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of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">Independence Group NL, a gold,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">nickel, copper and lead mining</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">company, from Dolphin</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">Resources Pty Ltd, in exchange</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">for 0.4 mil ordinary shares,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">valued at 0.052 mil Australian</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">dollars ($0.048 mil US). The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">shares were valued based on</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">MM's closing stock price of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">A$0.13 ($0.12) on April 15,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">the last full trading day</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">prior to the announcement.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>AUSTRALIA - Montezuma Mining Co Ltd (MM) agreed to acquire the remaining 10% stake, which it did not already own, in the Mt Padbury Project of Independence Group NL, a gold, nickel, copper and lead mining company, from Dolphin Resources Pty Ltd, in exchange for 0.4 mil ordinary shares, valued at 0.052 mil Australian dollars ($0.048 mil US). The shares were valued based on MM's closing stock price of A$0.13 ($0.12) on April 15, the last full trading day prior to the announcement.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AUSTRALIA - Montezuma Mining Co Ltd (MM) agreed to acquire the remaining 10% stake, which</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">it did not already own, in the Mt Padbury Project of Independence Group NL, a gold,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">nickel, copper and lead mining company, from Dolphin Resources Pty Ltd, in exchange for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">0.4 mil ordinary shares, valued at 0.052 mil Australian dollars ($0.048 mil US). The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">shares were valued based on MM's closing stock price of A$0.13 ($0.12) on April 15, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">last full trading day prior to the announcement.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AUSTRALIA - Montezuma Mining Co Ltd (MM) agreed to acquire the remaining 10% stake, which it did not already own, in the Mt Padbury Project of Independence Group NL, a gold, nickel, copper and lead</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">mining company, from Dolphin Resources Pty Ltd, in exchange for 0.4 mil ordinary shares, valued at 0.052 mil Australian dollars ($0.048 mil US). 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