MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA — (Marketwire) — 12/14/12 — (OTCBB: AEGY) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the mineral lease on 160 acres of land in Safford, AZ., which it intends to develop, mine and extract gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other precious metals from the site, and then refine and sell the resulting metals. An existing independent appraisal of the ore in place on the site is in excess of $600 million. The closing was completed with the assistance of Alexander Capital Equity, Inc., which had obtained contract rights to the mineral lease property earlier this year. As agreed as part of the closing, AEGY will commence the regulatory process of a 1:100 reverse split of its common stock, as previously announced, and an amendment of its Articles to increase the authorized common stock.
AEGY also has agreed to acquire a second property, a deposit of already mined black sand located in New Mexico, which has been independently valued at an estimated $540 million on site. The deposit is in excess of 55,000 tons of materials which are crushed and milled to approximately 200 mesh in size, washed and ready for refining. AEGY intends to transport the deposit for refining and sale.
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