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Gold/Mining/Energy : Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-ASE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Buckey who wrote (758)3/14/2001 12:51:48 AM
From: VAUGHN  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 773
 
Hello Buckey

On the wire yesterday:

FOR: DONNER MINERALS LTD.

CDNX SYMBOL: DML

MARCH 12, 2001 - 09:03 EST

Donner Minerals Ltd.: South Voisey Project Participants
Merge Interests

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Mr. Harvey Keats, President of Donner
Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that Donner has entered into
a letter agreement with Cypress Development Corp., NDT Ventures
Ltd., Rcom Venture Corp., and Curion Ventures Corp. (collectively
the "Participants") to merge certain of the Participant's
interests in the South Voisey Bay Project ('SVB Project') area
into a new company. The proposed name of the new company, which
will be incorporated in Yukon, will be SVB Nickel Company Ltd.
('SVBN').

All of Donner's interests in the SVB Project will be transferred
to SVBN, except for its interest in the Northern Abitibi and Major
General joint ventures. All of the other Participants will be
transferring all of their SVB Project interests to SVBN. SVBN's
initial land holdings will be in excess of 40,000 hectares. The
ground held by SVBN has excellent potential, is the location of
some of the best targets on the South Voisey Bay Project, and will
be the focus of future exploration on the property.

The initial interest of the Participants was calculated on the
basis of one common share of SVBN for every $1.00 of assessment
work filed with the Department of Mines and Energy on the subject
mineral licences, taking into account each Participant's interests
in the mineral licences. The initial interests in SVBN will be as
follows:

/T/

Donner Minerals Ltd. 75.59%
Cypress Development Corp. 11.36%
NDT Ventures Ltd./Partners 7.65%
Rcom Venture Corp. 4.20%
Curion Ventures Corp. 1.20%

/T/

The relationship between the Participants will be governed by a
Shareholders Agreement. A formal Shareholders' Agreement is
currently being prepared. The key terms of the Shareholders'
Agreement will be the following:

* SVBN's Board of Directors will be composed of three persons.

* All cash contributions made by the Participants from time to
time will be obtained by additional share equity contributions
from the Participants.

* Each Participant's shareholder interest in SVBN will be subject
to dilution if it does not make the requisite Cash Calls
determined by the Board of Directors.

* If a Participant desires to dispose of any of its shareholder
interests in SVBN, the remaining Participants will have the right
of first refusal to acquire, on a pro rata basis, the interests of
the selling party.

* Equity financings below $1.00/share, option and/or joint venture
agreements with arms length third parties will require a minimum
shareholder approval of 80%.

All of the Participants feel that there are numerous advantages to
the merging of their respective interests. In particular, the
ability to spread assessment credits across the project has the
benefit of allowing the Participants to keep in good standing as
large a part of the project as possible. It is also felt that by
merging the property interests, it will make it considerably
easier for SVBN to attract a major third party to the SVB Project.
More importantly, the Participants will also benefit from any
discovery on the whole merged property rather than just within
their original claim boundaries.

It is the intention of the directors of SVBN to seek a third party
participant to help advance the exploration of the SVB Project.

The SVB Project, located 90 kilometres south of Inco's Voisey's
Bay deposits, has now been the focus of five years of fieldwork by
Donner and its joint venture partners.

The above transaction is subject to the approval of the Canadian
Venture Exchange.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF

DONNER MINERALS LTD.

Harvey Keats, President