UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2024
| WESTERN URANIUM & VANADIUM CORP. |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) |
| Ontario, Canada | | 000-55626 | | 98-1271843 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 330 Bay Street, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | M5H 2S8 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (970) 864-2125
| N/A |
| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.) |
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 1, 2024, Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. (together with its affiliates, “Western” or the “Company”) executed a binding Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) to purchase 100% of the shares of Pinon Ridge Corporation, a Colorado corporation (“PRC”), from a private investor group and thereby acquire an approximately 900-acre property located in Montrose County, Colorado, where a uranium processing plant was previously licensed but never constructed. The Agreement provided that the former PRC shareholders were to be paid approximately US$830,000 for their PRC equity and shareholder loan repayments. As of October 3, 2024, Western has completed all such payments and the transaction has closed.
George Glasier, the President, CEO and a director of Western, and his wife Kathleen owned 50% of the shares of PRC, and Andrew Wilder, a director of Western, indirectly owned 3% of the shares of PRC, and so the transaction was considered a related party transaction within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions, a rule that applies to Western as a Canadian company. The Company’s Board of Directors established an independent committee of the Board comprised of directors who were not considered to have an interest in the transaction, and the independent committee oversaw the negotiation and approved the entering into the Agreement on behalf of the Company. Of the total cash paid to the sellers, approximately $414,000 was paid to George Glasier and approximately $24,000 was paid to an affiliate of Andrew Wilder.
The transaction will be accounted for as a purchase of an asset. Western also assumed certain PRC liabilities and obligations in the transaction, including royalty obligations payable to an unrelated third party based upon the mineral volume processed through any mineral processing plant that is located on the property.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 1, 2024, the Company issued a news release announcing its entry into the Agreement described in Item 1.01, above. The news release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 4, 2024 | WESTERN URANIUM & VANADIUM CORP. |
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| | By: | /s/ Robert Klein |
| | | Robert Klein |
| | | Chief Financial Officer |
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