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Tarachi Gold Closes Sale of Magistral Project
VANCOUVER, BC, May 24, 2023 /CNW/ - Tarachi Gold Corp. (CSE: TRG) (OTCQB: TRGGF) (Frankfurt: 4RZ) ("Tarachi" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, furt
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC, May 24, 2023 /CNW/ - Tarachi Gold Corp. (CSE: TRG) (OTCQB: TRGGF) (Frankfurt: 4RZ) (\"Tarachi\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated May 3, 2023, it has closed the transaction with Compañia Minera de Atocha S.A. de C.V. (\"Atocha\") for the sale of the Company's Magistral Project (the \"Magistral Project\"). Pursuant to the Agreement, Tarachi expects to receive cash payments totaling US$5,700,000 (approximately C$7.6 million) from Atocha, of which US$3,050,000 has already been received by Tarachi. The outstanding balance is expected to be paid as: US$500,000 in the escrow account will be released to Tarachi when Atocha concludes negotiations with the Ejido Magistral, or after 12 months, whichever occurs first. US$500,000 will be paid to Tarachi by November 19, 2023, less any contingency costs, if any, that arise after closing that were incurred by Tarachi but not identified during due diligence. US$500,000 will be paid to Tarachi when 50% of the tailings located on the Magistral Project (the \"Magistral Tailings\") have been mined, sold and/or processed or after the first complete calendar year of operation at the Magistral Project, whichever occurs first. US$500,000 will be paid to Tarachi when 100% of the Magistral Tailings have been mined, sold and/or processed or after the second complete calendar year of operation at the Magistral Project, whichever occurs first. The amount of value-added tax currently owing as that tax benefit is realized by Atocha during operations and product sales from the Magistral Project will be paid to Tarachi, estimated to total approximately US$650,000. Tarachi anticipates the tax benefit will be realized by Atocha and paid to Tarachi within the first year of commercial operations at the Magistral Project. New CFO The Company would also like to announce that, effective May 20th, Mahesh Liyanage has resigned as Tarachi's Chief Financial Officer but will remain an advisor to the Company. Effective immediately Thy Truong will assume the role as CFO for the Tarachi. Thy Truong, a Chartered Professional Accountant, brings more than a decade of extensive experience in accounting and tax across diverse industries. Prior to joining Tarachi Gold Corp. as CFO, Thy was the Corporate Controller for several companies in the Inventa Capital Grou...