Dissecting just one "insignificant" EMX press release out of dozens
EMX Sells its Moroccan Portfolio and Forms Exploration Alliance with Avesoro July 8, 2025 Strategic rationale: The sale of EMX’s Moroccan business unit is the latest example of efficient execution of our Royalty Generation business. It’s a simple headline, nothing out of the ordinary. This happens often in EMX. The details are as always very interesting: Is it worth 640 thousand USD or 64 million USD? 100x Schrödinger cat uncertainty. Typical. We’ll know 5-10 years from now... DETAILS Alliance stage: - Avesoro has made an execution payment to EMX of $650,000. - Avesoro will provide an initial pool of capital of at least $1.5 million/year to advance the alliance projects and to make new acquisitions within the country of Morocco. The initial term of the alliance will be two years. - Avesoro has agreed to provide the necessary funding to keep the projects in good standing during the term of the alliance. - At any time, Avesoro can elect to deem any of the projects a Designated Project (DP). - Any project that has not been converted to a DP by the end of the alliance term will be returned to EMX. Designated project stage: - Avesoro will retain a 100% ownership in each of the DPs, with EMX retaining a 2% NSR royalty that is uncapped and cannot be repurchased or reduced. - Each DP will have a minimum $2,500,000 work commitment for the first five years and each DP will be funded from an independent pool of capital. - Commencing on the first anniversary of the nomination of the first DP, EMX will receive a $50,000 advance royalty payment, escalating by 15% per year until the advance royalty payment reaches $100,000. - EMX will also receive additional advance royalty payments for each subsequent project for which a positive feasibility study is delivered. These will begin at $50,000, escalating by 15% per year until the project reaches production or the advance royalty payment reaches $100,000. - EMX will also receive milestone payments of $500,000 for each project for which a feasibility study is delivered, and $1,000,000 for each project that reaches production.