VANCOUVER, BC, June 27,
2023 /PRNewswire/ - Trevali Mining Corporation
("Trevali" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further
to the press release on December 16,
2022, it has completed the sale of its 90% interest in the
Rosh Pinah Mine located in Namibia
to funds advised by Appian Capital Advisory LLP (jointly "Appian").
In accordance with the share and asset purchase agreement between
the parties, Appian purchased the issued and outstanding shares
held by Trevali in GLCR Limited ("GLCR") and assumed certain
capital loans owed to Trevali by subsidiaries of GLCR
(collectively, the "Transaction").
The Transaction was approved pursuant to an approval and vesting
order dated December 21, 2022, at a
hearing before the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the "Court") during the
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings (the "CCAA
Proceedings") of Trevali and Trevali Mining (New Brunswick) Ltd.
In connection with the Transaction and an order of the Court
dated April 24, 2023 in the CCAA
Proceedings, Trevali used a portion of the sale proceeds from the
Transaction to (i) repay Trevali's debt obligations owed to its
senior secured lenders under the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated August 6, 2020
between the Company, as borrower, the Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent, and
lenders party thereto (as amended from time to time); and (ii)
repay a portion of its secured debt obligations owed to Glencore
Canada Corporation ("Glencore") pursuant to the Facility Agreement
dated August 6, 2020 between Trevali,
as the borrower, and Glencore, as the lender.
FTI Consulting Canada Inc. (the "Monitor") acted as
court-appointed monitor in respect of the Transaction. Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP acted as counsel to Trevali and Stikeman
Elliott LLP acted as counsel to Appian. National Bank Financial
acted as financial advisor to Trevali and Black Swan Advisors Inc.
acted as restructuring advisor to Trevali.
All inquiries regarding the Transactions and Trevali's CCAA
Proceedings should be directed to the Monitor (email:
Trevali@fticonsulting.com or telephone: +1-877-294-8998).
Information about the Company's CCAA Proceedings, including all
court orders, are available on the Monitor's Website.
About Trevali Mining
Corporation
Trevali is a base-metals mining company headquartered in
Vancouver, Canada.
For further details on Trevali, readers are referred to the
Company's website (www.trevali.com) and to Canadian regulatory
filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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