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Excellon shareholders to receive shares of a standalone, European silver explorer
Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX-V: EXN) (OTCQB: EXNRF) (FSE: E4X2) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an arrangement agreement dated November 10, 2026 with Saxony Silver Corp. a majority-owned subsidiary of Excellon, pursuant to which the Company proposes to spin-out approximately 44.1 million common shares in the capital of Saxony Silver that will be held by it on a post-share split basis pro rata to the Company’s shareholders. Saxony Silver holds a 100% interest in the Silver City Project, which is a high-grade epithermal silver-zinc-lead exploration project located in the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany.
Highlights
Why the Spin-Out: Introducing the Silver City Project
Saxony Silver, a private majority-owned subsidiary of Excellon, wholly owns the Silver City Project in Germany. During a time when Excellon’s capital priorities have been focused within other jurisdictions, the Spin-Out of Saxony Silver provides investors with direct exposure to exploration for high-grade silver in a historically rich silver producing region:
The May 2026 financing, completed by third-party investors at a pre-money valuation of approximately $20.8 million, provides an independent reference point for Saxony Silver’s equity value. Excellon retains approximately 19.9% of the Saxony Silver Shares on completion, allowing Excellon Shareholders to participate in Silver City’s progress both directly and through their Excellon holding.
Shawn Howarth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excellon, commented: “Silver City is a district-scale, high-grade silver project, which has been on hold while Excellon has prioritized the Mallay Mine acquisition and restart. The Spin-Out unlocks this opportunity. Excellon Shareholders will own the Silver City Project directly through a dedicated, funded and standalone company and Excellon can focus on its properties in Peru. We think this is the right outcome for shareholders who have continued to support us through the Mallay Mine restart.”
The Spin-Out
The Spin-Out will proceed by way of a statutory plan of arrangement in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), whereby, among other things, the Spinout Shares will be assigned and transferred to the Excellon Shareholders of record as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the date on which the Arrangement is completed, or such other date as determined by the Board. The Spinout Shares will be assigned and transferred pro rata to Excellon Shareholders in proportion to their respective holdings of Excellon Shares as of the Share Exchange Record Date. There will be no change in Excellon Shareholders’ proportionate ownership in Excellon because of the Arrangement.
Completion of the proposed Arrangement requires the approval of not less than 66⅔% of the votes cast by Excellon Shareholders on a special resolution approving the Arrangement, the approval of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Arrangement Agreement, Court Approval and Shareholder Approval
In accordance with the Arrangement Agreement, Excellon will apply for an interim order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) authorizing Excellon to call an annual and special meeting of the Excellon Shareholders to, among other things, approve the Arrangement by special resolution. The Meeting is expected to take place on or about December 16, 2026.
The Arrangement involves, among other things: (i) the issuance to each Excellon Shareholder of one new common share of Excellon for each Excellon Share held as of the Share Exchange Record Date; and (ii) the assignment and transfer to each Excellon Shareholder of the Spinout Shares pro rata to the number of Excellon Shares held by them as of the Share Exchange Record Date.
The final exchange ratio will depend on the number of Excellon Shares outstanding immediately prior to completion of the Arrangement and will be subject to the fractional share provisions of the plan of arrangement. The Spinout Shares reflect a 2,000-for-one split of the Saxony Silver Shares to be completed prior to the Arrangement, undertaken to produce a share structure appropriate for a TSXV listing.
Immediately following completion of the Arrangement, which is expected to occur on or about December 23, 2026 assuming the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the completion of the Arrangement on or prior to such date, current Saxony Silver shareholders, other than Excellon, are expected to own approximately 32.1% of the issued and outstanding Saxony Silver Shares; Excellon is expected to own approximately 19.9% of the issued and outstanding Saxony Silver Shares; and the Excellon Shareholders are expected to own approximately 48.0% of the issued and outstanding Saxony Silver Shares, in each case on an undiluted basis. These percentages do not take into account any additional financing that Saxony Silver may be required to complete in connection with the Arrangement.
Table 1: Expected Saxony Silver Ownership on Completion of the Arrangement
| Shareholder group | % of Saxony Silver Shares (undiluted) |
| Excellon Shareholders (via Arrangement) | 48.0% |
| Existing Saxony Silver shareholders (other than Excellon) | 32.1% |
| Excellon (retained interest) | 19.9% |
| Total | 100.0% |
No fractional Saxony Silver Shares will be assigned and transferred under the Arrangement. Any fraction of a Saxony Silver Share resulting from the Arrangement will be rounded down to the nearest whole number without any compensation in lieu of such fraction.
More detailed information regarding the Arrangement and the exchange of Excellon Shares thereunder, as described above, will be set out in Excellon’s management information circular that will be mailed to Excellon Shareholders in connection with the Meeting. Copies of the Circular and related meeting materials will also be filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities and will be available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
The Board has unanimously determined that the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement are fair to Excellon Shareholders and are in the best interests of Excellon and the Excellon Shareholders. Accordingly, the Board has unanimously approved the Arrangement and unanimously recommends that Excellon Shareholders vote in favour of the Arrangement at the Meeting. A description of the various factors considered by the Board in arriving at this determination, in addition to those described above, will be provided in the Circular.
After the Arrangement is completed, it is expected the New Excellon Shares will continue to be listed for trading or quoted on: (i) the TSXV under the symbol “EXN”; (ii) the OTCQB under the symbol “EXNRF”; and (iii) the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “E4X2”.
Among other things, it is a condition to the completion of the Arrangement that the Saxony Silver Shares shall have been approved for listing on the TSXV. Saxony Silver intends to apply to the TSXV to have the Saxony Silver Shares listed and posted for trading on the TSXV. Listing is subject to the approval of the TSXV, and there can be no assurance as to if, or when, the Saxony Silver Shares will be listed or traded on the TSXV.
Saxony Silver Private Placement
Saxony Silver is expected to hold approximately C$1.8 million in cash on completion of the Arrangement, which is expected to fund the costs of listing, corporate administration and its initial target-generation program.
If required to satisfy the requirements of the TSXV, Saxony Silver may conduct a private placement to be completed concurrently with the Arrangement. Further details of any private placement will be provided in due course.
Proposed Saxony Silver Board of Directors and Management
On completion of the Spin-Out, it is anticipated that the board of directors of Saxony will be comprised of not less than four directors. The board is intended to combine continuity with Excellon, through directors with direct knowledge of the Silver City Project and its history, with independent directors bringing capital-markets experience and familiarity with the German and European mining sector.
On completion of the Spin-Out, Saxony Silver is expected to be led by the following management team:
George Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Davis, CPA, CA, CFA has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and capital markets across several international public and private companies. He recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Honey Badger Silver Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Davis held senior executive roles supporting finance, risk management, treasury and investor relations teams throughout Latin America (Frontera Energy Corporation) and West Africa (Global Atomic Corporation). His experience also includes roles with CPP Investments and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Davis is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.
Daniel Hall, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hall, CPA, CA, is Chief Financial Officer of Excellon Resources Inc. He brings extensive international finance experience spanning equity and debt financing, acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financial strategy in the mining and resources sector. Previously, he spent over a decade with Deloitte LLP in Canada, Bermuda and South Africa, specializing in public company reporting and complex accounting matters. Mr. Hall is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from Rhodes University.
Dorian L. (“Dusty”) Nicol, Exploration Advisor
Mr. Nicol, P.Geo., is an economic geologist with more than 50 years of experience in gold, silver, and copper exploration worldwide. He has designed and managed successful exploration programs across North and South America, Europe, Africa, Russia and the former Soviet Union, and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Nicol holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in Geology from Indiana University. He is a Senior Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Nicol has extensive experience managing and advancing minerals projects throughout Europe.
In-Country Exploration Team
Saxony Silver’s exploration and operating team will be based in Freiberg, Saxony, and will be led by Sebastian Triebert (Exploration Manager) and Julia Mehner (Senior Geologist), both of whom live in the Silver City area and have extensive experience working on Saxony Silver’s licenses. They were involved in the most recent drilling programs (2020-2022) at Silver City and now maintain the Silver City Project’s drill core, database and geophysical archive in Germany. They are key, together with Philipp Büttner (Manager of Government and Community Relations), to maintaining the working relationships with the Saxony mining authority (Sächsisches Oberbergamt), landowners, and local communities on which exploration permitting depends.
Corporate Update
Further to the news releases of the Company dated August 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026, the Company has completed its previously announced debt settlement pursuant to which the Company issued 1,400,000 Excellon Shares at a deemed price of $0.495 per Excellon Share. The Excellon Shares issued pursuant to the debt settlement transaction are subject to a four-month hold period under applicable Canadian securities laws which will expire on March 5, 2027.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dorian L. (“Dusty”) Nicol, P.Geo., Exploration Advisor to Excellon, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Excellon Resources Inc.
Excellon Resources is focused on advancing the restart of its fully permitted, past-producing Mallay Silver-Lead-Zinc Mine in Peru, positioning the Company as a near-term silver producer. Following its February 2026 independent mineral resource estimate at Mallay, Excellon is advancing restart planning and near-mine growth, while also advancing the adjacent Tres Cerros Gold-Silver Exploration Property in Peru. The Company also holds the Kilgore Project, an advanced gold exploration project in Idaho, and the Silver City Project, a high-grade epithermal silver district in Saxony, Germany. Additional details on Excellon’s properties can be found at www.excellonresources.com.
About Saxony Silver Corp.
Saxony Silver is a European-focused silver exploration company, which is underpinned by a district-scale land package in a historically prolific silver-producing region. Saxony Silver holds a 100% interest in the Silver City Project, which is a high-grade epithermal silver-zinc-lead exploration project located in the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany. The Silver City Project covers four exploration licenses totaling approximately 340 km2 (34,000 hectares).
From 2020 to 2022, Saxony Silver completed 43 diamond drill holes totaling over 13,200 metres across the Bräunsdorf, Reichenbach, Grauer Wolf and Großvoigtsberg target areas. Mineralized vein structures were intersected in 37 of those 43 holes, including 1.30 m @ 954 g/t Ag, 8.1 m @ 194 g/t AgEq including 1.3 m @ 1,043 g/t AgEq, and 2.9 m @ 257 g/t AgEq including 0.4 m @ 1,633 g/t AgEq. The program confirmed continuity of the high-grade epithermal vein system over a 13 km strike length and identified a new geological setting at the mafic volcanic-schist contact at Grauer Wolf and Reichenbach. All intercepts are drill core lengths; true widths have not been determined. AgEq was calculated using US$1,800/oz Au, US$24.00/oz Ag, US$0.90/lb Pb and US$1.20/lb Zn, assuming 100% metallurgical recovery.
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