Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN, SECURITY, AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of November 1, 2019
among
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY,
an Alaska corporation formerly known as
LITTLE SQUAW GOLD MINING COMPANY,
and
GOLDRICH PLACER, LLC,
a member-managed Alaska limited liability company,
and
NICHOLAS GALLAGHER
as holder of the Senior Notes
and
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 4165 LLC
NICHOLAS GALLAGHER
RYAN GILBERTSON
PETER HAFIZ
THOMAS HAMMERS
ANTHONY CHARLES HARTMANN
BEVERLY JOHNSON
NICHOLAS JOHNSON
SHARON JOHNSON
PROVIDENCE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
PROVIDENCE TWIN CITIES NO. 8 LLC
as holders of the Junior Notes
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN, SECURITY, AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN, SECURITY, AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT(this“Agreement”) is dated as November 1, 2019 (“Effective Date”), and entered into by and among
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY (“GMC”), an Alaska corporation formerly known as LITTLE SQUAW GOLD MINING COMPANY,
GOLDRICH PLACER, LLC (“GPL”, and together with GMC, the as “Grantors”), a member-managed Alaska limited liability company,
and
NICHOLAS GALLAGHER (“Gallagher”), as holder of the Senior Notes (as defined below),
and
the following parties, each a holder of a Junior Note (as defined below) (each such holder of a Junior Note a “Junior Holder,” all such holders together the “Junior Holders,” and the Junior Holders together with Gallagher (as holder of the Senior Notes) the “Holders”): CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 4165 LLC, NICHOLAS GALLAGHER, RYAN GILBERTSON, PETER HAFIZ, THOMAS HAMMERS, ANTHONY CHARLES HARTMANN, BEVERLY JOHNSON, NICHOLAS JOHNSON, SHARON JOHNSON, PROVIDENCE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, and PROVIDENCE TWIN CITIES NO. 8 LLC.
Recitals
A.In exchange for Gallagher’s promise to make additional loans to GMC from and after the Effective Date (up to a maximum principal amount of $394,736.84, the net proceeds of which to GMC will be $375,000),
(1)GMC desires to agree and confirm that it (a) is or will be the obligor each of the Senior Notes and (b) is the obligor under each of the Junior Notes;
(2)GPL desires to guarantee the obligations of GMC under,inter alia, each of the Notes (as defined below) by executing and delivering to the Holders a Guaranty in the form attached hereto asExhibit B (“Guaranty”).
B.To secure repayment of the Notes and other Obligations, Grantors are willing to grant to the Holders liens upon and security interests in certain collateral (“Collateral”) by executing, acknowledging, and delivering to Gallagher, as collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”) for and on behalf of the Holders, a Deed of Trust with
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Power of Sale, Assignment of Production, Security Agreement, and Financing Statement in the form attached hereto asExhibit C (“Deed of Trust”).
C.By entering into this Agreement, the Holders desire (1) to agree that the Senior Notes are entitled to be repaid in full before any of the Junior Notes are repaid, whether out of any proceeds of the Collateral or otherwise, (2) to agree that payments on the Junior Notes will be made pro rata to each Holder, (3) to appoint Gallagher as Collateral Agent on their behalf, as provided herein, and (4) to provide that any action commenced to collect any of the Notes, the commencement of any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure under the Deed of Trust, or the commencement or taking of any other actions pursuant thereto or in furtherance thereof will be commenced and taken on behalf of all Holders jointly and simultaneously.
D.Capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined above have the meanings set forth inSection 1 below.
Agreement
In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the Holders, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees as follows:
DEFINITIONS
“Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in Anchorage, Alaska are authorized or required by law to close.
“Collateral” means, at any time, all of the assets and property of each of GMC and GPL, whether real, personal or mixed, in which the holders of any Notes (or their Collateral Agent) hold a security interest at such time, including any property subject to liens or security interests granted by the Deed of Trust.
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“Default” means, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the delivery by Collateral Agent to Grantors of a notice declaring all Notes and other Obligations to be immediately due and payable.
“Event of Default” means any of the following:
(a)GMC fails to pay (i) any portion of the principal amount of any Note when due or (ii) any accrued and unpaid Interest when due and such failure continues for three (3) Business Days or (iii) any other amount that is due and payable under this Agreement, any Note, or the Deed of Trust and such failure continues for ten (10) Business Days after demand for such payment is made by the Agent for Holder;
(b)GMC fails to observe or perform any other Obligation, covenant, or agreement applicable to GMC under this Agreement as and when due and fails to cure such failure within 10 Business Days of notice of such failure by the Agent for Holder to GMC;
(c)GPL fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement applicable to GPL under the Guaranty and fails to cure such failure within 10 Business Days of notice of such failure by the Agent for Holder to GMC;
(d)the Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect or GPL so asserts in writing;
(e)GMC hereafter transfers any interest in GPL to any person other than (i) Holder or (ii) a person that is directly or indirectly wholly-owned by GMC;
(f)any representation or warranty made by GMC in this Agreement, or by GPL in this Agreement or the Guaranty, or by Trustor in the Deed of Trust proves to have been materially false or materially misleading when made;
(g)an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is commenced with respect to GMC or GPL, or GMC or GPL makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors or takes any corporate or company action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
(h)GMC or GPL executes an assignment with respect to substantially all of its assets;
(i)any alleged creditor of Trustor other than Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Holders) seeks (by way of claim, counterclaim, or cross-claim) to collect any amount allegedly due and owing to said creditor at that time; or
(j)the occurrence of any “Event of Default” not otherwise described above under any Note, the Guaranty, or the Deed of Trust.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(a)any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor;
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(b)any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or Bankruptcy Case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;
(c)any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(d)any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
“Junior Notes” means the following: all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by GMC to each Junior Holder of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, including all interest (including all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premiums, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and accountants’ fees incurred by Collateral Agent in connection with or related to any of the foregoing (except to the extent such premiums, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and accountants’ fees are included in Senior Notes), including but not limited to the obligations owed by GMC to each Junior Holder described onSchedule 2 attached hereto.
“Note” means any Senior Note or any Junior Note, and “Notes” means the Senior Notes and the Junior Notes, collectively.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Grantor from time to time owed to any Holder, the Collateral Agent, or any agent or trustee, in each case, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification, or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest and fees that accrue or are incurred after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. For the sake of clarity, the parties agree that the obligations of GMC under Section 2.1(a)(iii) of this Agreement are not Obligations and thus will not be secured by the Deed of Trust.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited partnership, governmental authority or other entity.
“Senior Notes” means the following:
(a)all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by GMC to Gallagher of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due but in any case limited to
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those arising from and after July 1, 2018 (but, for the sake of clarity, including any loans or advances made hereafter), including all interest (including all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premiums, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and accountants’ fees incurred by Gallagher in connection with or related to any of the foregoing (including all attorneys’ fees incurred by Gallagher after July 1, 2019, in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement (including all exhibits hereto)), including but not limited to the obligations owed by GMC to Gallagher described onSchedule 1 attached hereto; and
(b)all loans and advances made to GMC after the Effective Date by any new or existing Holder other than Gallagher, after Gallagher has consented in writing to such loan or advance becoming a Senior Note (with a priority equal to all other Senior Notes).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
(d)all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; and
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AGREEMENT RESPECTING NOTES, GUARANTY, COLLATERAL, RELATIVE PRIORITIES, AND COLLATERAL AGENT
2.1Confirmation of Obligations under the Notes, etc.
(a)GMC agrees and confirms as follows:
(i)GMC is or will be the obligor each of the Senior Notes,
(ii)GMC is the obligor under each of the Junior Notes,
(iii)GMC is obligated
(A)to issue warrants, no later than February 28, 2020, to finders NGB Capital Limited and Capital Investments 4165 LLC and to the original Holders of each of the Notes, in the amounts and on such terms as previously agreed by GMC;
(B)to pay, no later than February 28, 2021, (1) to the order of NGB Capital Limited a finder’s fee in the amount of $49,273, and (2) to the order of Capital Investments 4165 LLC a finder’s fee in the amount of $7,920;
(iv)GMC is obligated to reimburse Gallagher, no later than February 20, 2020, for up to $35,000 in legal fees and costs incurred by Gallagher in connection with this Agreement; and
(v)Gallagher is authorized to satisfy the amount described in (iv) of this paragraph and treat 105.26% of all such paid amounts as Senior Loans hereunder (as contemplated onSchedule 1 attached hereto).
(b)The parties agree that (i) the maturity date of all Obligations pertaining to any loan made prior to or on February 29, 2020, is February 29, 2020, and (ii) all Obligations pertaining to any loan made after February 29, 2020, are payable on demand of the Holder thereof.
(c)At any time any Holder may request that all Obligations owing to said Holder by GMC be memorialized in a written promissory note in the form attached hereto asExhibit A, whereupon GMC will execute and deliver such note to said Holder within five Business Days.
(d)GMC AGREES AND CONFIRMS THAT (i) IT IS PERSONALLY OBLIGATED AND FULLY LIABLE FOR THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE NOTES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS and (ii) COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS, HAS THE RIGHT TO SUE ON THE NOTES AND THE
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OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND TO OBTAIN A PERSONAL JUDGMENT AGAINST GMC FOR SATISFACTION OF THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE NOTES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE UNDER ALASKA STATUTES 09.45.170-09.45.220 OF THE DEED OF TRUST GIVEN BY GMC AND GPL TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE NOTES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
(e)Nothing herein limits the ability of GMC and any Holder to negotiate a separate agreement enabling GMC to issue shares to said Holder in satisfaction of some or all interest that may be due to said Holder.
(a)GPL agrees to execute and deliver to the Holders, on the Effective Date, the Guaranty.
(b)GPL AGREES AND CONFIRMS THAT (i) IT IS PERSONALLY OBLIGATED AND FULLY LIABLE FOR THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE GUARANTY and (ii) COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS, HAS THE RIGHT TO SUE ON THE GUARANTY AND TO OBTAIN A PERSONAL JUDGMENT AGAINST GPL FOR SATISFACTION OF THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE GUARANTY (INCLUDING AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE NOTES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS) EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE UNDER ALASKA STATUTES 09.45.170-09.45.220 OF THE DEED OF TRUST GIVEN BY GMC AND GPL TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE GUARANTY (INCLUDING AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE NOTES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS).
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necessary or desirable in connection with or as a result of such Default and (b) the discretion to defer giving notice of a Default or taking other actions notwithstanding the occurrence of an Event of Default. Notwithstanding the exclusive power, authority, and discretion vested in Collateral Agent, (i) Collateral Agent will not—without taking appropriate action—allow any statute of limitations to run on any Note or other Obligations owed by any Grantor to any Holder, and each Holder may act independently as it deems necessary to prevent any applicable statute of limitations from running, and (ii) when Collateral Agent commences any action to collect any of the Notes, commences any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure under the Deed of Trust, or commences or takes any other action pursuant thereto or in furtherance thereof, such action will be commenced and taken jointly and simultaneously on behalf of all Holders with respect to all Notes and other Obligations.
2.6No New Liens. So long as any Note remains unpaid in part, each Grantor agrees not to grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property owned or held by it unless any such additional Lien is approved in writing by Gallagher.
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS
NO RELIANCE; WAIVER AND RELEASE
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MISCELLANEOUS
5.4Notices. All notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be sent to every party hereto. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given (a) if delivered in person, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service, (c) in the event overnight delivery services are not readily available, if mailed by United States Express Mail, postage prepaid, or (d) if sent by telecopy or electronic mail (in portable document format). Notice so given shall be effective upon receipt by the addressee, except that communication or notice so transmitted by telecopy or other direct written electronic means (including email) shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the day (if a Business Day and, if not, on the next following Business Day) on which it is transmitted if transmitted before 4:00 p.m., Alaska time, on that day, and if
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transmitted after that time, on the next following Business Day;provided,however, that if any notice is tendered to an addressee and the delivery thereof is refused by such addressee, such notice shall be effective upon such tender. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.
5.6Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
[signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY,
an Alaska corporation formerly known as
LITTLE SQUAW GOLD MINING COMPANY
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:Attention: William Schara
2607 Southeast Blvd., Suite B211
Spokane, WA 99223-7614
Tel:+1 (509) 768-4468
Fax:+1 (509) 695-3289
Email:wschara@goldrichmining.com
If by email with copy to: ggallagher@goldrichmining.com
GOLDRICH PLACER, LLC,
a member-managed Alaska limited liability company
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:Attention: William Schara
2607 Southeast Blvd., Suite B211
Spokane, WA 99223-7614
Tel:+1 (509) 768-4468
Fax:+1 (509) 695-3289
Email:wschara@goldrichmining.com
If by email with copy to: ggallagher@goldrichmining.com
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_____________________________________
NICHOLAS GALLAGHER
Address:5 Churchfields
The K Club
Straffan
Kildare Ireland
Fax: +353-1-627-5294
Email: nick@ngbcapital.ie
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 4165 LLC,
a __________ limited liability company
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Fax:
Email:
RYAN GILBERTSON
Address:
Fax:
Email:
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_____________________________________
PETER HAFIZ
Address:
Fax:
Email:
_____________________________________
THOMAS HAMMERS
Address:
Fax:
Email:
_____________________________________
ANTHONY CHARLES HARTMANN
Address:
Fax:
Email:
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_____________________________________
BEVERLY JOHNSON
Address:
Fax:
Email:
_____________________________________
NICHOLAS JOHNSON
Address:
Fax:
Email:
_____________________________________
SHARON JOHNSON
Address:
Fax:
Email:
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PROVIDENCE MANAGEMENT
COMPANY LLC,
a __________ limited liability company
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Fax:
Email:
PROVIDENCE TWIN CITIES NO. 8 LLC,
a __________ limited liability company
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Fax:
Email:
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Promissory Note
[see attached]
EXHIBIT A—Cover Page
EXHIBIT B
Form of Guaranty
[see attached]
EXHIBIT B—Cover Page
EXHIBIT C
Form of Deed of Trust
[see attached]