TSXV: CAA
VANCOUVER, Oct. 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Callinan Royalties
Corporation ("Callinan") announces that it has signed an
Exploration Alliance Agreement (the "Agreement") with Avrupa
Minerals Ltd. ("Avrupa"). The purpose of the Agreement is to
fund prospect generation activities in order for Avrupa to attract
joint venture partners to projects, while allowing Callinan to
generate and acquire royalties.
The initial geographic focus will be
Portugal but may expand to other
jurisdictions. The Agreement will be for an initial three year term
and calls for Callinan to fund $150,000 of generative exploration during the
first year of the Agreement with the option to fund up to
$100,000 in each of the two
subsequent years.
In return for such funding, Avrupa will grant
Callinan the option to receive a 0.5% Net Smelter Returns ("NSR")
royalty on any new projects acquired as a result of the generative
exploration work. Alternatively, Callinan has the option of funding
an additional $150,000 on any of the
new projects in exchange for a 1.5% NSR royalty.
If Avrupa proposes that additional value can be
generated after spending $150,000,
Callinan may elect to contribute subsequent funding with Avrupa on
an equally shared basis with no change to Callinan's royalty
interest. Avrupa may also propose exploration on Avrupa's existing
mineral properties. Callinan will have the option to fund
$150,000 in exploration on those
projects in return for a 1.5% NSR royalty.
Callinan is supporting the prospect generation
business model as a means to create royalties in prospective areas
through agreements with companies such as Avrupa that are
established prospect generators and have demonstrated expertise in
their chosen jurisdictions.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Roland
Butler
Roland Butler,
CEO
About Avrupa Minerals Ltd.
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior
exploration and development company focused on discovery, using a
prospect generator model, of valuable mineral deposits in
politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, including Portugal, Kosovo, and Germany. Avrupa is currently upgrading
precious and base metal targets to JV-ready status in a variety of
districts on numerous licenses, with the idea of attracting
potential partners to project-specific and/or regional exploration
programs.
About Callinan Royalties
Callinan Royalties is a Canadian company that
creates and acquires mineral royalties. The company uses its
royalty income to provide alternative financing options to mineral
exploration and development companies with attractive
projects. Callinan's strategy is to create shareholder value
over the long term by generating a portfolio of profitable mineral
royalties.
The Corporation currently has two producing
royalties. Callinan holds a 6⅔% net profits interest royalty and a
$0.25 per ton production royalty on
lands that include the 777 mine and 777 North mine owned by Hudbay
Minerals Inc. located in Flin Flon,
Manitoba, Canada. Callinan also holds the 777 Deeps
(War Baby) property and an associated royalty option on the
property, which is located adjacent to the 777 mine.
Callinan is a dividend paying Tier 1 company
listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol CAA. The
Corporation has a strong financial position with no debt,
approximately $27 million in cash and
approximately 49.4 million shares outstanding.
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that may cause actual results to be materially different from those
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Callinan Royalties has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially
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other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as
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Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs,
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Callinan Royalties undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions
or other circumstances should change, except as required by
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SOURCE Callinan Royalties Corporation