TNR Gold Mariana Lithium NSR Royalty Partner: Ganfeng Lithium Adds Hyundai to Supply Agreements with Tesla, BMW and VW

We have another enormously important development for TNR Gold's royalty partner on the Marina Lithium Project, Ganfeng Lithium. The giant from China signed a 4-year supply agreement for battery materials with Huyndai. Ganfeng Lithium already supplies battery materials to a numeral of the most significant participants in the electric cars space including Tesla, BMW and VW. Hyundai is a fast-growing automaker with a range of cheaper electric cars and rapidly increasing its market share. They are targeting 30% growth for 2024 and will launch more affordable EV models soon.

"Due to the technical complexity, only the strongest Lithium companies will be able to develop new projects and achieve a significant production increase of Battery Grade Lithium. The whole industry produced only 737,000 T LCE of Lithium in 2022 and now we have to jump first to over 1 million T LCE by 2025. Ganfeng's Chairman is talking about 3 million T LCE annual demand by 2030 and Canaccord Genuity estimated that only Tesla will consume 2.7 million T LCE annually by 2030."

 

During the ongoing REE 2.0 Lithium price war Ganfeng is following its main strategy by using the crash in the Lithium market as an opportunity to consolidate the supply chains. The main efforts of all major players are focused on securing new production capacity for the raw materials and increasing the market share through long-term supply contracts for OEMs, automakers and, increasingly, providers of Energy Storage Solutions among other Lithium battery makers. 

"According to Equal Ocean, Ganfeng Lithium "has planned to form a supply capacity of no less than 300,000 tons of LCE by 2025". "About 200,000 tons of LCE will come from the supply of its own resources".

 

Ganfeng Lithium is arguably one of the most active companies in the market building the Vertically Integrated Lithium Business. It built a diversified supply chain starting from the brine and hard rock sources for Lithium and advancing its ambitions with the cutting-edge technology of Lithium Solid-State Batteries. 

By developing the Vertically Integrated Lithium Business Model including the production of higher-margin Lithium chemicals, battery materials and, particularly, expanding its Lithium Batteries business, Ganfeng can use its own raw material base of the Lithium supply chain to produce the higher margin products in the supply chain for electric cars. 

Ganfeng's scale and technical expertise allow it to move into the higher value-added part of the supply chains while the producers of Lithium concentrate are being slaughtered by the REE 2.0 Lithium Price War. 

TNR Gold is plugged into Tesla Energy rEVolution with our Royalty Holdings on the Mariana Lithium Project with Ganfeng Lithium. I consider my personal investment in TNR Gold, as a unique entry point into the state-of-the-art vertically integrated lithium business being built by Ganfeng Lithium for the 21st century. 

Now TNR Gold is moving fast towards the re-rating of the market valuations for our assets. With the first cash flow coming potentially this year from Mariana Lithium the valuation for that asset will be much higher and it will be translated into a higher valuation for all our Company. 

Chart by Nicholas Winton

You can find on the links below the latest reports and videos from Salta, Argentina. Ganfeng Lithium is showing very rapid sustainable progress at the Mariana Lithium Project and moving it into the production stage this year. 

TNR Gold Royalty Holding: Ganfeng's Mariana Lithium is on Track to Production in 2024

Mugglehead Magazine:

Ganfeng Lithium inks 4-year battery material supply agreement with Hyundai

The Chinese company will be supplying the automotive manufacturer with lithium hydroxide for its electric vehicles

By Rowan Dunne

China’s Ganfeng Lithium (SHE: 002460) finalized a lithium hydroxide supply agreement with the South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor Company (KRX: 005380) last week.

The agreement is valid from Jan. 1 this year until the end of 2027. Ganfeng said the price of product sold to Hyundai will be determined by an agreed-upon pricing formula. The company did not disclose any specific dollar figures for the deal or other particular details.

“The annual supply volume will be executed according to the agreement, the actual purchase volume and sales amount shall be subject to the final purchase orders,” Ganfeng said.

This is not the first supply agreement Ganfeng has had with a major vehicle company. The lithium producer signed a long-term supply deal with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) (ETR: BMW) in 2020 and another with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) in 2018. Volkswagen (OTC: VWAGY) buys battery materials from Ganfeng as well.

“Entering into this long-term supply agreement can satisfy Hyundai’s demands for key lithium raw materials used for production of batteries on the one hand,” Ganfeng said. “It is conducive to our company for improving its continuous profitability and facilitating its long-term growth on the other hand.”

TNR Gold Corp Executive Chairman Upbeat on Prospects for 2024

 

"TNR Gold shareholders are well-informed about the potential valuations of our assets as we build the Green Energy Metals Royalty and Gold Company.

The bottom line is, we believe we can deliver a lot more value for our shareholders.

Using this opportunity, we would like to thank all our shareholders for their support of the TNR Gold team and our Company."

“We are building the green energy metals royalty and gold company”, commented Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman of TNR Gold. “Our business model provides a unique entry point in the creation of supply chains for critical materials like energy metals that are powering the energy rEVolution, and the gold industry that is providing a hedge for this stage of the economic cycle.

Our portfolio provides a unique combination of assets with exposure to multiple aspects of the mining cycle; the potential of blue-sky discovery at Shotgun Gold Project and important partnerships with industry leaders Like Ganfeng Lithium, McEwen Mining and Lundin Mining as operators on the projects that have the potential to generate royalty cashflows that will contribute significant value for our shareholders.

Last year we repaid our investment loan in full, and our Company has no debt. We believe that the recent market prices of our Shares do not properly reflect the underlying value of the Shares and the normal course issuer bid allows us to purchase Shares in the market to help increase the shareholder value for the shareholders.

We are very pleased that the Mariana Lithium Project is progressing smoothly towards expected commercial production in 2024. Representatives of Ganfeng Lithium confirmed to the Governor of Salta Gustavo Sáenz that the Mariana Project, on which construction began in June 2022, will start producing, in 2024, an estimated 20 thousand tons per year of lithium chloride. The Government of Salta has reported on Ganfeng Lithium’s announcement that the operational phase of the Mariana Lithium Project began in January 2023. We are looking forward towards our first NSR royalty cash flow payments from Mariana Lithium Project.

TNR does not have to contribute any capital for the development of the Mariana Lithium Project, Los Azules Copper Project and Josemaria Project. The essence of our business model is to have industry leaders like Ganfeng Lithium as operators on the projects that will potentially generate royalty cashflows to contribute significant value for our shareholders.”

TNR GOLD CORP.

> THE GREEN ENERGY METALS ROYALTY AND GOLD COMPANY.

"TNR Gold Corp. is working to become the green energy metals royalty and gold company.

Our business model provides a unique entry point in the creation of supply chains for critical materials like energy metals that are powering the energy rEVolution, and the gold industry that is providing a hedge for this stage of the economic cycle.

Our portfolio provides a unique combination of assets with exposure to multiple aspects of the mining cycle: the power of blue-sky discovery and important partnerships with industry leaders as operators on the projects that have the potential to generate royalty cashflows that will contribute significant value for our shareholders.

Over the past twenty-six years, TNR, through its lead generator business model, has been successful in generating high-quality global exploration projects. With the Company’s expertise, resources and industry network, the potential of the Mariana Lithium Project and the Los Azules Copper Project in Argentina among many others have been recognized.

TNR holds a 1.5% NSR Royalty on the Mariana Lithium Project in Argentina, of which 0.15% NSR Royalty is held on behalf of a shareholder. Ganfeng Lithium’s subsidiary, Litio Minera Argentina (“LMA”), has the right to repurchase 1.0% of the NSR Royalty on the Mariana Project, of which 0.9% is the Company’s NSR Royalty interest. The Company would receive CAN$900,000 and its shareholder would receive CAN$100,000 on the repurchase by LMA, resulting in TNR holding a 0.45% NSR Royalty and its shareholder holding a 0.05% NSR Royalty.

The Mariana Lithium Project is 100% owned by Ganfeng Lithium. The Mariana Lithium Project has been approved by the Argentina provincial government of Salta for an environmental impact report, and the construction of a 20,000 tons-per-annum lithium chloride plant has commenced.

Mariana Lithium Project* measured and indicated resource: 4,410,000 T of LCE and 49,700,000 T of potash with the additional inferred resource: 786,000 T of LCE and 9,260,000 T of potash.

(Updated Mariana Lithium Project measured and indicated resource: 6,854,000 T of LCE with the additional inferred resource: 1,267,000 T of LCE – Company news release, July 14, 2021)

TNR Gold also holds a 0.4% NSR Royalty on the Los Azules Copper Project, of which 0.04% of the 0.4% NSR Royalty is held on behalf of a shareholder. The Los Azules Copper Project is being developed by McEwen Mining.

Los Azules Copper Project** indicated resource: 10.2 B lbs copper, 1.7 Moz gold and 55.7 Moz silver with the additional inferred resource: 19.3 B lbs copper, 3.8 Moz gold and 135.4 Moz silver.

TNR also holds a 7% net profits royalty (“NPR”) holding on the Batidero I and II properties of the Josemaria Project that is being developed by Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining is part of the Lundin Group, a portfolio of companies producing a variety of commodities in several countries worldwide.

TNR provides significant exposure to gold through its 90% holding in the Shotgun Gold porphyry project in Alaska. The project is located in Southwestern Alaska near the Donlin Gold project, which is being developed by Barrick Gold and Novagold Resources.

Shotgun Gold Project*** inferred resource: 705,960 ounces Au at 1.06 g/t, mineralization appears to be open at depth and along the strike.

The Company’s strategy with the Shotgun Gold Project is to attract a joint venture partnership with a major gold mining company. The Company is actively introducing the project to interested parties.

At its core, TNR provides a wide scope of exposure to gold, copper, silver and lithium through its holdings in Alaska (the Shotgun Gold porphyry project) and royalty holdings in Argentina (the Mariana Lithium project, the Los Azules Copper Project and the Batidero I &II properties of the Josemaria Project), and is committed to the continued generation of in-demand projects, while diversifying its markets and building shareholder value.

*  “NI 43-101 Technical Report Update of Lithium Brine Mineral Resources; Mariana Project, Salar de Llullaillaco, Argentina” dated January 12, 2020. Prepared by Geos for Ganfeng Lithium.

** “NI 43-101 Technical Report – Preliminary Economic Assessment Update for the Los Azules Project, Argentina” dated October 16, 2017. Prepared by Hatch for McEwen Mining.

*** “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Shotgun Gold Project, Southwest Alaska” dated May 27, 2013. Prepared by Nicholas Wyck and Allan Armitage for TNR Gold."

TNR Gold Investor Presentation - Building The Green Energy Metals Royalty and Gold Company from Kirill Klip

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TNR Gold Announces Results of Annual General & Special Meeting

TNR Gold Corp Executive Chair Reports on an "Important Year" for the Business

TNR Gold:

NEWS RELEASE

TNR Gold Bought 5,056,000 Shares Under Normal Course Issuer Bid 

"Vancouver, British Columbia – January 11, 2024: TNR Gold Corp. (TSX-V: TNR) (“TNR”, “TNR Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company bought 5,056,000 shares under its normal course issuer bid in 2023.

As announced on June 1, 2023, TNR Gold is conducting a normal course issuer bid (the “Bid“) pursuant to which the Company may purchase up to a maximum of 9,548,639 common shares of the Company (the “Shares”), representing approximately 5% of the Company’s outstanding Shares. No more than 2% of the outstanding Shares may be purchased in any 30-day period.

The Company intends to terminate the Bid on or about June 4, 2024. Purchases pursuant to the Bid are being made from time to time by PI Financial Corp. on behalf of the Company through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange. Shares purchased will be paid for with cash available from the Company’s working capital. All Shares purchased pursuant to the Bid will be returned to treasury as authorized and unissued shares.

The Company is of the view that the recent market prices of its Shares do not properly reflect the underlying value of the Shares. No insiders of the Company intend to participate in the Bid.

“We are building the green energy metals royalty and gold company”, commented Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman of TNR Gold. “Our business model provides a unique entry point in the creation of supply chains for critical materials like energy metals that are powering the energy rEVolution, and the gold industry that is providing a hedge for this stage of the economic cycle.

Our portfolio provides a unique combination of assets with exposure to multiple aspects of the mining cycle; the potential of blue-sky discovery at Shotgun Gold Project and important partnerships with industry leaders Like Ganfeng Lithium, McEwen Mining and Lundin Mining as operators on the projects that have the potential to generate royalty cashflows that will contribute significant value for our shareholders.

Last year we repaid our investment loan in full, and our Company has no debt. We believe that the recent market prices of our Shares do not properly reflect the underlying value of the Shares and the normal course issuer bid allows us to purchase Shares in the market to help increase the shareholder value for the shareholders.

We are very pleased that the Mariana Lithium Project is progressing smoothly towards expected commercial production in 2024. Representatives of Ganfeng Lithium confirmed to the Governor of Salta Gustavo Sáenz that the Mariana Project, on which construction began in June 2022, will start producing, in 2024, an estimated 20 thousand tons per year of lithium chloride. The Government of Salta has reported on Ganfeng Lithium’s announcement that the operational phase of the Mariana Lithium Project began in January 2023. We are looking forward towards our first NSR royalty cash flow payments from Mariana Lithium Project.

TNR does not have to contribute any capital for the development of the Mariana Lithium Project, Los Azules Copper Project and Josemaria Project. The essence of our business model is to have industry leaders like Ganfeng Lithium as operators on the projects that will potentially generate royalty cashflows to contribute significant value for our shareholders.”

ABOUT TNR GOLD CORP

TNR Gold Corp. is working to become the green energy metals royalty and gold company.

Our business model provides a unique entry point in the creation of supply chains for critical materials like energy metals that are powering the energy rEVolution, and the gold industry that is providing a hedge for this stage of the economic cycle.

Our portfolio provides a unique combination of assets with exposure to multiple aspects of the mining cycle: the power of blue-sky discovery and important partnerships with industry leaders as operators on the projects that have the potential to generate royalty cashflows that will contribute significant value for our shareholders.

Over the past twenty-eight years, TNR, through its lead generator business model, has been successful in generating high-quality global exploration projects. With the Company’s expertise, resources and industry network, the potential of the Mariana Lithium Project and Los Azules Copper Project in Argentina among many others have been recognized.

TNR holds a 1.5% NSR Royalty on the Mariana Lithium Project in Argentina, of which 0.15% NSR royalty is held on behalf of a shareholder. Ganfeng Lithium’s subsidiary, Litio Minera Argentina (“LMA”), has the right to repurchase 1.0% of the NSR royalty on the Mariana Project, of which 0.9% is the Company’s NSR Royalty interest. The Company would receive CAN$900,000 and its shareholder would receive CAN$100,000 on the repurchase by LMA, resulting in TNR holding a 0.45% NSR royalty and its shareholder holding a 0.05% NSR royalty.

The Mariana Lithium Project is 100% owned by Ganfeng Lithium. The Mariana Lithium Project has been approved by the Argentina provincial government of Salta for an environmental impact report, and the construction of a 20,000 tons-per-annum lithium chloride plant has commenced.

TNR Gold also holds a 0.4% NSR Royalty on the Los Azules Copper Project, of which 0.04% of the 0.4% NSR royalty is held on behalf of a shareholder. The Los Azules Copper Project is being developed by McEwen Mining.

TNR also holds a 7% net profits royalty holding on the Batidero I and II properties of the Josemaria Project that is being developed by Lundin Mining. Lundin Mining is part of the Lundin Group, a portfolio of companies producing a variety of commodities in several countries worldwide.

TNR provides significant exposure to gold through its 90% holding in the Shotgun Gold porphyry project in Alaska. The project is located in Southwestern Alaska near the Donlin Gold project, which is being developed by Barrick Gold and Novagold Resources. The Company’s strategy with the Shotgun Gold Project is to attract a joint venture partnership with a major gold mining company. The Company is actively introducing the project to interested parties.

At its core, TNR provides a wide scope of exposure to gold, copper, silver and lithium through its holdings in Alaska (the Shotgun Gold porphyry project) and royalty holdings in Argentina (the Mariana Lithium project, the Los Azules Copper Project and the Batidero I & II properties of the Josemaria Project), and is committed to the continued generation of in-demand projects, while diversifying its markets and building shareholder value.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Kirill Klip

Executive Chairman

www.tnrgoldcorp.com

For further information concerning this news release please contact Kirill Klip +1 604-229-8129

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Except for statements of historical fact, this news release contains certain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities law. Forward-looking information is frequently characterized by words such as “plan”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “will”, “could” and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions “may” or “could” occur, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specifically, forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements made in relation to: TNR’s corporate objectives, and future potential transactions being considered by the Special Committee and the Board. Such forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those discussed in the sections entitled “Risks” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s interim and annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis which are available under the Company’s SEDAR+ profile on www.sedarplus.ca. While management believes that the assumptions made and reflected in this news release are reasonable, should one or more of the risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. In particular, there can be no assurance that: TNR will enter into one or more strategic transactions, partnership or a spin-out, or be able to complete any further royalty acquisitions or sales of royalty interests, or portions thereof; debt or equity financings will be available to TNR; or that TNR will be able to achieve any of its corporate objectives. TNR relies on the confirmation of its ownership for mining claims from the appropriate government agencies when paying rental payments for such mining claims requested by these agencies. There could be a risk in the future of the changing internal policies of such government agencies or risk related to the third parties, in future, challenging the ownership of such mining claims. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements included herein are not guarantees of future performance, and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied on.

In formulating the forward-looking statements contained herein, management has assumed that business and economic conditions affecting TNR and its royalty partners, McEwen Mining Inc., Ganfeng Lithium and Lundin Mining will continue substantially in the ordinary course, including without limitation with respect to general industry conditions, general levels of economic activity and regulations. These assumptions, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect.

Forward-looking information herein and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information should circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions change."

Gold Made a New All-Time High at $2,080 Followed by the Highest Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Close in History at $2,063 - Next is a Climb to $2,500, $5,000 and Over $10,000

 

Gold made a new all-time high at $2,080 and finished 2023 with the highest monthly close in history at $2,063. The previous all-time high at $2,072 was made by Gold on December 1, 2023. We have been waiting for the breakout from this giant Cup-and-Handle formation after the "pandemic" all-time high at $2,070 made by Gold in August 2020.

Now we have the generational breakout in the making. Gold finished 2023 with the highest monthly, quarterly and yearly close in history at $2,063. Next is a climb to $2,500, $5,000 and over $10,000. Graddhy is painting the beautiful road map for Gold to surge in the third wave of this Bull Market towards $10,000 - $15,000 range per ounce. 

We can expect in the coming months that next will be another new all-time high for Gold confirming the breakout which will open the road to climb to new record prices of $2,500, $5,000 and over $10,000 per ounce of Gold.

Gold is not celebrating wars and the annihilation of human life. The price of Gold is pointing to the obvious imbalances in the world governance and global financial system. We have another wake-up call, I do hope the inevitable rise of Gold price to $2,500, $5,000 and over $10,000 will be orderly. 

You can play the Deep Fake Video Games with Crypto only for so many years, the Deep Fake "Efficient Markets" like the Gold Market can be manipulated for decades, the illusion of your own choice to fight your own brothers to the last drop of your own blood for the elites has been cultivated for millennia. 

"Gold is coiling into the very powerful spring and knocking on the new all-time high "Heaven's Door". As with all generational Bull Markets, any price suppression and market manipulation can lead only to one thing: another opportunity to accumulate the best stories in the Gold mining junior space where new fortunes will be created in the next few years to come. Nobody knows the future, but history can teach us about manias and "irrational exuberance" spilling over from chasing Crypto Dragons into real assets and solid values that some junior miners can represent in the marketplace."

 

Chart by Nicholas Winton

 

Gold price action points to the obvious, any manipulation provides another unique opportunity to accumulate it. Ruthless Mr Market is separating YouTube traders and their money. The wise ones are given another chance and more time to learn and find The Best Stories among junior miners, which will build new fortunes.

"Only the patient investors who still can read, analyse and use the powerful organic intelligence tool - calculator, will be rewarded by the ruthless Mr Market. Only you can decide what to do after your own research and due diligence."

 

"We are getting closer to The Next Catalyst for Gold. The whole new generation of investors has to learn the hard way history lessons. They must find real, solid values after being used, disillusioned and thrown away by "The Ponzi on Steroids". "The Thousand and One" digitized scams known to humans remain scams even on the blockchains."

Central banks continue to accumulate Gold while retail investors are chasing Crypto Dragons.

"Central banks are buying a record amount of Gold and China is increasing dramatically its officially announced Gold reserves. According to Statista, worldwide Gold demand amounted to 4,740.8 metric tons in 2022, an increase of 18.1% from 4,012.8 metric tons in the previous year. Total Gold demand was just below $300 Billion in 2022."

"In 2022, worldwide Gold production stood at 3,100 metric tons. Central Banks bought a record 1,136 metric tons of Gold and their demand soared to a 55-year high. The amount of above-ground reserves for Gold is estimated to be around 205,238 metric tons by the end of 2021, according to the World Gold Council. The total "Market Cap" of Gold can be estimated at roughly $13 Trillion."

The whole world will be probably shocked if China ever reveals the amount of its true Gold reserves which are held by numerous entities under China's control including the citizens of China and the vast Chinese diaspora. 

"There is no Gold 2.0, there are over 5,000 years of humankind's history with Gold. Investors are tired of losing money by chasing Crypto Dragons and Bitcoin Dreams in the Tether Metaverse."

We have The Peak Gold Supply in place which will be driving the new M&A cycle for the Gold industry. Gold miners are printing money again with expanding margins and they will have to start looking more aggressively for new major Gold projects.

"My belief is TNR's Shotgun Gold Project can potentially grow and become a foremost, immediate satellite site Gold deposit to Donlin Gold's Mining Camp infrastructure. This vision is based on our exploration work and academic studies like the ones from Dr Tim Baker in which Shotgun Gold Project is not only listed alongside Donlin Creek as one of the "Major Porphyry Gold Deposits" but is also projected to contain the similar porphyry intrusion-related type system as Donlin." 

Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman

TNR Gold Corp.

TNR Gold Shotgun Gold Project Presentation from Kirill Klip

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TNR Gold in the Alaskan Elephant Country: "I Believe the Shotgun Gold Project Could Become One of the Main Satellite Gold Projects of the Donlin Gold Mining Camp"

Gold is coiling into the very powerful spring and knocking on the new all-time high "Heaven's Door". As with all generational Bull Markets, any price suppression and market manipulation can lead only to one thing: another opportunity to accumulate the best stories in the Gold mining junior space where new fortunes will be created in the next few years to come. Nobody knows the future, but history can teach us about manias and "irrational exuberance" spilling over from chasing Crypto Dragons into real assets and solid values that some junior miners can represent in the marketplace. 

Only the patient investors who still can read, analyse and use the powerful organic intelligence tool - calculator, will be rewarded by the ruthless Mr Market. Only you can decide what to do after your own research and due diligence. 

The US Dollar Index fell below 100, we are getting the ignition stage for Gold and Silver now.

"Gold mining stocks are ready to follow the Gold breakout and to drive their owners into the future climbing up over a huge wall of worry."

"Gold and silver miners have been hitting another major oversold condition in the marketplace. The right entry point will always defy the probability of your investment success and now we have another truly unique entry point for the best mining stories."

All I can say here is that we found our Story for the next leg of the Bull Market many years ago and bought as many shares as we could. We continued our investments in TNR Gold even during the darkest pandemic days. Now, after a lot of very hard work, our Company TNR Gold Corp. is on a solid financial footing and ready to enjoy new highs.

My Vision for TNR Gold and Strategy: Share Buyback, Potential Valuations, and Shotgun Gold Project Spinout

“We are building The Green Energy Metals Royalty and Gold Company. Our business model provides the unique entry point into the creation of supply chains for critical materials like energy metals which are powering Tesla Energy rEVolution and Gold industry which is providing the ultimate hedge during this part of the economic cycle. Our shareholders are participating in the building of The Green Energy Metals Royalty and Gold Company. In our portfolio, we have a unique combination of assets providing exposure to different parts of mining cycle: starting with the power of blue sky discovery and including partnerships with industry leaders like McEwen Mining, Ganfeng Lithium and Lundin Mining as operators on the projects that will potentially generate royalty cashflows to contribute significant value for our shareholders.”

Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman TNR Gold Corp.

Today I would like to present our strategy for the Shotgun Gold Project in more detail for all our shareholders.

TNR Gold – AmeriGold – Shotgun Gold

The Company’s strategy with the Shotgun Gold Project is to attract a partnership with one of the major gold mining companies. TNR is actively introducing the project to interested parties. We may be at the beginning of a great discovery. There is a clear path on how to move this project forward using the geological and geophysical research currently available to target drilling to expand the resource and form the basis of a preliminary economic analysis. The next step is to acquire a partner who shares our vision and recognizes the growth potential and value to be added to the Shotgun project over time. 

I believe that in order to maximise shareholder value and reach the potential valuations presented above we must preserve capital, reduce the amount of outstanding shares and not invest in Alaska our own capital.

Our strategy presented to potential strategic partners involves the creation of a JV with one of the major gold mining companies when our partner will be investing very substantial capital in the development of the Shotgun Gold Project while earning a stake in the project.

TNR Gold shareholders will benefit from the strategic partner’s capital being invested “in the ground” and industry expertise, including operations in Alaska.

The Management is investigating the best value creation strategies for the Shotgun Gold Project and has put in place the corporate structure of AmeriGold – the stand-alone company that could potentially inherit the Shotgun Gold Project JV operations after the contemplated potential spinout from TNR Gold.

This article is for information only and provides publicly available information and my personal Vision and valuation matrix of TNR Gold. I am the largest individual shareholder of our Company. Nothing in this blog post constitutes investment advice, offer or solicitation of the sale of any securities. Please carefully read all our Legal Disclaimers and conduct your own due diligence as always.

Thank you for your support of TNR Gold!

Tesla Nicola rEVolution and Gold. 

Proactive:

TNR Gold’s Shotgun Project In Alaska Has All The Trappings And Trimmings It Takes To Attract In A Major

Alastair Ford

"TNR Gold’s track record of successful deals with majors like Ganfeng and McEwen Mining should stand it in good stead as manoeuvring continues on the Tintina gold belt.

“I believe the Shotgun gold project could become one of the main satellite gold projects of the Donlin gold camp,” says Kirill Klip, the chief executive and largest shareholder of TNR Gold Corp (CVE:TNR).

Shotgun is the flagship asset of TNR, and is located to the south of Donlin, just inside the boundary of the famous Tintina gold belt which arcs right across Alaska.

It’s a gold belt that has proved prolific in delivering up sizeable discoveries over the years, and now boasts a serious number of major producing mines, including at their forefront, the Pogo mine, owned by Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) and the Fort Knox mine, owned by Kinross (TSE:K).

But Donlin takes things to another level again.

With its 39mln ounces of gold grading well over two grams per tonne, it’s one of the largest open pit deposits anywhere in the world.

Not surprising then that one of the biggest names in the industry, Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX), is playing a crucial role in bringing it on, alongside partner NovaGold (TSE:NG).

Will these two stay as partners for the duration, or will Barrick step in and buy out NovaGold?

Or, for that matter, will a third party, like Newmont, show up late at the party and try to initiate some sort of division of the spoils with Barrick along the lines of the current hard-won arrangement in Nevada?

These are matters for speculation just at the minute, but it might not be long before we see tangible corporate action.

And it’s not altogether out of the question that Shotgun will get caught up in it too.

After all, TNR has plenty of form in forming strong alliances with the world’s leading mining companies.

In an earlier phase of its existence it made two major discoveries in Argentina, the Los Azules copper project, now being brought forward by McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX), and the Mariana lithium project, now being brought forward by Ganfeng Lithium. After some adroit deal-making TNR managed to retain substantial royalties in these projects, such that when they come on stream it’s likely that Los Azules will contribute upwards of US$3.5mln per year to the TNR coffers, with Mariana providing a further US$1mln. However, the latter estimate was made by the analyst before Ganfeng  announced an increase of the lithium resource at Mariana of more than 250%.

This background of successful deal-making with majors ought to provide TNR with a real advantage when it comes to assessing options for Shotgun in the coming months.

To some degree, it’s a fairly simple exercise for investors to form an idea of what the future holds, but in the case of Shotgun Klip is keen that TNR ends up retaining a 25% interest, rather than just a royalty.

In this, he does have some room for manoeuvre, because Shotgun isn’t just another piece of prospective ground. Rather, the project already boasts an inferred resource of over 700,000 ounces of gold at Shotgun Ridge, and shows every sign of being able to deliver a markedly larger total than that, once the next major exploration programme delivers its results.

Shotgun Ridge is just one of multiple gold target areas controlled by TNR Gold. ‘Shot’, ‘King’ and ‘Winchester’ add to the collection to form a distinct gold district with five  separate targets identified so far

When that will be though is the big question.

To take Shotgun up to the next level, Klip is clear that a major exploration spend is required – upwards of US$5mln and ideally closer to US$10mln. On one scenario he could go into the market and raise that money himself.

But here’s where his position as a major shareholder in the company becomes key.

“Even a US$5mln raise would be very dilutive to all our shareholders at this stage and will not guarantee success,” he says.

“We need to bring US$10mln in to drill the project very strongly.

The first US$5mln to take the project from the current 700,000 ounce resource up to the two million ounce mark, the rest to drill out the five nearby targets. There’s no reason to suppose that our ground cannot hold multiple mineralised systems.”

At Shotgun the thinking is that there may be upwards of five million ounces of gold in the ground, and there is precedent. At this stage the geology shows remarkable similarity to Donlin.

An academic study conducted in 2001 by Lang & Baker specifically identifies both projects as ‘major porphyry granite related gold deposits’ related to a singular widespread magmatic gold mineralising event that constitutes this horseshoe-like region.

The implication is that both projects arose from the same geographical kitchen sink, leading to the reasonable supposition that they should possess similar favourable geological properties. 

“We are talking about a high tonnage bulk system,” says Klip. “There are no nuggets, it’s very uniform.”

Shotgun’s particular boon is in the details. Shotgun’s mineralisation has been shown  to possess little-to-no ‘nugget effect’. A high ‘nugget effect’ means high variability between samples that are closely spaced. ‘No nugget effect’ implies a tight and uniform mineralisation of a bulk tonnage gold system. So there’s no need to dig up empty rock space as one does when chasing a vein so the stripping ratio for any mine will be low, keeping costs down.

Among the notable intercepts already banked, the company boasts 242 metres grading 1.25 grams gold per tonne, 209 metres at 1.02 grams, and just under 47 metres at 1.14 grams.

What’s more, the gold that’s been identified thus far sits at the top of a ridge, meaning that the stripping ratio for any mine will be low, which in turn will keep costs down.

“I’m in the business to get the maximum out of this new gold bull market. We’ve been waiting for it for nearly ten years after 2011. I just need to get the best deal,” says Klip

“We are not dreamers. We did it with the copper. We did it with the lithium. I would like to make it even bigger with the gold. I would like to do better, to keep a 25% stake.”

Not for him as a shareholder the dilutive effects of repeated equity fundings to support exploration. His favored option – of bringing a major in – would in the end, he calculates, mean that current shareholders end up retaining more of the project, and hence more of the value, in the long-term.

Will the strategy work?

Well, it already shows every sign of doing so.

“A deal could happen any day,” says Klip.

“Literally. We are seeing interest. But we are not in any hurry. The interest at the moment is from mid-sized companies. I do not like to commit to shallow money with sums that look great on paper but come from parties that lack the appropriate technical and financial depth with consistent follow-through in the years following the deal. We hold the high ground. We want to be patient and attract the best of the best, like we did with Ganfeng Lithium years ago - one of the top gold major company to make sure that we can get the absolute most of Shotgun’s resources in development.”

For now, the company is actively introducing Shotgun Gold to potential partners and is much more open to drilling the entirety of these prospects in a strong fashion so that it can expand the known area of mineralisation and conclusively assess the project’s top-end valuation. 

And it’s in this context that the royalty portfolio cleaves once more into view. These are serious assets, and they promise cashflow in the near-term. There’s significant value in the company on their strength alone. All of which means that TNR isn’t like some other juniors, desperately lurching from one equity raise to the next simply to keep going. There’s far more to it than that. In fact, there’s a carefully thought out strategy that looks likely to reap significant benefits for shareholders in the near-to-medium term."

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