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3. Commitments
On November 30, 2011, (“Effective Date”) Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc., entered into a mining lease with option to purchase with Richard C and Carol Ann Fox for the exclusive rights to conduct exploration, feasibility work, development, mining and processing of minerals on certain mining claims in Lemhi County, Idaho. The initial term is for thirty years and the lease grants successive, additional fifteen year terms so long as the Company is in compliance with the lease. The Company is obligated to pay advance minimum royalty payments, the first of which was in the amount of $25,000 and was paid upon execution of the lease. An additional payment of $25,000 was made in the quarter ended March 31, 2012 in accordance with the lease terms. Additional payments are due as follows:
All advance minimum royalties paid will be credited against any production royalties that accrue. If no minerals are produced from the premises, the lessor has no obligation to refund the advance minimum royalties.
On March 21, 2011, the Company signed an exploration agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation on the Trout Creek Project that significantly expands the Trout Creek target area. Newmont’s private mineral package added to the Project surrounds the Company’s claim group and consists of about 9,565 acres within a thirty-square mile Area of Influence defined in the agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is responsible for conducting the exploration program and is obligated to expend a minimum of $150,000 over the ensuing two years, with additional expenditures possible in future years. The Company has expended $13,270 on this project to date.
On November 9, 2011, the Board of Directors ratified a Letter of Intent, dated November 7, 2011, by and among Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Green River Energy Corporation, a Nevada Corporation (“GREC”) and the Hess Group, the Controlling Shareholder Group of GREC. The Letter of Intent contemplates that the Company would acquire Green River in an all stock transaction with the following material terms:
The Hess Group – who beneficially owns or controls a majority of GREC - will assist the Company to complete a private placement offering to European investors for proceeds of $1,000,000 prior to the completion of the Acquisition (the “Company Private Placement”). 150,000 shares at US$.20 have been purchased under this private placement as of December 31, 2011. Additionally, the Hess Group will pursue a private placement offering of Green River shares to European investors for proceeds of a minimum of $4,000,000 (the “Green River Private Placement”),
· the proceeds of the Green River Private Placement will be held in escrow pending completion of the Acquisition and available to the Company upon completion of the Acquisition,
· the Company Private Placement and the Green River Private Placement would be completed by January 31, 2012, (had not been completed as of May 17, 2012)
· completion of the Green River Private Placement would be a condition to the Company’s completion of the Acquisition,
· the Company will issue shares of the Company to the shareholders of Green River based on an exchange ratio that will result in pre-Acquisition shareholders of the Company owning 25% and shareholders of Green River owning 75% of the Company following completion of the Acquisition,
· the Company will change its name to “Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc.” upon completion of the Acquisition,
· the Company will pursue both the exploration and development of the Company’s existing mineral properties and the Green River oil and gas properties following completion of the Acquisition. The Acquisition would be subject to receipt of all required approvals, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and the shareholders of the Company. Completion of the Acquisition will be subject to negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement with Green River and the Hess Group. The parties will work together to structure and complete the Acquisition in a manner that addresses applicable tax, corporate and securities laws. The Company anticipates that approval of its shareholders will be required should a definitive agreement be concluded, and that it would prepare and circulate to its shareholders a proxy circular that would be prepared in accordance with the requirements of both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the TSX Venture Exchange. The Acquisition will be subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and the shareholders of the Company.
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