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MAGE Magellan Gold Corporation (PK)

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Form 8-K - Current report

08/01/2024 9:19pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)


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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 8, 2023

 

Magellan Gold Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Nevada   000-54658   27-3566922
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number
)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification number)

 

602 Cedar Street, Suite 205
Wallace
, Idaho
  83873
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

 

(208) 556-1600

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each Class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A N/A N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     

 

 

 

 

   
 

 

Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 29, 2023, Magellan Gold Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Gold Express Mines, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“GEM”), pursuant to which, among other things (i) the Company consented to the assignment by AJB Capital Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AJB”), of all of AJB’s right, title, obligation, liability and interest in, to and under that certain Promissory Note, dated February 2021 in the original principal amount of $200,000 (the “Promissory Note”) issued by the Company to AJB; (ii) the Company represented that it has taken all necessary corporate action to accept the resignations of Mark Rodenbeck and Deepak Maholtra as members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company and appoint John P. Ryan, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GEM, and Howard Crosby, a director of GEM, to the Board; (iii) the Company agreed that at any time prior to December 29, 2026, if GEM provides notice to the Company to designate a person to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Company, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to elect such person to the board of directors of the Company as promptly as practicable following receipt of such notice; and (iv) the Company issued to GEM 250,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”).

 

The aggregate principal amount of the Promissory Note outstanding is $100,000. The Promissory Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum. The unpaid principal amount of the Promissory Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion price. The conversion price shall be the less of 90% of the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) trading day period ending on the issuance date, or during the previous twenty (20) trading day period ending on date of conversion of this note. The Promissory Note is past due and payable.

 

As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and giving effect to recent contractual commitments, GEM beneficially owns 12,250,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, representing 47.4 % of the issued and outstanding shares.

 

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the issuance of the Shares is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The Company issued the Shares under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, in a transaction not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

On November 8, 2023, Mark Rodenbeck notified the Company of his resignation as a member of the Board, effective November 8, 2023. In connection with Mr. Rodenbeck’s resignation, he did not express any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

On November 29, 2023, Deepak Malhotra notified the Company of his resignation as a member of the Board, effective November 29, 2023. In connection with Mr. Malhotra’s resignation, he did not express any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

Effective December 27, 2023, the Board set the number of directors on the Board at four.

 

 

 

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Effective December 27, 2023, in connection with the Agreement, the Board appointed each of John P. Ryan and Howard Crosby as a member of the Board. Additionally, effective December 27, 2023, the Board appointed Mr. Ryan as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

No family relationships exist between either Messrs. Ryan or Crosby and any of the Company’s directors or other executive officers.

 

Mr. Ryan will not at this time receive any compensation at this time for serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and neither Mr. Ryan nor Mr, Crosby will receive any compensation at this time for serving as a director of the Company.

 

Mr. Ryan, age 61, has served as Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Key Mining Corp., an exploration stage mining company, since April 2023 and as its Corporate Secretary since May 2021. Since December 2021, Mr. Ryan has served as a Vice President and Director of LGX Energy, Inc., an oil and gas exploration company. Since June 2020, Mr. Ryan has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of GEM, a multi-commodity mining company focused on the discovery, development and production of precious and base metal assets. Since September 2013, Mr. Ryan has served as Chief Executive Officer of Premium Exploration, Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2015. From November 2016 to September 2020, Mr. Ryan served as a director of Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a development stage mining company, and for a portion of that time Mr. Ryan also served as Interim CEO. Mr. Ryan obtained his bachelor of science degree in mining engineering from the University of Idaho in 1985, and his juris doctor from Boston College Law School in 1992.

 

Mr. Crosby, age 71, has served as a member of the board of directors of Key Mining Corp., an exploration stage mining company, since May 2021. Mr. Crosby founded LGX Energy Corp., an oil and gas exploration company, and since December 2021 has served as its Chief Executive Officer. Since 2000, Mr. Crosby has served as the President of Crosby Enterprises, a consulting firm focused on the natural resources space including oil, gas, and mining. Since September 2020, Mr. Crosby has served as Vice President and director of GEM, a multi-commodity mining company focused on the discovery, development and production of precious and base metal assets, and since October 2014 has served as the Chairman of the board of Desert Hawk Gold Corp., a gold mining company. From 2005 to 2016, Mr. Crosby served as a director of White Mountain Titanium Corp., a titanium company and a company he founded. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Crosby served as director of Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a mining company and from 2015 to 2018, he served as a director of U.S. Silver Corporation, a mining company producing silver, lead and zinc. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Crosby served as a director of High Plains Uranium, Inc., a minerals company, and from 2000 to 2005, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Resources Corp., a natural resources company. Mr. Crosby obtained his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Idaho in 1975.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Ryan’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Messrs. Ryan’s and Crosby’s appointment to the Board is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description

10.1 Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2023, by and between Magellan Gold Corporation and Gold Express Mines, Inc.
99.1 Press Release of Magellan Gold Corporation, dated January 8, 2024.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

MAGELLAN GOLD CORPORATION

     
     
Date: January 8, 2024 By:

/s/ Michael Lavigne

  Name: Michael Lavigne
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

AGREEMENT

 

This AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 29, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among Magellan Gold Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Gold Express Mines, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“GEM”). Each of the Company and GEM are referred to herein as, a “Party” and, collectively as, the “Parties.

 

Whereas, GEM and AJB Capital Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AJB”), are simultaneously entering into that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption”); and

 

Whereas, in connection with the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement.

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as set forth in this Agreement.

 

1.Consent and Acknowledgement of Rights. The Company acknowledges and agrees that effective as of the Effective Date, (i) the Company hereby consents to the assignment of all of AJB’s right, title, obligation, liability and interest in, to and under the Note as defined in the Assignment and Assumption) and the Debt (as defined in the Assignment and Assumption), except for the Reset Right (as defined in the Assignment and Assumption) to GEM, (ii) all obligations of the Company under the Note and Debt other than the Reset Right are validly assigned to Assignee, constitute valid and existing debt obligations of the Company, (iii) the Company has no defenses to its obligations to pay its obligations under the Note and Debt, and (iv) the Company has no right to any offset or other deduction from its obligations under the Note and Debt.

 

2.Share Issuance. On the date hereof, as consideration for assignment of that certain promissory note pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption, and the restructuring of the Company’s debt, the Company shall issue to GEM, 250,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

4.Board of Directors. The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to (i) accept the resignations of Mark Roden Rodenbeck and Deepak Maholtra as members of the board of directors of the Company, and (ii) elect John P. Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer of GEM, and Howard Crosby, a director of GEM, to the board of directors of the Company, in each case, effective as of the Effective Date.

 

5.Board Designee. At any time prior to the three-year anniversary of the date hereof, GEM may provide written notice (the “Notice”) to the board of directors of the Company to designate a person (the “Designee”) to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Company. The Company shall use is best efforts to elect the Designee to the board of directors of the Company as promptly as practicable following receipt of the Notice.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a)    Further Assurances; Additional Actions and Documents. Each Party shall take or cause to be taken such further actions, and shall execute, deliver, and file or cause to be executed, delivered, and filed such further documents and instruments, as another Party may reasonably request in order to effectuate more fully the purposes, intent, terms, and conditions of this Agreement.

 

 

 

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(b)    Entire Agreement; Modification; Benefit; Assignment.

 

(i)This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the matters contemplated herein and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements with respect to such matters.
   
(ii)This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified except by written instrument executed by the Parties.
   
(iii)It is the explicit intention of the Parties that no person other than the Parties is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce any provision of this Agreement against a Party, and that the covenants, undertakings, and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the Parties or their respective successors and permitted assigns.
   
(iv)This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests, or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by a Party without prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, and no additional monetary consideration shall be exacted for such consent so long as the intended assignee assumes in writing the obligations of the assignor hereunder.

 

(c)    Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business day, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below:

 

If to the Company:

 

Magellan Gold Corporation

602 Cesar Street, Suite 205

Wallace, Idaho 83873

Attention: Mike Lavigne

Email: mike.lavigne@comcast.net

 

If to GEM:

 

Gold Express Mines, Inc.

6 1/2 North 2nd Ave., Suite 201

Walla Walla, WA 99362

Attention: John P. Ryan

Email: jr@goldexpressmines.com

 

Each Party shall have the right to change the place to which notices shall be sent or delivered or to specify additional addresses to which copies of notices may be sent, in either case by similar notice sent or delivered in like manner to the other Party.

 

 

 

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(d)    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada applicable to a contract executed and performed in such State without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, which would result in the applicability of the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

(e)    Severability. If any part of any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, document, or writing entered into or given pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, said part shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability only, without in any way affecting the remaining parts of said provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or such agreement, document, or writing. Upon any determination that any such provision is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to affect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

 

(f)     Waiver. Neither the waiver by any Party of a breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of any Party, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any of such provisions, rights, or privileges hereunder.

 

(g)    Headings. Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction, or scope of any of the provisions hereof.

 

(h)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including in Adobe PDF format) will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Amendment.

 

(i)     Joint Effort. Preparation of this Agreement has been a joint effort of the Parties and the resulting document shall not be construed more severely against one Party than against another Party.

 

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Party hereto as of the date first above written.

 

MAGELLAN GOLD CORPORATION

 

 

By: /s/ Michael Lavigne                            

Name: Michael Lavigne

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

GOLD EXPRESS MINES, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ John Ryan                                     

Name: John Ryan

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

January 8, 2024

 

Magellan Announces Note Restructuring and Changes to Its Board of Directors

 

Wallace, Idaho – January 8, 2024 – Magellan Gold Corporation (OTC Pink: MAGE) (“Magellan” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a certain agreements with AJB Capital Investments LLC (“ABJ”) and Gold Express Mines, Inc. (“GEM”) pursuant to which AJB assigned to GEM all of ABJ’s right, title, obligation, liability and interest in that certain Promissory Note, dated February 2021 (the “Promissory Note”), issued by the Company to AJB.

 

The aggregate principal amount of the Promissory Note outstanding is $100,000. The Promissory Note is now payable to GEM.

 

Pursuant to developing a new strategy, the Company has accepted the resignations of Mr. Mark Rodenbeck and Mr. Deepak Maholtra as members of the board of directors of the Company, and has appointed John P. Ryan, and Howard M. Crosby as new members of the board of directors. Mr. Ryan will also serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Both Mr. Ryan and Mr. Crosby also serve as Officers and Directors of GEM.

 

The Company thanks Mr. Rodenback and Mr. Malhotra for their time and expertise in serving the Company in the past several years.

 

Since June 2020, Mr. Ryan has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of GEM, a multi-commodity mining company focused on the discovery and development of precious and base metal assets. Mr. Ryan also serves as the Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Key Mining Corp., an exploration stage mining company and as its Corporate Secretary. From November 2016 to September 2020, Mr. Ryan served as a director and Interim CEO of Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a development stage mining company focused on a restart of the Bunker Hill Mine in North Idaho. Mr. Ryan has founded and served as an Officer and Director of many natural resource companies which have gone on to senior listings in the United States, Canada, and other listing venues. Mr. Ryan obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from the University of Idaho and his juris doctor from Boston College Law School.

 

Since June 2020 Mr. Crosby has served as Vice President and Director of GEM. Mr. Crosby also serves as a Director of Key Mining Corp., a Company focused on the development of mining assets in Chile. Since October 2014, Mr. Crosby has served as the Chairman of the Board of Desert Hawk Gold Corp., a gold mining company with a permitted gold asset in Utah. From 2005 to 2016, Mr. Crosby served as a director of White Mountain Titanium Corp. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Crosby served as a director of Bunker Hill Mining Corp. Over his thirty-year career Mr. Crosby has founded and served as an Officer and Director of numerous mining and energy companies, several of which achieved senior listings in the United States.

 

About Magellan Gold Corporation

 

Magellan Gold Corporation (MAGE) is focused on the exploration and development of precious and base metals assets, primarily in the State of Idaho. Further details of the plans for the Company will be forthcoming in future press releases.

 

Please also visit our website at  www.magellangoldcorp.com.

 

 

 

 

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Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release, other than statements of historical facts or statements that relate to present facts or current conditions, including but not limited to, statements regarding our cash and financial resources and our clinical development plans, are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “aim,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “forecast,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond our control. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: competition, our ability to grow and manage growth, retain our management and key employees; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that the we may be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive factors; our estimates of expenses and profitability; the evolution of the markets in which we compete; our ability to implement our strategic initiatives; and the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a dynamic industry and economy. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties that we may face. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

 

Contacts:
Magellan Gold Corporation
Mike Lavigne, CEO
mblavigne@magellangoldcorp.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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