Marathon Gold Announces Royalty Acquisition by Franco-Nevada and Flow-Through Offering

TORONTO, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marathon Gold Corporation (“Marathon” or the “Corporation”; TSX: MOZ) is pleased to announce the sale of an additional 1.5% net smelter returns royalty (“NSR”) on its Valentine Gold Project (“Valentine” or the “Project”) to Franco-Nevada Corporation (“Franco-Nevada”) for US$45 million, resulting in Franco-Nevada holding an aggregate 3.0% NSR on the Project. In addition, Franco-Nevada has offered to purchase common shares of the Corporation comprising the entire back-end of a C$6.9 million non-brokered charity flow-through offering for which Marathon has firm commitments at a price of C$1.0488 per flow-through share (the “Offering”). Marathon intends to use the proceeds of the Offering for eligible exploration expenditures at the Project.

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