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EarthLabs Closes Acquisition of The Northern Miner, Canadian Mining Journal and MINING.COM

EarthLabs Closes Acquisition of The Northern Miner, Canadian Mining Journal and MINING.COM

EarthLabs 完成对《北方矿业报》、《加拿大矿业日报》和 MINING.COM 的收购
newsfile ·  2023/12/01 16:10
  • EarthLabs' acquisition of major mining media outlets, including The Northern Miner, Canadian Mining Journal, and MINING.COM, strengthens SaaS offerings, aligning with CEO.CA and DigiGeoData.

  • Expansion offers subscribers enhanced access to mining news, community discussions, data analytics, and enriched event experiences.

  • 与CEO.CA和DigiGeoData保持一致,EarthLabs收购了包括《北方矿业报》、《加拿大矿业日报》和MININGEO.COM在内的主要矿业媒体,从而加强了SaaS的产品。

  • Expansion为订阅者提供了更多获取采矿新闻、社区讨论、数据分析和丰富活动体验的渠道。

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 1, 2023) - EarthLabs Inc. (TSXV: SPOT) (OTCQX: SPOFF) ("EarthLabs" or the "Company"), a leading mineral exploration technology and investment company, is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of The Northern Miner Group ("TNM Group"), a leading group of mining media brands including The Northern Miner ("TNM"), Canadian Mining Journal ("CMJ") and MINING.COM. The acquisition was completed pursuant to a definitive agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") dated October 26, 2023 with Glacier Media Inc. and Glacier Rig Ltd. as vendors, as previously announced on October 26, 2023.

安大略省多伦多--(新闻文件公司-2023 年 12 月 1 日)- EarthLabs Inc.TSXV: SPOT) (OTCQX: SPOFF) (”地球实验室“或者”公司领先的矿产勘探技术和投资公司 “)很高兴地宣布,它已经完成了先前宣布的对北方矿业集团(“TNM Group”)的收购,该集团由矿业媒体品牌组成的领先集团包括 北方矿工 (“TNM”), 《加拿大矿业杂志》 (“CMJ”)和 MINING.COM。此次收购是根据最终协议完成的(”最终协议“) 日期为2023年10月26日,由Glacier Media Inc.和Glacier Rig Ltd.作为供应商,正如先前于2023年10月26日宣布的那样。

Recognized as one of the mining industry's largest media outlets, TNM Group brands are read by 674,000+ monthly users, recording 1,480,000+ monthly pageviews and 173,200+ digital subscribers, per the TNM Group. In addition to the news and media division, the group includes virtual and in-person events through TNM Symposiums as well as data products including TNM Marco Polo, a mining intelligence subscription platform and TNM Maps, distributed to an online audience of over 800,000+ as well as key mining events and trade shows throughout the year (PDAC, CIM, VRIC, MinExpo).

根据TNM集团的数据,TNM集团被公认为采矿业最大的媒体机构之一,每月有超过67.4万名用户阅读,每月浏览量超过1480,000次,数字订阅人数超过173,200人。除新闻和媒体部门外,该小组还通过以下方式包括虚拟和面对面活动 TNM 座谈会 以及数据产品,包括 TNM Marco Polo、采矿情报订阅平台和 TNM 地图,全年向超过80万在线观众以及重要的采矿活动和贸易展览会(PDAC、CIM、VRIC、MinExpo)分发。

"We at EarthLabs are thrilled to enhance our media portfolio with these legacy media assets and their skilled staff," said Denis Laviolette, Executive Chairman and CEO of EarthLabs. "This acquisition is a strategic step in strengthening our position in the media landscape, combining quality journalism with our wide-reaching platforms, including CEO.CA, to boost both our advertising and recurring revenues while maintaining the integrity of these well-established brands."

EarthLabs执行董事长兼首席执行官丹尼斯·拉维奥莱特说:“我们EarthLabs很高兴能够利用这些传统媒体资产及其熟练的员工来扩大我们的媒体产品组合。“此次收购是巩固我们在媒体领域地位的战略步骤,将高质量的新闻与包括CEO.CA在内的广泛平台相结合,以提高我们的广告和经常性收入,同时保持这些知名品牌的完整性。”

A New Global Mining Media Leader

新的全球矿业媒体领袖

TNM Group presents a highly complementary portfolio with EarthLabs' subsidiary assets CEO.CA and DigiGeoData and enhances EarthLabs' acquisition strategy in a compelling way. CEO.CA, the largest social media platform for resource investors, offers a unique ecosystem where mineral explorers, investors, and other stakeholders engage in high-level discussions, share insights, and make data-driven decisions. The platform's extensive reach and engaged user base serve as a natural complement to the newly acquired media assets.

TNM集团推出了与EarthLabs子公司资产高度互补的投资组合 CEO.CAdigeoData 并以令人信服的方式增强了EarthLabs的收购策略。CEO.CA是最大的资源投资者社交媒体平台,它提供了一个独特的生态系统,矿产勘探者、投资者和其他利益相关者可以在该生态系统中进行高层讨论,分享见解并做出数据驱动的决策。该平台的广泛影响力和活跃的用户群是对新收购的媒体资产的自然补充。

Together, they create a powerhouse of information and community engagement, solidifying EarthLabs as a global leader in mining media. This unified approach presents immediate and long-term value creation opportunities from cross-platform product sales, and streamlines distribution, providing significant scale, quality, and geographic reach.

它们共同创造了信息和社区参与的强大力量,巩固了EarthLabs作为矿业媒体全球领导者的地位。这种统一的方法为跨平台产品销售提供了即时和长期的价值创造机会,并简化了分销,从而提供了显著的规模、质量和地域覆盖面。

Significant Scale, Quality, Product Diversity and Geographic Reach in The Most Attractive Mining News Markets

在最具吸引力的矿业新闻市场中,规模、质量、产品多样性和地理覆盖面都很大

Northern Miner - Mining News & Industry Intelligence Since 1915

Northern Miner-1915 年以来的矿业新闻和行业情报

The Northern Miner (TNM) is a monthly newspaper and digital resource with over a century of archives and historical data. Since 1915, TNM has served the mining and exploration industry with crucial on-site reporting at mining projects across the globe by a team of senior writing staff, informing the decision-making process of thousands of high-performing mining professionals.

《北方矿工》(TNM)是一家月报和数字资源,拥有超过一个世纪的档案和历史数据。自1915年以来,TNM一直为采矿和勘探行业提供由高级写作人员组成的团队对全球采矿项目的重要现场报告,为成千上万业绩优异的采矿专业人员的决策过程提供信息。

Canadian Mining Journal - Canada's Most-Read Mining Magazine

加拿大矿业杂志-加拿大最受欢迎的矿业杂志

Canadian Mining Journal (CMJ) was established in 1882 to serve a crucial role: sharing information to advance the mining industry. Available in both print and digital formats, CMJ closely follows industry trends, including the latest advancements in mineral exploration and technology. By keeping pace with these innovations, CMJ remains a must-read, offering critical insights for professionals navigating the ever-changing landscape of the mining industry.

《加拿大矿业杂志》(CMJ)成立于1882年,其作用至关重要:共享信息以推动采矿业的发展。CMJ 提供印刷和数字两种格式,密切关注行业趋势,包括矿产勘探和技术的最新进展。通过紧跟这些创新的步伐,《CMJ》仍然是必读的书,它为探索采矿业不断变化的格局的专业人士提供了重要的见解。

MINING.COM - The Leading Digital Destination Serving the Global Mining Industry

MINING.COM-服务于全球采矿业的领先数字目的地

A global leader in online mining news since 2011, MINING.COM seeks to educate, inform, connect, and influence, building a community that connects people with reliable and up to date resources. Read by over 500,000 monthly users industry professionals and decision makers across the world, MINING.COM is the world's digital destination for mining news, with 60% of site visitors now located outside North America. Miners, investors, and industry players from around the world choose MINING.COM every day for their real-time news source on everything mining.

自2011年以来,MINING.COM一直是在线采矿新闻领域的全球领导者,致力于提供教育、信息、联系和影响力,建立一个将人们与可靠的最新资源联系起来的社区。MINING.COM是全球矿业新闻的数字目的地,每月有超过50万用户、行业专业人士和决策者阅读,现在有60%的网站访问者位于北美以外。来自世界各地的矿工、投资者和行业参与者每天都选择MINING.COM作为他们有关所有采矿的实时新闻来源。

Tools to Navigate the Mining World with Confidence: News, Market Insights, and Specialized Intelligence

充满信心地驾驭矿业世界的工具:新闻、市场洞察和专业情报

TNM Group's enhanced subscription products provide access to industry news, insights, and data:

TNM Group 的增强版订阅产品可访问行业新闻、见解和数据:

  • TNM News + Markets subscriptions offer unlimited access to every story on The Northern Miner and MINING.COM alongside MINING.COM Markets, a data subscription providing real-time market, commodity, and stock information.

  • TNM Marco Polo - the next generation of the TNM Mines Handbook fueled by market data, financial information, personnel, reserves, resources, and more.

  • TNM Archives - a century of untapped mineral resource and exploration data, inclusive of historical drill holes, project exploration and technical reports.

  • TNM 新闻 + 市场 订阅可无限制地访问《北方矿工》和《MINING.COM》上的所有报道,以及提供实时市场、商品和股票信息的数据订阅MINING.COM Markets。

  • TNM Marco Polo -由市场数据、财务信息、人员、储量、资源等推动的下一代《TNM 矿业手册》。

  • TNM 档案馆 -一个世纪未开发的矿产资源和勘探数据,包括历史钻孔、项目勘探和技术报告。

EarthLabs will add its in-house artificial intelligence, data visualization and real-time analytics expertise to enhance the subscription experience, developing new value-add products and services.

EarthLabs将增加其内部人工智能、数据可视化和实时分析专业知识,以增强订阅体验,开发新的增值产品和服务。

TNM Maps and DigiGeoData Maps will also combine forces, emerging as the industry standard for mining project "Hot Play" activity mapping, with distribution to an online audience of over 1M+ as well as key mining events, trade shows and via DigiGeoData's Atlas GIS-based interactive mapping interface.

TNM Maps和DigiGeoData Maps也将联合起来,成为采矿项目 “Hot Play” 活动测绘的行业标准,向超过100万的在线受众以及重要的采矿活动、贸易展览以及通过DigigeoData基于Atlas GIS的交互式测绘界面进行分发。

Consideration Details

对价详情

The consideration for the acquisition of the TNM Group consists of the aggregate cash payment of $4,000,000, subject to working capital adjustments. The cash payment is comprised of (i) a cash deposit of $200,000 paid upon signing of the Definitive Agreement; (ii) a cash payment equal to $2,300,000 paid at the time of closing; and (ii) a promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 payable over two years and which is secured by a general security agreement against the assets of EarthLabs and its new technology division. In connection with the acquisition, (i) the parties entered into a transition services agreement which shall provide for a timely and efficient transfer of the TNM, CMJ and MINING.COM operations; and (ii) Glacier Rig Ltd executed a non-competition and non-solicitation agreement with EarthLabs. There are no finder's fees associated with the acquisition and the Company is not assuming any material debt from Glacier Rig Ltd.

收购TNM集团的对价包括总额为400万美元的现金支付,但须进行营运资金调整。现金付款包括:(i)签署最终协议时支付的20万美元现金押金;(ii)在收盘时支付的相当于230万美元的现金付款;(ii)本金总额为150万美元的期票,期票将在两年内支付,并由针对EarthLabs及其新技术部门的资产的普通担保协议担保。就此次收购而言,(i)双方签订了过渡服务协议,该协议将规定及时有效地转让TNM、CMJ和MINING.COM的业务;(ii)Glacier Rig Ltd与EarthLabs签订了不竞争和非招标协议。此次收购不收取任何发现费,该公司也没有承担Glacier Rig Ltd的任何重大债务。

TNM Group will now operate as a stand-alone division under EarthLabs, maintaining its existing brand names and leadership structures while also benefiting from the resources of support of EarthLabs' global presence.

TNM集团现在将作为EarthLabs旗下的独立部门运营,保持其现有的品牌名称和领导结构,同时还将受益于EarthLabs全球影响力的支持资源。

About EarthLabs Inc.

关于 EarthLabs Inc.

EarthLabs Inc. (TSXV: SPOT) (OTCQX: SPOFF) is a mining investment and technology company that aims to provide strategic leverage to the metals and mining sector through investments, royalties and a full suite of data-driven media SaaS tools and services.

EarthLabs Inc.(多伦多证券交易所股票代码:SPOT)(OTCQX:SPOF)是一家矿业投资和技术公司,旨在通过投资、特许权使用费和全套数据驱动的媒体SaaS工具和服务,为金属和采矿业提供战略杠杆作用。

For further information please contact:

欲了解更多信息,请联系:

Denis Laviolette
Executive Chairman and CEO
EarthLabs Inc.
Tel: 647-345-7768
Email: investors@earthlabs.com

丹尼斯·拉维奥莱特
执行董事长兼首席执行官
EarthLabs Inc.
电话:647-345-7768
电子邮件:investors@earthlabs.com

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多伦多证券交易所风险交易所(“多伦多证券交易所”)、场外最佳市场(OTCQX)及其监管服务提供商(该术语在多伦多证券交易所政策中定义)均不对本新闻稿的充分性或准确性承担责任。

Cautionary Statement on Forward -Looking Information

关于前瞻性信息的警示声明

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This news release contains forward-looking information which involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals or future plans, statements regarding future plans, and the Company's expectations regarding future monthly users, pageviews, growth and future plans with respect to the TNM Group. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, factors effecting the Company's investees such as the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required regulatory, governmental, environmental or other project approvals, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

证券交易所、证券委员会或其他监管机构均未批准或不批准此处包含的信息。本新闻稿包含前瞻性信息,这些信息涉及风险、不确定性和其他因素,这些因素可能导致实际事件、业绩、业绩、前景和机会与此类前瞻性信息所表达或暗示的存在重大差异。本新闻稿中的前瞻性信息包括但不限于公司的目标、目标或未来计划、有关未来计划的陈述,以及公司对TNM集团未来月度用户、浏览量、增长和未来计划的预期。可能导致实际业绩与此类前瞻性信息存在重大差异的因素包括但不限于资本和运营成本与估计值存在显著差异、与未来所需融资可用性和成本相关的不确定性、股票市场的变化、通货膨胀、影响公司被投资者的因素,例如冶金测试结果的初步性质,延迟获得或未能获得所需的监管机构、政府、环境或其他项目批准,波动大宗商品价格、项目开发延迟以及矿产勘探和开发行业涉及的其他风险,以及公司向SEDAR提交的公开文件中列出的风险。尽管公司认为在准备本新闻稿中前瞻性信息时使用的假设和因素是合理的,但不应过分依赖此类信息,这些信息仅适用于本新闻稿发布之日,并且无法保证此类事件将在披露的时间框架内或根本不会发生。除非法律要求,否则公司不打算或没有义务更新或修改任何前瞻性信息,无论是由于新信息、未来事件还是其他原因。

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