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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 27, 2012) -
All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX:IMG)(NYSE:IAG) ("IAMGOLD" or "the Company") and Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TRR)(FRANKFURT:RTW) ("Trelawney") today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") whereby IAMGOLD will acquire, through a plan of arrangement, all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Trelawney. Trelawney is a Canadian junior mining and exploration company, focused on the development of the Côté Lake Deposit located adjacent to the Swayze Greenstone Belt in northern Ontario.
Under the terms of the Agreement, each Trelawney shareholder will receive $3.30 in cash for each Trelawney share held. The transaction price represents a 36.6% premium based on Trelawney's 20-day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") for the period ending April 26, 2012.
"The acquisition of Trelawney creates a larger and more geographically balanced portfolio of long-life gold assets for IAMGOLD. This transaction provides an accretive return on invested capital as we are effectively redeploying the cash proceeds from the sale of non-core assets last year into a Canadian gold project that significantly strengthens our future gold production profile. This is consistent with our strategy to invest in development projects that we own and operate so we can derive maximum benefit from leveraging our operational and development expertise. Trelawney is an excellent strategic fit with our existing Canadian portfolio and we look forward to advancing this promising property," stated Stephen Letwin, President and Chief Executive Officer of IAMGOLD.
Trelawney's President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Gibson said, "Over the past three years, the Trelawney team has done a tremendous job in advancing the Côté Lake Project to its current status. I want to take this opportunity to thank all Trelawney employees for their contributions to the discovery and advancement of Côté Lake into a world class gold deposit. I am very proud of our success and the exceptional value that it has created for our shareholders. This acquisition will reward our shareholders with a significant premium that reflects this success."
Transaction Highlights
Trelawney's main asset is the advanced exploration Côté Lake Project, located in Ontario, Canada. On February 24, 2012, Trelawney announced an updated mineral resource estimate for Côté Lake, comprising 35 million tonnes at 0.82 g/t gold for 0.93 million ounces of indicated resources and 204 million tonnes at 0.91 g/t gold for 5.94 million ounces of inferred resources. Mineralization at Côté Lake has been intersected over a strike length of 1,200 metres, a horizontal width of 100 - 300 metres and a depth extent of more than 500 metres1.
Gordon Stothart, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of IAMGOLD stated, "This project has the potential to become a large bulk tonnage operation, with significant economies of scale at competitive cash costs. I'm excited to have this asset as part of our portfolio. We believe the project has the potential and scale to significantly contribute to our future production and growth profile."
Terms of the Transaction
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