SVBL 8-K
Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (SVBL)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 21, 2023, the board of directors of Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (“Silver Bull” or the “Company”) accepted the resignation of Darren Klinck as the President of the Company, and re-appointed the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Barry in the additional office of President of the Company.
Mr. Barry, 47, was appointed as Vice President – Exploration of Silver Bull in August 2010. Since March 2011, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Silver Bull, and also served as President of Silver Bull from March 2011 until October 1, 2021. In addition, Mr. Barry has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Arras Minerals Corp. (“Arras”) since February 5, 2021, and also served as President of Arras from February 5, 2021 to October 1, 2021. He is also currently a director of Torrent Gold Inc. (CSE: TGLD). Between 2006 and August 2010, Mr. Barry spent five years working as Chief Geologist in West and Central Africa for Dome Ventures Corporation (“Dome”). During this time, he managed all aspects of Dome’s exploration programs and oversaw corporate compliance for Dome’s various subsidiaries. Mr. Barry also served on Dome’s board of directors. In 2005, he worked as a project geologist in Mongolia for Entree Gold, a company that has a significant stake in the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Between 1998 and 2005, Mr. Barry worked as an exploration geologist for Ross River Minerals Inc. on its El Pulpo copper/gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico, for Canabrava Diamonds Corporation on its exploration programs in the James Bay lowlands in Ontario, Canada, and for Homestake Mining Company on its Plutonic Gold Mine in Western Australia. He has also worked as a mapping geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada in the Coast Mountains, and as a research assistant at the University of British Columbia, where he examined the potential of CO2 sequestration in Canada using ultramafic rocks. Mr. Barry received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Otago in Dundein, New Zealand and is a Chartered Professional Geologist (CPAusIMM). There are no family relationships between Mr. Barry and any director or executive officer of the Company.
There are no transactions between Mr. Barry and the Company that require disclosure pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K, except for his spouse’s subscription for 319,000 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of US$0.47 per Unit in connection with the second tranche of a private placement of the Company completed on November 9, 2020. Each Unit consisted of one share of Silver Bull common stock and one-half of one common stock purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire for US$0.59 in total one share of Silver Bull common stock and one common share of Arras, in each case until November 9, 2025.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 20, 2023, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, three proposals were submitted to the shareholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2023. As of the record date, February 23, 2023, a total of 35,055,652 shares of Silver Bull common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. In total, 12,669,434 shares of Silver Bull common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which represented approximately 36.14% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.
At the Annual Meeting, shareholders approved each of the three proposals that were submitted, (i) electing the slate of four persons to the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) ratifying and approving Smythe LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and (iii) approving, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. In connection with each of the election of directors and the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, there were a total of 4,228,474 broker non-votes. The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:
1. Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors. The shareholders elected the entire slate of directors presented to the shareholders. As a result, the Company’s Board of Directors consists of the four persons elected at the Annual Meeting.
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Name |
For |
Withheld | ||
| Brian D. Edgar | 8,309,550 | 131,410 | ||
| Timothy T. Barry | 8,319,507 | 121,453 | ||
| David T. Underwood | 8,328,566 | 112,394 | ||
| William F. Matlack | 8,338,181 | 102,779 |
2. Proposal No. 2 – Ratification and approval of the appointment of Smythe LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.
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For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 12,597,725 | 62,217 | 9,492 |
3. Proposal No. 3 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 7,931,514 | 352,052 | 157,394 |
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 24, 2023, the Company issued a press release regarding the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | News release, dated as of April 24, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
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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.
| Silver Bull resources, inc. | ||
| Date: April 24, 2023 | By: | /s/ Christopher Richards |
| Name: | Christopher Richards | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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Exhibit 99.1
| April 24, 2023 | OTCQB: SVBL, TSX: SVB |
SILVER BULL ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
VANCOUVER, BC – (April 24, 2023) – Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (TSX: SVB, OTCQB: SVBL) (“Silver Bull” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the detailed voting results of the proposals considered at its annual meeting of shareholders held on April 20, 2023 (the “Meeting”). A total of 12,669,434 or 36.14% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares were represented at the Meeting.
The following nominees, as listed in Silver Bull’s proxy statement, were re-elected as directors of the Company:
| Director | Votes For | % | Withheld Votes | % | ||||||||||||
| Brian Edgar | 8,309,550 | 98.4% | 131,410 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||
| Timothy Barry | 8,319,507 | 98.6% | 121,453 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
| David Underwood | 8,328,566 | 98.7% | 112,394 | 1.3% | ||||||||||||
| William Matlack | 8,338,181 | 98.8% | 102,779 | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
Silver Bull is also pleased to announce that the Company’s shareholders have ratified and approved the appointment of Smythe LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023 (12,597,725 or 99.4% voted “For”, 62,217 or 0.5% voted “Against” and 9,492 or 0.1% abstained from voting).
The Company’s shareholders also voted to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (7,931,514 or 94.0% voted “For”, 352,052 or 4.2% voted “Against”, and 157,394 or 1.8% abstained from voting).
Full details of the proposals are fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on February 28, 2023 available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
On
behalf of the Board of Directors
“Tim Barry”
Tim Barry, CPAusIMM
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Cautionary note regarding forward looking statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and Silver Bull’s and Arras’s future results that are subject to the safe harbors created under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act, and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the Mineral Resource estimates for the Sierra Mojada projects and the development of the project. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about Silver Bull’s and Arras’s exploration projects, the industry in which Silver Bull operates and the beliefs and assumptions of Silver Bull’s management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “continues,” “may,” variations of such words, and similar expressions and references to future periods, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including such factors as whether management’s focus will be as described in this news release, the results of exploration activities and whether the results continue to support continued exploration activities, unexpected variations in ore grade, types and metallurgy, volatility and level of commodity prices, the availability of sufficient future financing, and other matters discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Silver Bull’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 and our other periodic and current reports filed with the SEC and available on www.sec.gov and with the Canadian securities commissions available on www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.