our stock to any stockholder upon request and without charge. Written requests for such copies should be directed to Solitario Resources Corp., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 4251 Kipling Street, Suite 390, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033. Our telephone number is (303) 534-1030. Our website is located at www.Solitarioxr.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and, therefore, is not part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.

PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

The expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered will be borne by Solitario Resources Corp. and are set forth in the following table. All amounts except the registration fee are estimated.  

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The Colorado Business Corporation Act allows a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries and agents against liability in certain situations. Our Articles authorize us to indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Colorado law.

Under the Colorado Business Corporation Act indemnification would be mandatory with respect to a director or officer who was wholly successful in defense of an action, suit or proceeding. As permitted by the Colorado Business Corporation Act and our By-laws, we will indemnify directors and officers, and may indemnify employees, fiduciaries and agents, against reasonably incurred expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by them in connection with an action, suit or proceeding if it is determined that they conducted themselves in good faith and that they reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in their official capacity, that their conduct was in the company’s best interests, or (ii) in all other cases (except criminal cases), that their conduct was at least not opposed to the company’s best interests, or (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, that they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In proceedings brought by or in the right of the Company, indemnification will be limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. No indemnification will be provided with respect to any claim, issue or matter in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Company in which the person was adjudged to be liable to the Company on in any proceeding charging that the person derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in an official capacity, in which they were adjudged to be liable to the Company on the basis that they derived an improper personal benefit. Additional indemnification may be provided to officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents if they are not also directors, so long as such additional indemnification is provided for by general or specific action by the board of directors or stockholders or by contract and would not be inconsistent with public policy.

Section 7-109-108 of the Colorado Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors, employees, fiduciaries and agents, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such persons in any such capacity.

Section 7-108-403 of the Colorado Business Corporation Act provides, among other things, that a director, who votes for or assents to an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held liable for such actions.

Section 7-108-402 of the Colorado Business Corporation Act allows a Colorado corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or to its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or from any other act, omission or transaction as to which the Colorado Business Corporation Act prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability. Our Articles contain a provision limiting director liability for monetary damages for his or her conduct as a director.

Our directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by us against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement on Form S-3 is set forth on the Exhibit Index and is incorporated herein by reference.

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wheat Ridge, State of Colorado, on this 7th of February, 2024.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

EXHIBIT INDEX

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