Acquisition of Gold Claims & Issue of Equity
Gunsynd PLC has acquired high-grade gold claims, including the historic Lotus Mine, Denver, and Brook shafts, for CAD$250,000 and the issuance of 11,654,783 new ordinary shares at 0.115 pence each, along with a 2.5% net smelter royalty. Historical drilling at Lotus indicated an average uncut grade of 17 g/t Au, with specific results showing 213 g/t Au over 0.3m, and previous production of 71,500 tons at 5.38g/t AU. Denver sampling in the 90s averaged 17 g/t Au, and a 2014 campaign yielded an average of 94.68 g/t Au. Additionally, 50,000,000 new ordinary shares were issued to the Gunsynd Employee Benefit Trust at 0.085p per share.
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Issue of Equity
Gunsynd (AIM: GUN) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a legally binding Property Purchase agreement with Peter Dunlop (the "Vendor") which sets out the commercial terms pursuant to which the Company will acquire certain licences ("Lotus 1 and 2, Denver and Brook") over prospective acreage in Manitoba, Canada (the "Proposed Transaction"), subject to completion.
Highlights
- 100% Acquisition of the historic Lotus Mine, along with the Denver and Betty shafts which are in addition to the original Barb Project acquisition ("Barb Project") announced on 23 June 2025.
- Located in the southern part of the Barb Project close to the Wanipigow fault which represents a principal control on orogenic gold in the 90km long Rice Lake greenstone belt (including 1911 Gold's True North Mill. The fault extends into Ontario's prolific Red Lake belt (circa 30 million oz of past gold production). See appendix for Map. This part of the Barb Project also corresponds to the high grade gold grab samples previously announced in October 2025.
- Further consolidates the Gunsynd land package after the acquisition of the Barb and English claims (which constitute the Barb Project) in June 2025.
- Historical grades at Lotus and Denver significantly higher than assay results previously announced by Gunsynd.
Lotus 1 and 2
Esso Resources 1980 diamond drill campaign indicated the presence of at least four gold bear shoots along the 365 metres ("m") strike length of a vein system. The average uncut grade of the shoots was 17 g/t au. Highlights of the 21 holes included:
Lo1 213 g/t au over 0.3 m
LO21 99 g/t au over 0.76m
Lotus drill results from 1980 produced 71,500 tons at 5.38g/t AU
Denver
Sampling program in the 90s produced about 17 g/t au average grade per sample.
A field campaign in 2014 by JOVG Resources delivered assay results of an average of 94.68 g/t au with the highest grade of 221 g/t au.
Brook (aka Betty)
The Betty shaft grab samples assayed 3.4 g/t Au, never drilled.
Initial Cash and Equity Payment
Payment to the Vendor of CAD$250,000 (approx. £135,000) upon closing.
Gunsynd will issue to a third party associated with the transaction 11,654,783 new ordinary shares of 0.085 pence ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 0.115 pence per share.
Smelter Royalty
The Company will grant to the Vendor a 2.5% net smelter royalty ("NSR"), payable over the claims. Up to sixty percent (60%) of which may be repurchased by the Purchaser at any time for $1,500,000 to reduce the NSR to 1.0%.
Employee Benefit Trust and Issue of Equity
Gunsynd has also issued 50,000,000 new ordinary shares (the "EBT Shares") to the Gunsynd Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") at a price of 0.085p (being par value) per new ordinary share, following a subscription by the trustee of the EBT, LGL Trustees Jersey, at an aggregate cost to the Company of £42,500. Following admission of the EBT Shares, the EBT will hold 140,000,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 8.79% of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company following Admission (as defined below).
Admission
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange to admit EBT Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur on or around 16 January 2026. The EBT Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.
Total Voting Rights
For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will comprise 1,592,639,203 ordinary shares of 0.085p each. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The historical exploration results referred to in this announcement are derived from reports and data compiled by previous operators of the properties. These results are historical in nature and have not been prepared in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) or any other recognised reporting standard.
Hamish Harris, Chairman of Gunsynd, commented:
"The board is delighted to have been able to add these claims to the Barb Project. The area has long been known to have had gold occurrences but hasn't been systematically explored largely due to fragmentation of ownership. The acquisition of these claims with historic high grade assays goes a long way to redress this and provides us with ready made drill targets. The Lotus and Denver claims will be a priority for us with respect to drill planning. We will be closely working with Critical Discoveries as the project operator to expedite permitting and near-term exploration."
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