Vox To Acquire Strategic Australian Royalty Portfolio, For Cash Consideration Of Up To A$4,700,000
Vox Royalty Corp. (TSX:VOXR)(NASDAQ:VOXR) ("Vox" or the "Company"), a returns focused mining royalty company, is pleased to announce that it has executed a binding agreement dated February 12, 2024, to acquire a portfolio of up to four royalties at various stages of development including: construction, development and exploration stages and the rights to one production-linked milestone payment, all located in Australia (the "Portfolio"), from a private Australian group, for cash consideration of up to A$4,700,000 (the "Transaction").
Kyle Floyd, Chief Executive Officer of Vox, stated: "We are excited to further grow our strong Australian asset base, with the advanced Castle Hill and Kunanalling gold assets located in Western Australia, which in 2023 was ranked by the Fraser Institute as the 2nd best mining jurisdiction globally. We also look forward to seeing Castle Hill move towards production and the Kunanalling resource base growing through active regional exploration programmes."
Transaction Highlights
- Addition of up to four advanced Australian royalties and the rights to one production-linked milestone payment in Western Australia and New South Wales, heavily weighted to gold and copper;
- Potential for near-term revenue from the construction-stage Castle Hill gold project in Western Australia ("Castle Hill"), operated by Evolution Mining Ltd ("Evolution"), which is a key part of the A$250M Mungari Mine Life Extension project and mill expansion to 4.2Mtpa ("Mungari 4.2 Project") announced by Evolution on 5 June 2023;
- Further production potential from the past-producing Kunanalling gold project, which is located less than 15km from the Mungari Mill and also part of Evolution's integrated Mungari 4.2 Project;
- Provides critical metals exposure to copper, cobalt and rare earth metals across the Halls Creek and Broken Hill exploration projects; and
- Strengthens Vox's proportion of royalty assets located in lower risk political jurisdictions of Australia, Canada and USA, totalling more than 80% of all royalty assets.
Portfolio Overview
| Asset | Operator | Primary Commodity | Stage | Royalty |
| Castle Hill ^ (royalty) | Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX) | Gold | Construction | A$40/oz gold extracted and recovered (payable up to 75Koz*) |
| Castle Hill (milestone payment) | Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX) | Gold | Construction | A$2M post recovery of 140Koz* from Castle Hill royalty tenure |
| Kunanalling ^ | Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX) | Gold | Development | 2% realised production (payable >75Koz* from Castle Hill royalty tenure) |
| Halls Creek / Mt Angelo North ^ | AuKing Mining Ltd (ASX, Operator) Cazaly Resources Ltd (ASX, JV partner) | Copper, Zinc | Exploration (2023 Scoping Study) | 1.5% NSR |
| Broken Hill | Castillo Copper Ltd (ASX) | Copper, Cobalt, Rare Earths | Exploration (2022 resource) | 2.0% NSR |
* : Castle Hill royalty production cap and milestone hurdle have been reduced by 13,085oz from historical production in 2013
^ : Royalty assignment subject to an operator right of first refusal
Transaction Closing
Closing of the Transaction is expected to occur prior to the end of Q1 2024, following satisfaction of customary conditions as well as execution and delivery of standard transaction documentation. Vox will use current cash on hand to fund the payment of the cash consideration for the Transaction. A number of royalties in the portfolio are subject to rights of first refusal, which are typical for the transfer of royalties of this nature.