Claude Resources Announces Agreement To Sell Certain Oil and Natural Gas
Assets
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SASKATOON, May 18 /CNW/ - Claude Resources Inc. ("Claude" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a private Canadian corporation (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to purchase a majority of the oil and natural gas assets owned by Claude. Gross proceeds from the transaction are expected to be $6.2 million.
Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory and other approvals. Also, sale of certain of the assets are subject to rights of first refusal held by third parties. The extent to which the rights of first refusal are exercised could impact completion of the purchase and sale transaction.
Claude Resources Inc. is a public company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-CRJ) and the NYSE Amex (NYSE Amex-CGR). Claude is a gold exploration and mining company with an asset base located entirely in Canada. Since 1991, Claude has produced approximately 890,000 ounces of gold from its Seabee mining operation in northeastern Saskatchewan. The Company also owns 100 percent of the 10,000 acre Madsen property in the prolific Red Lake gold camp of northwestern Ontario and has a 65 percent working interest in the Amisk Lake Gold Project in northeastern Saskatchewan.
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For further information: Neil McMillan, President & CEO, Claude Resources Inc., Phone: (306) 668-7505; or Marc Lepage, Investor Relations, Claude Resources Inc., Phone: (306) 668-7501; Email: [email protected], Website: www.clauderesources.com
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