VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Macarthur Minerals Limited (ASX: MIO) (TSX-V: MMS) (OTCQB: MMSDF) (the Company or Macarthur) is pleased to announce that on 18 October 2021, Infinity Mining Limited (Infinity) (previously named Macarthur Lithium Pty Ltd) entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Zanil Pty Ltd (Zanil) and Alec Charles Pointon (Pointon) to acquire 100% of the Central Goldfields Tenements detailed in the table below, situated in and around the Leonora region, approximately ~220 km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The vending of the Central Goldfields Tenements into Infinity under the Sale and Purchase Agreement is a key value component of the planned listing of Infinity on ASX this year.

The conditions precedent which must be satisfied or waived prior to completion of the purchase by Infinity are:

The conditions precedent must be satisfied by the end date of 31 December 2021 otherwise either party may terminate the Sale and Purchase Agreement by notice to the other. Completion will occur within 5 business days after the conditions precedent listed above have been satisfied or waived, or such other date agreed by the parties acting reasonably.

The total consideration payable by Infinity for the purchase of the Central Goldfields Tenements will be 20,000,000 shares in Infinity at a deemed price of A$0.20 per share, resulting in an aggregate value of the consideration of A$4,000,000. The shares will be allocated between Zanil and Pointon as follows:

The Sale and Purchase Agreement otherwise contains provisions considered standard for an agreement of its nature (including requirements for assignment of contracts to the buyer affecting the relevant Tenements, pre-completion rights and obligations, representations, warranties and confidentiality provisions.)

On behalf of the Board of Directors, Mr Cameron McCall, Chairman

No new information
To the extent that this announcement contains references to prior exploration results and Mineral Resource estimates, which have been cross referenced to previous market announcements (including supporting JORC reporting tables) made by the Company, unless explicitly stated, no new information is contained in accordance with Table 1 checklist in the JORC Code. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the relevant market announcements and, in the case of Mineral Resources that all assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Company profile
Macarthur is an iron ore development, gold and lithium exploration company that is focused on bringing to production its Western Australia iron ore projects. The Lake Giles Iron Project mineral resources include the Ularring hematite resource (approved for development) comprising Indicated resources of 54.5 million tonnes at 47.2% Fe and Inferred resources of 26 million tonnes at 45.4% Fe; and the Lake Giles magnetite resource of 53.9 million tonnes (Measured), 218.7 million tonnes (Indicated) and 997 million tonnes (Inferred). The JORC reporting tables and Competent Person statement for the magnetite and hematite mineral resources have previously been disclosed in ASX market announcements dated 12 August 2020 and 5 December 2019. Macarthur has prominent (~721 square kilometre tenement area) gold, lithium and copper exploration interests in Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition, Macarthur has lithium brine Claims in the emerging Railroad Valley region in Nevada, USA.

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