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Blue Moon Metals Ends Ropa Acquisition and Completes Ontario Continuance
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Blue Moon Metals Inc. (BMM ) announced on October 30, 2026 that its proposed acquisition of a portfolio of 33 tungsten and antimony projects in the western United States, first announced on August 11, 2026 with consideration that included 2.8 million common shares valued at approximately US$15.5 million, has been terminated by mutual consent, and that the company’s previously announced corporate continuance from British Columbia to Ontario was completed effective October 23, 2026.
According to the company’s announcement, the proposed acquisition from a private owner on an arm’s-length basis was terminated by mutual consent of Blue Moon and the vendor in accordance with the letter agreement dated August 10, 2026.
Terms of the Terminated Acquisition
Under the August 11, 2026 announcement, consideration for the projects was to consist of 2.8 million common shares of the company at a price of US$5.55 per share, a total of approximately US$15.5 million, subject to a four-month holding period. The vendor was also to receive US$5.0 million in cash, with US$2.5 million payable on the closing date and US$2.5 million payable on the first anniversary of the closing date, as well as a 1.0% NSR royalty on each project.
The August agreement also provided for capped inferred-resource development milestone payments on tungsten projects advanced by Blue Moon, based on the grade of the first delineated inferred resource within 15 years of the closing date:
| First delineated inferred resource grade | Development payment |
|---|---|
| Under 0.15% WO3 | US$1.50 per MTU WO3 |
| 0.1501% to 0.30% WO3 | US$2.50 per MTU WO3 |
| 0.3001% to 0.45% WO3 | US$3.50 per MTU WO3 |
| Over 0.45% WO3 | US$4.50 per MTU WO3 |
Each development payment was capped at a maximum aggregate of US$8.5 million per project and was payable either in cash or split 50% cash and 50% in Blue Moon common shares, at Blue Moon’s election. A separate monetization incentive would have paid the vendor 10% of the consideration received by Blue Moon from the disposal of any project, payable in cash or shares at the company’s discretion, plus an inferred-resource development milestone payment of US$1.50 per MTU WO3 on tungsten projects advanced by the then owner of a project within 15 years of the closing date.
The projects, consisting of BLM and USFS lands, were to be acquired on a 100% ownership basis, and holding costs for the portfolio were approximately US$162,000 per year. A binding letter of intent was signed by the parties on August 10, 2026. The transaction was subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, had been expected to close in October 2026, and no finder’s fees were being paid.
The August announcement stated that the 33 projects were generally located in the most prolific tungsten and antimony producing districts in the United States, with historical production on or adjacent to almost all of them, and that they were proximal to the company’s Springer tungsten complex in Nevada and complementary to its Apex germanium-gallium-copper mine in Utah. Blue Moon designated four of the projects as high priority for potential direct shipping of high-grade tungsten ore to the Springer complex: the Oregon Mine in Colorado, Wildhorse Canyon in Idaho, Williams in Arizona, and Hub Mines in Nevada.
Citing historical records including USGS Professional Paper 245, the August release reported documented production at the Oregon Mine of approximately 5,000 short tons averaging about 14.51% WO3 between 1907 and 1929. At Wildhorse Canyon, recorded historical production between 1954 and 1957 was approximately 12,000 tons of ore yielding 7,461 short ton units of WO3, a grade of 0.62% WO3, and at Williams approximately 88,000 tonnes of ore were historically mined over the mine’s life at a grade of 0.75% WO3. The recorded average mill-feed grade for historical production at Hub Mines was approximately 1.4% WO3, with one shipment of hand-sorted ore recorded at about 20% WO3. The company cautioned that the Oregon Mine grades and the Hub Mines shipment came from hand-sorted ore that a qualified person has not verified and must not be relied upon, and it noted that no modern exploration, drilling under a documented program, QA/QC-controlled sampling or metallurgical test work had been carried out at the Oregon Mine or Hub Mines projects.
The transaction was also set to mark Blue Moon’s foray into antimony. According to the August announcement, at least five projects in the portfolio were historically high-grade former direct-ship ore sites, with 2% to 10% antimony in high-grade veins, and the company’s concept was either to sell the ore to a third party or, in due course, to build a small-scale antimony smelter at the Springer site; the release noted that two such small-scale facilities exist in the United States, one in Alaska and one in Montana. At the time, Blue Moon said it anticipated hiring a team to manage the projects and advance the key projects to the drilling stage over the following two years, and it saw the potential to begin direct shipping ore from one or more of the key projects within three years.
Jason Dunning, Blue Moon’s Head of U.S. Special Projects, stated in the August release: “This acquisition marks a meaningful step in Blue Moon’s strategy to build a leading US-focused critical metals platform.” Dunning said the company intended to methodically advance several of the projects with a focus on leveraging the Springer complex for potential processing, while seeking to unlock value from the broader portfolio through future monetization opportunities. The technical and scientific information in the August release was reviewed and approved by Dunning, a non-independent qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.
Continuance to Ontario
The October 30 announcement also confirmed that the company’s continuance from British Columbia under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) to Ontario under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) was completed effective October 23, 2026.
In connection with the continuance, Blue Moon adopted and filed with the Ontario ministry new articles and by-laws, which replaced the company’s prior notice of articles and articles. The continuance and the adoption of the new articles and by-laws were each approved by shareholders at the company’s annual and special meeting held on July 30, 2026. The company said copies of the certificate of continuance and the new articles and by-laws will be available on SEDAR+ under its issuer profile.
