VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June  05, 2025  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ERAG Energie & Rohstoff AG PCC (the “Acquiror) announces that on February 8, 2024, HMS Bergbau AG (“HMS”), a joint actor of the Acquiror, entered into a Convertible Loan Agreement with Belmont Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BEA) (the “Issuer”) in the principal amount of CAD $368,000. The Loan bore no interest and was payable on or before July 1, 2024. If the Issuer failed to repay the Loan in full on or before July 1, 2024, interest on arrears of 12% per annum was payable by the issuer beginning on July 2, 2024. HMS had the option to have the Loan repaid through the issuance of 9,200,000 common shares at a deemed value of $0.04 per share.

Immediately prior to the entering into of the Convertible Loan Agreement, the Acquiror owned and controlled 14,000,000 Common Shares of the Issuer, representing approximately 15.11% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer.

As a result of HMS entering into the Convertible Loan Agreement, on a partially diluted basis (i.e., assuming full conversion of the Loan immediately after entering into the Convertible Loan Agreement), the Acquiror and HMS together held a total of 23,200,000 Common Shares, representing approximately 22.8% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding Common Shares.

Subsequently HMS exercised its conversion right and on March 6, 2024 HMS was issued 9,200,000 Common Shares of the Issuer. As a result of the conversion of the Loan and immediately following conversion, the Acquiror and HMS together held a total of 23,200,000 Common Shares, representing approximately 22.8% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding Common Shares.

The Convertible Loan Agreement was entered into for business and investment purposes. The Acquiror and HMS may, depending on market and other conditions, increase or decrease their beneficial ownership of or control or direction over the Issuer’s securities, whether in the open market, by privately negotiated agreements or otherwise, subject to a number of factors, including general market conditions and other available investment and business opportunities.

The Acquiror has filed an Early Warning Report pursuant to National Instrument 62-103F1 The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues describing the above transaction with the applicable securities regulatory authorities. To obtain a copy of the early warning report filed by the Acquiror, please contact the Acquiror c/o Gritt Bürger at +41 79 214 1614 or refer to the Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

ERAG Energie & Rohstoff AG PCC
Gritt Bürger, Director
[email protected]