{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"159779","rtpr_id":"nNFC77zjN7-20261002","ticker":"SXTY","exchange":"","all_tickers":["SXTY"],"title":"Sixty North Gold Announces Debt Settlements and Option Grants","author":"Newsfile Corp","published_at":"2026-10-02T22:39:35.763Z","article_body":"Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 2, 2026) - Sixty North\nGold Mining Ltd. (CSE: SXTY) (FSE: 2F40) (OTC Pink: SXNTF) (the \"Company\" or\n\"Sixty North Gold\") announces that that it has arranged debt settlements with\ncertain officers and directors of the Company to settle a total of $130,000 in\nindebtedness for accrued management and consulting fees from the period\nOctober 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, to be settled by the issuance and\ndelivery of a total of 928,570 common shares of the Company at a price of\n$0.14 per share within the next five (5) business days subject to the CSE\nraising no objection to such closing. GST on the outstanding amounts will be\npaid in cash by the Company. The shares will be subject to resale restrictions\nfor a period of 4 months and a day from their date of issuance.\n\nThe Company has also granted incentive stock options to its directors,\nofficers, and consultants to purchase a total of up to 1,275,000 common shares\nof the Company at an exercise price of $0.14 per share until October 2, 2031.\nThe options are not subject to vesting provisions.\n\nDebt settlements with directors and officers of the Company constitute related\nparty transactions for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101\nProtection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (\"MI 61-101\").\nThe Company intends to rely on the exemption from the formal valuation\nrequirement in MI 61-101 provided under section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 on the\nbasis that the Company's shares are not listed on any of the specified markets\nlisted in MI 61-101. The debt settlements are also exempt from the majority of\nthe minority approval requirement in MI 61-101 under section 5.7(1)(a) of MI\n61-101 on the basis that the fair market value of the debt settlements is less\nthan 25% of the Company's market capitalization.\n\nAbout the Company\n\nSixty North Gold is developing mining operations on its 100-per-cent-owned Mon\nGold Project. The Company has designed its operation to be as sustainable as\npossible.\n\nThe 100 tpd mill will only require 15 to 20 cubic meters of make-up water each\nday that will be sourced first from mine water discharge and lastly from fresh\nsources. The Mon Mine should use less water than a modest diamond drill\nprogram and have no liquid slurry to manage and net, the mill will have\nreduced fresh water usage by >85%.\n\nMining at the Mon Gold Mine in the 1990's extracted 15,000 tonnes of ore to\ndepths of only 15 metres below surface, recovering an estimated 15,000 ounces\nof gold (Company Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023 on SEDAR+ or\nhttps://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/technical-report/). Recently, underground\ndevelopment has intersected the productive A-Zone 17 m below the historic\nstopes as planned. A newly discovered zone, the DD-Zone is exposed in the main\nramp. The company plans to develop and mine stopes in the East Limb, West Limb\nand DD Zone and to extend the ramp to allow for the development of deeper\nlevels.\n\nThe silver-rich VMS deposits\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/volcanogenic-massive-sulphide-vms-deposits/),\nthe large shear zone-hosted gold targets\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/shear-zones/), and the\ncritical-element-enriched IOCG-style mineralization\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/iocg-target/) will be explored and\ndeveloped as warranted.\n\nThe Yellowknife gold camp hosts two mines that averaged 30 gpt gold or better\n(Discovery Mine with one million ounces of gold produced, and Sixty North\nGold's Mon Mine), and two that averaged 15 gpt or better for a total\nproduction of over 14 million ounces of gold (Con Mine and Giant Mine); (ref.\nCompany Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023). The Yellowknife Gold Belt\nis an historic gold producing camp where all of the mines commenced production\nat <100 tpd. Yellowknife has the people, services and experience to bring this\nArchean gold belt back to life.\n\nFor more information, please refer to the Company's public filings available\non SEDAR (www.sedarplus.ca), under the Company's profile.\n\nON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS\n\n\"Dave Webb\"\nDave Webb, President & CEO\n\nFor further information, please contact:\n\nDave Webb\nTel.: 604 818-1400\nEmail: dave@drwgcl.com\nWebsite: www.sixtynorthgold.com\n\nTHE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS NOT APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED THE CONTENT\nOF THIS PRESS RELEASE.\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release may contain \"forward-looking information\" within the meaning\nof applicable Canadian securities legislation.\n\nForward-looking information is based on certain assumptions that Sixty North\nGold believes are reasonable at this time, including assumptions as its\nability to receive, in a timely manner and on satisfactory terms, the\nnecessary regulatory and other third-party approvals.\n\nForward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks,\nuncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially\ndifferent from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.\nSuch risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks relating\nto the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; general economic,\nmarket and business conditions; fluctuations in securities markets and the\nmarket price of precious metals and of the Company's shares; and other risks\ninherent in the mining industry.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking\ninformation. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is\nmade as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable securities\nlaws, Sixty North Gold does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or\nto revise any of the included forward-looking information, whether as a result\nof new information, future events or otherwise.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317258","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nNFC77zjN7-20261002","title":"Sixty North Gold Announces Debt Settlements and Option Grants","author":"Newsfile Corp","ticker":"SXTY","created":"2026-10-02T22:39:35.763Z","tickers":["SXTY"],"exchange":"","article_body":"Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 2, 2026) - Sixty North\nGold Mining Ltd. (CSE: SXTY) (FSE: 2F40) (OTC Pink: SXNTF) (the \"Company\" or\n\"Sixty North Gold\") announces that that it has arranged debt settlements with\ncertain officers and directors of the Company to settle a total of $130,000 in\nindebtedness for accrued management and consulting fees from the period\nOctober 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, to be settled by the issuance and\ndelivery of a total of 928,570 common shares of the Company at a price of\n$0.14 per share within the next five (5) business days subject to the CSE\nraising no objection to such closing. GST on the outstanding amounts will be\npaid in cash by the Company. The shares will be subject to resale restrictions\nfor a period of 4 months and a day from their date of issuance.\n\nThe Company has also granted incentive stock options to its directors,\nofficers, and consultants to purchase a total of up to 1,275,000 common shares\nof the Company at an exercise price of $0.14 per share until October 2, 2031.\nThe options are not subject to vesting provisions.\n\nDebt settlements with directors and officers of the Company constitute related\nparty transactions for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101\nProtection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (\"MI 61-101\").\nThe Company intends to rely on the exemption from the formal valuation\nrequirement in MI 61-101 provided under section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 on the\nbasis that the Company's shares are not listed on any of the specified markets\nlisted in MI 61-101. The debt settlements are also exempt from the majority of\nthe minority approval requirement in MI 61-101 under section 5.7(1)(a) of MI\n61-101 on the basis that the fair market value of the debt settlements is less\nthan 25% of the Company's market capitalization.\n\nAbout the Company\n\nSixty North Gold is developing mining operations on its 100-per-cent-owned Mon\nGold Project. The Company has designed its operation to be as sustainable as\npossible.\n\nThe 100 tpd mill will only require 15 to 20 cubic meters of make-up water each\nday that will be sourced first from mine water discharge and lastly from fresh\nsources. The Mon Mine should use less water than a modest diamond drill\nprogram and have no liquid slurry to manage and net, the mill will have\nreduced fresh water usage by >85%.\n\nMining at the Mon Gold Mine in the 1990's extracted 15,000 tonnes of ore to\ndepths of only 15 metres below surface, recovering an estimated 15,000 ounces\nof gold (Company Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023 on SEDAR+ or\nhttps://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/technical-report/). Recently, underground\ndevelopment has intersected the productive A-Zone 17 m below the historic\nstopes as planned. A newly discovered zone, the DD-Zone is exposed in the main\nramp. The company plans to develop and mine stopes in the East Limb, West Limb\nand DD Zone and to extend the ramp to allow for the development of deeper\nlevels.\n\nThe silver-rich VMS deposits\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/volcanogenic-massive-sulphide-vms-deposits/),\nthe large shear zone-hosted gold targets\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/shear-zones/), and the\ncritical-element-enriched IOCG-style mineralization\n(https://sixtynorthgold.com/projects/iocg-target/) will be explored and\ndeveloped as warranted.\n\nThe Yellowknife gold camp hosts two mines that averaged 30 gpt gold or better\n(Discovery Mine with one million ounces of gold produced, and Sixty North\nGold's Mon Mine), and two that averaged 15 gpt or better for a total\nproduction of over 14 million ounces of gold (Con Mine and Giant Mine); (ref.\nCompany Technical Report NI 43-101, August 3, 2023). The Yellowknife Gold Belt\nis an historic gold producing camp where all of the mines commenced production\nat <100 tpd. Yellowknife has the people, services and experience to bring this\nArchean gold belt back to life.\n\nFor more information, please refer to the Company's public filings available\non SEDAR (www.sedarplus.ca), under the Company's profile.\n\nON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS\n\n\"Dave Webb\"\nDave Webb, President & CEO\n\nFor further information, please contact:\n\nDave Webb\nTel.: 604 818-1400\nEmail: dave@drwgcl.com\nWebsite: www.sixtynorthgold.com\n\nTHE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE HAS NOT APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED THE CONTENT\nOF THIS PRESS RELEASE.\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis news release may contain \"forward-looking information\" within the meaning\nof applicable Canadian securities legislation.\n\nForward-looking information is based on certain assumptions that Sixty North\nGold believes are reasonable at this time, including assumptions as its\nability to receive, in a timely manner and on satisfactory terms, the\nnecessary regulatory and other third-party approvals.\n\nForward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks,\nuncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially\ndifferent from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.\nSuch risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks relating\nto the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; general economic,\nmarket and business conditions; fluctuations in securities markets and the\nmarket price of precious metals and of the Company's shares; and other risks\ninherent in the mining industry.\n\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking\ninformation. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is\nmade as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable securities\nlaws, Sixty North Gold does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or\nto revise any of the included forward-looking information, whether as a result\nof new information, future events or otherwise.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317258"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-02T22:39:35.819890061Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790980775819},"received_at":"2026-10-02T22:39:35.872Z","source_url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/317258"},"analysis":{"id":"148362","press_release_id":"159779","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Metals & Mining","sector":"Materials"},"redFlags":["insiders paid in shares for a full year of accrued fees signals cash constraints","options granted with no vesting provisions","related-party debt settlement relying on MI 61-101 exemptions"],"eventType":"debt_offering","narrative":"Sixty North Gold arranged to settle $130,000 of accrued management and consulting fees owed to its own officers and directors by issuing 928,570 shares at $0.14 per share.\n\nThe company also granted 1,275,000 stock options at $0.14, exercisable until October 2, 2031, with no vesting provisions.\n\nThe debt settlements are related-party transactions relying on MI 61-101 exemptions, a common but governance-sensitive practice at cash-constrained micro-cap explorers.","sentiment":"bearish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Insider fee settlement in shares plus unvested option grants -- micro-cap cash-flow strain signal."},"keyFigures":{"dealValueUsd":130000,"offeringPrice":0.14,"sharesOffered":928570,"customDimensions":{"option_expiry":"October 2, 2031","options_granted":1275000,"option_exercise_price":0.14}},"quotedText":"debt settlements with certain officers and directors of the Company to settle a total of $130,000 in indebtedness for accrued management and consulting fees","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Dave Webb","role":"President & CEO"}],"products":["Mon Gold Project"],"companies":[{"name":"Sixty North Gold Mining Ltd.","ticker":"SXTY"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$130,000","context":"debt settled via share issuance for accrued management and consulting fees"},{"amount":"$0.14","context":"per-share price for debt settlement shares and option exercise price"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Small-cap micro-cap corporate housekeeping: $130,000 of accrued insider fees settled via share issuance plus option grants. 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