May 26, 2008, Vancouver, BC - Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon Resources Ltd. (TSX:FAN; OTCBB:FRLLF) ("Farallon" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the silver sale agreement, announced in a news release on May 13, 2008, with a subsidiary company of Silver Wheaton Corp. (�Silver Wheaton�) has been finalized.
Under the agreement, Silver Wheaton will pay staged payments of US$80 million in cash to Farallon for 75% of the silver produced from its Campo Morado polymetallic (zinc, gold, silver, copper, lead) project in Guerrero State, Mexico. Farallon received a US$15 million payment upon signing, and has now received a further US$15 million payment following the recent completion of certain formalities in Mexico. The remaining US$50 million is to be received in a series of specified installments over the next few months. Upon delivery of the silver, Silver Wheaton will also pay Farallon a fixed price payment per ounce of silver delivered equal to the lesser of US$3.90 and the spot price at the time of sale (subject to a 1% annual increase starting in the third year of silver production).
Farallon has used a portion of the funds to retire the Bridge Facility with NM Rothschild and Sons Limited, Paradigm Capital Inc. and Societe Generale. The Company now has no outstanding indebtedness and is fully funded through to the commencement of commercial production at the G-9 project...
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Farallon Mining Ltd.
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CODE : FAN.TO |
ISIN : CA30739T1012 |
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Farallon is a development stage company based in Canada. Farallon is listed in Canada, in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is CA$ 377.7 millions as of today (US$ 381.1 millions, € 284.7 millions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on December 31, 1998 at CA$ 5.05, and its lowest recent point on November 14, 2008 at CA$ 0.10. Farallon has 478 154 000 shares outstanding. |