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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On October 13, 2021, Purebase Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”), to report that it had entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Materials Extraction Agreement, dated May 27, 2021 (the “Agreement”), with U.S. Mine, LLC (“US Mine”), a related party. This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (“Form 8-K/A”) is being filed with the SEC by the Company solely to amend certain disclosures in the Form 8-K related to the convertible promissory note the Company issued to US Mine on May 27, 2021 (the “Note”), which was retroactively rescinded, ab initio, as of October 6, 2021.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 6, 2021, Purebase Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Materials Extraction Agreement, dated May 27, 2021 (the “Agreement”), with US Mine, LLC (“US Mine”), which Agreement was previously disclosed by the Company in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 3, 2021. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the rights acquired by the Company to extract up to 100,000,000 tons of metakaolin supplementary cementitious materials from property owned by US Mine were paid for by the issuance to US Mine of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $50,000,000 (the “Note”). In accordance with the terms of the Amendment, the Note was retroactively rescinded, ab initio, and the consideration for the mining rights granted to the Company was replaced with an option entitling US Mine to purchase shares of common stock of the Company.
Pursuant to the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Option (the “Stock Option”), issued on October 6. 2021, US Mine has the option to purchase up to 116,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, at an exercise price of $0.38 per share, such exercise price being the closing price of a share of the Company’s on the OTC Markets on October 6, 2021. The Stock Option vests as to (i) the first 58,000,000 shares on April 6, 2022, (ii) an additional 29,000,000 shares on October 6, 2022, and (iii) the remaining 29,000,000 shares on April 6, 2023. US Mine’s right to exercise the Stock Option expires on April 6, 2028.
A. Scott Dockter, the principal executive officer, and a director and shareholder of the Company, and John Bremer, a director and shareholder of the Company, are also manager-members of US Mine. The Company’s board of directors approved the transaction described in this Current Report on Form 8-K (“Report”), with Mr. Dockter and Mr. Bremer abstaining from providing consent due to their interest in the transaction.
The foregoing descriptions of the Amendment and Option Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment and Option Agreement, copies of which are filed with this Report as Exhibits 10.17 and 10.18, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
The issuance of the Stock Option was and, upon exercise of the of Stock Option, the issuance of the shares of common stock underlying the Stock Option will be, exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.17* | Amendment to Materials Extraction Agreement, dated October 6, 2021, by and between Purebase Corporation and US Mine, LLC | |
10.18* | Stock Option Agreement, dated October 6, 2021, issued by Purebase Corporation to US Mine, LLC | |
10.22** | Amended and Restated Amendment to Materials Extraction Agreement, dated June 17, 2022, by and between Purebase Corporation and US Mine, LLC | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
* Previously filed
** Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 21, 2022 | PUREBASE CORPORATION | |
By: | /s/ A. Scott Dockter | |
A. Scott Dockter | ||
Chief Executive Officer |