Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
30 Oct 2017capital raising announcement▼ Bad
Granted 3.6 million stock options to insiders and a 4-million-share restricted award to President W. Pierce Carson, and amended its Articles of Incorporation to raise authorized capital to 1 billion common shares and 25 million preferred shares — a large capacity increase that would shortly be needed for a wave of toxic convertible-note dilution.
Magellan Gold restructured its SDA Mill purchase to acquire shares of a newly formed Mexican holding company instead of the assets directly, pushing the closing date to the end of December 2017.
Magellan Gold voided its consulting and advertising agreements with Bright Star International and clawed back the 1.5 million shares it had issued as compensation.
Magellan Gold extended its option to buy Rose Petroleum's Mexican mill, agreeing to arrange $900,000 in bridge financing by mid-August and to cover the mill's upkeep costs in the meantime.
OTC Markets flagged Magellan Gold for unusual trading activity tied to unauthorized promotional newsletters and said it was reviewing the company's eligibility to keep trading on the OTCQB; Magellan said it had no role in creating or distributing the materials.
Clifford Neuman converted a further $20,000 of his note into 2,000,000 shares at $0.01, was paid $8,850 cash, and assigned his remaining ~$6,000 note balance to Bright Star International.
Magellan Gold signed a memorandum of understanding to buy an operating flotation mill in Nayarit, Mexico from Rose Petroleum for $1.5 million, a deal CEO Pierce Carson said would transform Magellan from an explorer into a production company.
Magellan Gold signed a definitive earn-in agreement with Rio Silver to acquire a 50% interest in the Niobamba Silver/Gold project in Peru by spending $2 million on exploration over three years, expanding beyond its Arizona Silver District property for the first time.
Merged majority-owned subsidiary Gulf+Western Industries into a wholly-owned merger subsidiary, eliminating the minority interest (held by incoming President W. Pierce Carson) in exchange for 8,623,957 shares of Magellan stock — an internal reorganization coinciding with Carson taking a leading role at the company.
Noteholder Clifford L. Neuman converted about $23,400 of principal and interest on a $51,532 promissory note into 600,000 shares, leaving roughly $33,000 still outstanding.