Yorbeau Resources Inc. (TSX: YRB.A) is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with IAMGOLD Corporation with respect to an option to acquire a 100% interest in Yorbeau’s Rouyn property in Quebec, Canada.

The LOI outlines what would be mutually acceptable principal terms for a definitive option agreement under which, subject to certain conditions, IAMGOLD would make certain cash payments and incur exploration expenditures towards an option to purchase a 100% interest in the Property. In order to earn the purchase option, IAMGOLD must:

1. 1. 1. make an initial cash payment to Yorbeau on the effective date of the option agreement of an amount of C$1 million;
      2. fund and incur C$9 million of exploration expenditures in a period of up to forty-eight calendar months following the Effective Date, including minimum exploration expenditures in each 12‑month period of the Expenditure Period and at least 20,000 meters of diamond drilling within a twenty-four month period following the later of the Effective Date or the date all requiste governmental approvals or consents for the drilling program shall have been obtained;
      3. make interim cash payments to Yorbeau during the Expenditure Period of an aggregate amount of C$3 million;
      4. complete a resource estimate for the Property in accordance with IAMGOLD’s standard estimation and reporting practices subject to detailed technical parameters to be agreed between IAMGOLD and Yorbeau in the definitive option agreement; and
      5. make a final cash payment to Yorbeau, in three instalments over up to a two-year period following the Expenditure Period, in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (a) an amount calculated by multiplying the total number of ounces of gold identified in the resource estimate by C$15.00 and (b) C$30 million.

In addition to the final cash payment, Yorbeau will retain a 2% net smelter royalty on minerals produced from the Property. IAMGOLD will be the operator and project manager of the Property during the option period with Yorbeau to have representation on a technical committee which will oversee the work program.

The letter of intent is non-binding and subject to conditions, including completion of due diligence to IAMGOLD’s satisfaction, the negotiation and finalization of a satisfactory definitive agreement and the approval of the shareholders of Yorbeau which will be sought at a special meeting to be convened for such purposes.

Gérald Riverin, President of Yorbeau, stated: “Yorbeau is highly enthusiastic to partner with IAMGOLD, a major gold producer with ongoing mining operations in the vicinity of the Rouyn property. Signing the letter of intent marks a significant milestone for Yorbeau and the Rouyn project. We look forward to collaborating with IAMGOLD to finalize the definitive option agreement and advance the project with the intention of realizing value for all stakeholders.” 

About Yorbeau Resources Inc.

The Rouyn Property, wholly-owned by the Company, contains four known gold deposits in the 6-km-long Augmitto-Astoria corridor situated on the western portion of the property. Two of the four deposits, Astoria and Augmitto, have substantial underground infrastructure and have been the subject of Regulation 43-101 technical reports that include resource estimates. In 2015, the Company expanded its exploration property portfolio by acquiring strategic base metal properties in prospective areas of the Abitibi Belt of Quebec and Ontario that feature an infrastructure favourable for mining development. The newly acquired base metal properties include the Scott Project, which bears important mineral resources (see the press release dated March 30, 2017) and on which a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment was recently completed.