Minera Tres Valles SpA Has Filed an Application for Liquidation in Chile
2022年12月12日 - 9:00PM
(TSXV: TVC) (OTCQB: TVCCF) Three Valley Copper Corp.
(“
Three Valley Copper”, “
TVC” or
the “
Company”) today announced that Minera Tres
Valles SpA (“
MTV”), the Company’s 95.1% Chilean
copper mining subsidiary, has filed an application for bankruptcy
liquidation with the Civil Courts of Santiago. Under applicable
Chilean law, a liquidator is expected to be appointed by the larger
creditors of MTV in the coming days, and such liquidator will
assume full responsibility for the operations and management of
MTV. The public company, Three Valley Copper, is expected to
continue as a going concern independent of the application for
bankruptcy liquidation filed by MTV.
Upon appointment, the liquidator will carry out
or exercise, as applicable, all acts, rights, and obligations of
MTV and will be required to perform all acts necessary for the
preservation of MTV’s rights against its debtors and creditors.
Although MTV has sought creditors’ protection by
filing a Judicial Restructuring Procedure on June 13, 2022, the
order has not yet been granted by the Chilean courts and MTV’s
liquidity position has continued to deteriorate.
Beginning in January 2022, MTV scaled down
operations while the Company and MTV, together with the senior
lenders to MTV, began a process to attract a long-term financing
solution for MTV. To date, a long-term financing solution has not
been sourced and there are no ongoing discussions with potential
investors.
MTV has operated at a limited capacity since
January 2022 while it continued to harvest copper cathodes from its
current inventory. MTV forecasts an accelerating decline in its
liquidity position as its current inventory is nearing depletion,
and together with the substantial funding requirements to carry out
a restart of operations, MTV is unable to effectively carry on its
business or meet its obligations as they become due.
As a result of the foregoing, MTV has applied
for voluntary liquidation with sufficient cash resources for the
liquidator to manage MTV for several months in full care and
maintenance. It is expected that employees dedicated to
environmental compliance and general maintenance activities at MTV
will remain. The majority of MTV’s workforce was previously
terminated and paid severance entitlements.
Following appointment of the liquidator, further
information will be communicated to affected parties in accordance
with applicable legislation.
For more information about the Company, please
visit www.threevalleycopper.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
Certain statements in this news release, contain
forward-looking information (collectively referred to herein as the
"Forward-Looking Statements") within the meaning
of applicable Canadian securities laws. The use of any of the words
"expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "may", "will",
"project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar
expressions are intended to identify Forward-Looking Statements. In
particular, but without limiting the foregoing, this news release
contains Forward-Looking Statements pertaining to: expected cash
flow and capital resources of MTV; the timing and process of
liquidation proceedings of MTV; cash resources of MTV being
sufficient for several months of care and maintenance; employment
arrangements for the ongoing environmental compliance and general
maintenance at MTV; and the expectations regarding MTV’s debt
restructuring and additional financing.
Although TVC believes that the Forward-Looking
Statements are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future
results, performance or achievements. A number of factors or
assumptions have been used to develop the Forward-Looking
Statements, including: the availability of certain consumables
(including water) and services and the prices for power, sulfuric
acid and other key supplies; expected labour and materials costs
and available supply; MTV’s planned maintenance being sufficient to
maintain infrastructure stability at Papomono during the stated
period; concessions from key suppliers continuing until the end of
2022; certain tax rates, including the allocation of certain tax
attributes, being applicable to MTV; the continued availability of
quality management.
Actual results, performance or achievements
could vary materially from those expressed or implied by the
Forward-Looking Statements should assumptions underlying the
Forward-Looking Statements prove incorrect or should one or more
risks or other factors materialize, including: (i) cash resources
of MTV being insufficient for several months of care and
maintenance; (ii) employment arrangements for the ongoing
environmental compliance and general maintenance of MTV being
inadequate; (iii) delays or complications related to the voluntary
liquidation process; (iv) possible variations in grade or recovery
rates; (v) copper price fluctuations and uncertainties; (vi) delays
in obtaining governmental approvals or ability to raise capital;
(vii) risks associated with the mining industry in general (e.g.,
operational risks in development, exploration and production;
delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or
development projects or capital expenditures; the uncertainty of
estimates and projections relating to mineral reserves, production,
costs and expenses; and labour, health, safety and environmental
risks) and risks associated with the other portfolio companies'
industries in general; (viii) risks associated with investments in
emerging markets; (ix) general economic, market and business
conditions; (x) market volatility that would affect the ability to
enter or exit investments; (xi) commodity price and foreign
exchange fluctuations and uncertainties; (xii) risks associated
with catastrophic events, manmade disasters, terrorist attacks,
wars and other conflicts, or an outbreak of a public health
pandemic or other public health crises, including COVID-19; (xiii)
those risks disclosed under the heading "Risk Management" in TVC’s
Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ended December
31, 2021; and (xiv) those risks disclosed under the heading "Risk
Factors" or incorporated by reference into TVC’s Annual Information
Form dated March 3, 2021. The Forward-Looking Statements speak only
as of the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically noted, and the
Company does not assume any obligation to publicly update any
Forward-Looking Statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be expressly required by
applicable Canadian securities laws.
For further information:
Michael StaresinicPresident and Chief Executive
OfficerT: (416) 943-7107E: mstaresinic@threevalleycopper.com
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.Joshua
Lavers: jlavers@renmarkfinancial.comT: (416) 644-2020 or (212)
812-7680www.renmarkfinancial.com
Source: Three Valley Copper Corp.
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