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Note 13 - Agreements and Commitments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
13.
AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS
 
Industrial Minerals/Linne/Jacero Agreements
 
March 24, 2009,
the Company signed a supply contract agreement with Industrial Minerals SA (“
IM”), a Swiss Company.  The agreement is for IM to purchase all of the gold and silver concentrate produced at the Company's Toukhmanuk facility at
85%
of LBMA less certain treatment and refining charges.  
 
On
February 25, 2010,
the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Mego entered into an agreement with IM to
provide Mego with an advance of
$450,000
from IM against future sales of gold and silver concentrate (the “Advance”).   The Advance was provided by IM on
February 26, 2010.  
The Company owed
$
87,020
from the Advance as of
June 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016.
 
Key terms include; that Mego provides IM with an exclusive off-take agreement for its gold and silver concentrate in Armenia through
December 31, 2012;
for
2009
and until
February 25, 2010,
the price IM paid Mego for gold and silver concentrate was c
alculated based on
85%
of the London AM/PM Gold Fixation and London Silver Spot (“London Rates”), until Mego delivers
2,250
metric tons of concentrate the
85%
is reduced to
80%,
after
2,250
metric tons have been delivered the price will revert to
85%
of London Rates; Mego provides IM with a security interest in its current ore stockpile in Armenia; and the Company provides for a corporate guarantee for repayment of the Advance.
 
On
July 5, 2013,
the Company through its majority owned subsidiary Global Gold
Consolidated Resources Limited, a Jersey Island private limited liability company (“GGCRL”), and GGCRL wholly owned subsidiaries GGCR Mining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GGCR Mining”), and Mego-Gold, LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic of Armenia (“Mego”), concluded a
fifteen
year mine operating agreement, all as further described in Exhibit
10.62
below, with Linne Mining LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic of Armenia (“Linne”), as the operator along with an
$8,800,000
debt facilities agreement to fund future production at the central section of the Toukhmanuk gold-silver open pit mine in Armenia. The debt facility includes interest at LIBOR plus
8%,
and the operator, Linne, has an incentive based compensation model, to be paid approved costs plus
10%
of the actual sales of gold, all as further described in Exhibit
10.63
below. The Company has signed as a Guarantor on the debt facility agreement.
 
The existing offtake agreement with Industr
ial Minerals, SA was also extended until the end of
2027,
all as further described in Exhibit
10.64
below, and share options for up to
10%
in GGCRL or the subsidiary project company in Armenia were also granted in related agreements with Jacero Holdings Limited, a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus (“Jacero”), all as further described in Exhibit
10.65
below. 
 
In
January 2016
and since, the Company has been engaged with counsel and principals for Linne Mining and Industrial Mi
nerals to disclose the substantiation for amounts drawn under the Debt Facilities Agreement, reconcile evidence of misappropriation of funds by the mine contractor, comply with the Debt Facilities and Operating Agreements, pay the claims Global Gold has made for the breaches of Linne Mining and amicably resolve outstanding disputes without success.  The Company has taken the position that the agreed dispute resolution provisions starting with the
60
day good faith negotiating period commence upon provision of the material to substantiate the claims made by Linne Mining, but that information has
not
been forthcoming.   The refusal to turn over this required information has also affected our financial reporting in that we lack a basis to have capital and other expenses claimed by Linne Mining for the benefit of the project confirmed.  After the Company presented its position and evidence, Linne advanced a claim of lost profits of approximately
$30.6
million  Linne was contractually obligated to operate the mine and produce at certain levels agreed by the parties.  Linne utterly and admittedly failed to do so then abdicated as the evidence mounted that its former director Janiko Kaplanishvili was misappropriating funds.  We have also learned that from
2013
-
2015,
 he spent less than
45
days in the country
not
all of which were even at the mine site.  We have learned of the deception in attendance to agreed work as well as other fundamental breaches, including using funds drawn for project purposes for personal and other unrelated purposes. The
$30.6
million claim is for lost profits based on the mine contractor’s 
10%
bonus payment which was to be earned from production but the contractor for its own reasons and in violation of the agreement did
not
produce.  We are disclosing the claim to be transparent, but note that it was only made after the Company pointed out that the contractor failed to perform and owed us for our lost profit and other damages, of which their claim is only
10%.
  If the matter is
not
amicably resolved, the Company will need to resort to legal recourse to extract the information being withheld and the monetary damages.  The contractor has totally left the mine site and the Company has full control, although we have maintained the contractor remains responsible under the contract. Linne Mining has filed a claim to be registered as a creditor towards Mego Gold to both of these bankruptcy in the amount of
39
million USD for damages and lost profit. Mego Gold has responded and appealed these claims, as Linne's claim is entirely groundless, violates the law of Republic of Armenia, Convention of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards as well as the
 
Operating Agreement signed between Mego and Linne
on 
05.07.2013,
on the ground of which Linne claims
39
million USD. This case is still under process and Mego Gold anticipates Linne's claim to be rejected entirely.  In
2016
Interkapal filed a claim against Mego Gold and Linne
Mining cooperatively, to pa
y the remaining amount of approximately
41,380,000
AMD (
not
including state fees and penalties over
800,000
AMD) under the construction agreement signed between the parties. The court of
first
instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative regions of Yerevan city, RA, satisfied Interkapal's claim, thus obligating Mego and Linne jointly to pay the amount. Mego and Linne both appealed the verdict of the court of
first
instance and the Appellate court of RA rejected Mego's claim and satisfied Linne's claim, thus making Mego the only party obligated to pay
41,380,000
AMD to Interkapal. Mego appealed the ruling of the appellate court to the Cassation court of RA, which rejected the appeal. The ruling of the Cassation court is final but the matter also falls within the disputes between the Company and Linne which was responsible for Interkapal and the Company is pursuing that claim.   
 
 
Viking Investment/CREO Agreements
 
On
July 5, 2013,
GGCRL, and its wholly owned affiliates Mego, and Getik Mining Company,
a limited liability company incorporated in the Republic of Armenia (“Getik”), also finalized an agreement effective
June 20, 2013
with Creo Design (Pty) Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (“CREO”), and Viking Investment Limited, a company incorporated in the Hong Kong (“Viking”). The agreement is for CREO to manage the technical work with local employees and contractors leading to feasibility studies at the Getik property in Armenia as well as at the
50
plus square kilometer exploration license area surrounding the central section of the Toukhmanuk mine. The agreement also calls for Viking to finance the initial budgeted expenses until GGCRL is publicly listed at a charge of costs plus
10%,
all as further described in Exhibit
10.66
below.
 
As of
June 30, 2017
and as of the date of this Report, Viking and CREO have failed to meet their obligations and are in material breach of the contract. The Company is reviewing its options with respect to the breaches of contract and to preserve the Getik licenses.
 
 
Caldera Agreements
 
On
November 10, 2014,
the
International Centre for Dispute Resolution Final Award, with retired Justice Herman Cahn as the sole arbitrator, ruled in favor of Global Gold on damages and a range of other outstanding issues. The total damage award is
$10,844,413
with interest at
9%
and penalties continuing to accrue if Caldera does
not
comply with the equitable relief granted. Of the total damage award,
$3
million is compensation and
$1
million is punitive damages for the defamatory publications by Caldera's principal Vasilios Bill Mavridis against Global Gold and its principals. This Final Award terminates the arbitration proceedings which Caldera instituted against Global Gold in
2010.
Global Gold prevailed in the first, liability phase of the arbitration and
four
prior court cases, as summarized and reported in
April 2013.
A full copy of the
42
page Final Award as well as the other rulings is available at the Global Gold website: www.globalgoldcorp.com. Previous rulings in this matter included that Montreal based Caldera Resources, led by the brothers John Mavridis and Bill Mavridis, failed to make agreed payments to Global Gold despite having raised almost
$5
million, failed to issue stock due, misrepresented the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange of the parties' contract, and otherwise breached the joint venture agreement. Caldera through its Biomine, LLC subsidiary also acquired a "Marjan West" license area which it claimed was adjacent to Marjan but in fact overlapped with Marjan. Armenian Courts at
three
levels found that Caldera had deceptively and illegally registered full control over the Marjan Mining Company to itself without the signatures or authorization of Global Gold, and a U.S. Federal Court confirmed the phase
1
arbitration findings while rejecting Caldera's arguments to vacate the award. The
November 10, 2014
Final Award resolved all other outstanding issues with the following specific findings and rulings requiring Caldera to:
 
 
1.
turn over to Global Gold at its offices in Rye, New York all books, records, contracts, communications, and property related in any way to the Marjan property in Armenia and the Marjan Mining Company, including specifically the Armenian Marjan Mining Comp
any seal, and shall pay Global Gold
$50,000
plus
$250
per day for every day following issuance of this Final Award that such materials are
not
delivered;
 
 
2.
turn over to Global Gold at its offices in Rye, New York communications Caldera and/or Mr. Mavridis has had with
third
parties concerning Global Gold its officers, agents, directors and business…
Without limitation, the following shall also be turned over to Global Gold: all direct and indirect (for example through a translator or agent) communications with the following individuals and organizations: Azat Vartanian, Petros Vartanian, …, Joseph Borkowski, Jeffrey Marvin,… Prem Premraj…, Rasia FZE, Johan Ulander, Ecolur,… Tom Prutzman, …, Stockhouse, Investor's Hub, shareholders of Global Gold, and any governmental or regulatory authorities-- Caldera shall pay Global Gold
$100
per day for every day following issuance of this Final Award that such materials are
not
delivered;
 
 
3.
issue a press release correcting the
April 30, 2013
Caldera release …
stating that the original release is retracted with all property books and records (including all exploration data) related to the Marjan property transferred to Global Gold and that neither Caldera nor its successors retain rights to the Marjan mine in Armenia and shall pay Global Gold
$50,000
plus
$100
per day for every day following issuance of this Final Award that such correcting release is
not
issued;  
 
 
4.
Caldera did
not
spend the minimum
$1
million threshold necessary to be eligible for an NSR Royalty interest and therefore Caldera has
no
NSR Royalty or any other interest in the Marjan property;
 
 
5.
the
$150,000
which Caldera paid to Global Gold was
not
pursuant to the JV Agreement (which did
not
become effective) but pursuant to the
December 2009
Agreement therefore Global Gold is
not
obligated to make any payments to Caldera;
 
 
6.
pay Global Gold
$115,000
for Caldera's refusal to turn over
500,000
shares of stock in
2010;
 
 
7.
pay Global Gold
$3,174,209
for Caldera's failure to make agreed payments to Global Gold;
 
 
8.
pay Global Gold
$577,174
for legacy governmental liabilities concerning the Marjan property and shall indemnify and hold Global Gold harmless (including attorney fees) from any governmental claims or liabilities associated with the time they control the s
eal of the Marjan Mining Company;
 
 
9.
pay Global Gold
$967,345
for violating Paragraph (
1
) of the Final Partial Award requiring turnover of property and [for] interference in Global Gold's development of Marjan and shall relinquish the portions of the M
arjan West license which overlap or in any way impinge on Marjan;
 
 
10.
Caldera is liable for defamation and tortious interference with contractual and business relations with regard to Global Gold and its related personnel and so shall (i
) pay Global Gold
$3
million in compensatory damages…, (ii) pay Global Gold
$1
million in punitive or exemplary damages…, (iii) remove all the materials and websites controlled in any way by them which were admitted as exhibits on defamatory publications in this case from the internet and other locations, (iv) remove and be permanently enjoined from using Global Gold's trading symbol without permission; (v)
not
share those materials with others or arrange to have them posted anonymously or otherwise- (vi) independently, … Global Gold and those who have been named by Caldera and Bill Mavridis in the admitted exhibits on defamatory publications as well as their attorneys [are granted] the authority to contact internet service providers, search engine firms, social media sites, stock discussion boards (including but
not
limited to Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Stockhouse, Investor's Hub and Bing) to use this Final Award to remove the material as defamatory;
 
 
11.
for the breaches of the Confidentiality Stipulations and Orders in this case, …
all publications of "confidential" or attorney eyes only material [shall] be removed from the internet and any other locations and that their substance
not
be republished and …Global Gold and its attorneys [are granted] the authority to contact internet service providers, search engine firms, social media sites, stock discussions board (including but
not
limited to Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Stockhouse, Investor's Hub and Bing) to use this Final Award to remove the material-- Caldera shall pay Global Gold for
$100
per day every day that persons associated with Caldera remain in violation of the Confidentiality Stipulation and Order following the issuance of this Final Award including for each day until full disclosure of all emails and other communications with
third
parties that the information was shared with or discussed;
 
 
12.
pay
$1,822,416
for attorney fees and costs;
 
 
13.
reimburse Global Gold
$88,269
paid to t
he arbitration association and for the compensation and expenses of the arbitrator.
 
The Final Award was certified for purposes of Article I of the United Nations New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral
Awards and for purposes of the Federal Arbitration Act. Caldera has
not
complied with the Final Award.
 
See the Company
’s
2016
Form
10
-K for the historical background of the agreements related to the terminated Marjan JV and Caldera Resources.
 
See Note
14
- Legal Proceedings.
 
Consolidated Resources Agreement
 
As of
 
March 17, 2011,
the Company entered into an agreement (the “Formation Agreement”) with Consolidated Resources USA, LLC, a Delaware company (“CRU”) for a joint venture on the Company’s Toukhmanuk and Getik properties in Armenia (the “Properties”).  Upon payment of the initial consideration as provided below, Global Gold and CRU will work together for
twelve
months (the
“12
Month Period”) to develop the Properties and cause the Properties to be contributed to a new joint venture company, whose identity and terms will be mutually agreed, (the “JVC”).   Rasia, a Dubai-based principal advisory company, acted as sole advisor on the transaction.  
 
Key terms include CRU paying initial consider
ation of
$5,000,000
as a working capital commitment to Global Gold payable by: a
$500,000
advance immediately following the execution of the Formation Agreement (the “Advance”);
$1,400,000
payable following the satisfactory completion of due diligence by CRU and the execution of definitive documents in
30
days from the date of this Agreement; and
$3,100,000
according to a separate schedule in advance and payable within
5
business days of the end of every calendar month as needed.  
 
On
April 27, 2011,
the
Company entered into an agreement with Consolidated Resources Armenia, an exempt non-resident Cayman Islands company (“CRA”); and its affiliate CRU, (hereinafter collectively referred to as “CR”), to fund development and form a joint venture on the Properties (the “JV Agreement”).  The JV Agreement was entered pursuant to the Formation Agreement.
 
CR completed its due diligence with satisfaction, and as of the date of the JV Agreement completed the funding of the required
$500,000
Advance.
 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of JV Agreement, CR will complete the funding of the remaining
$4,500,000
of its
$5,000,000
working capital commitment related to Toukhmanuk and Getik according to an agreed, restricted funding schedule which includes
$1,400,000
payable following the execution of the Agreement and the remaining
$3,100,000
payable over the next
12
months with payments occurring within
5
business days of the end of each calendar month as needed.  In addition, Mr. Jeffrey Marvin of CR was elected a member of   the Global Gold Board of Directors and attended the Company's annual meeting on
June 10, 2011.  
As of
December 31, 2011,
the Company received the full
$5,000,000
funding from CR.  Mr. Marvin resigned from the Global Gold board on
February 24, 2012
for personal reasons.
 
Pursuant to the JV Agreement, Global Gold and CR were working together for
twelve
months (the “
12
Month Period”) from the date of the JV Agreement to develop the Properties, improve the financial performance and enhance shareholder value.  The JV Agreement enables Global Gold to complete its current Toukhmanuk production expansion to
300,000
tonnes per year and advance exploration in Armenia.  Global Gold and CR agree to form a new Joint Venture Company (“JVC”) to be established by CR, subject to terms and conditions mutually and reasonably agreed with Global Gold, provided that JVC shall have
no
liabilities, obligations, contingent or
not,
or commitments, except pursuant to a shareholders’ agreement.  Global Gold and CR intend to integrate all of Global Gold’s Toukhmanuk and Getik mining and exploration operations into the JVC.
 
 
The JVC will (i) own, develop and operate Toukhmanuk and Getik, (ii) be a company listed on an exchange fully admitted to trading or be in the process
of being listed on such exchange and (iii) have
no
liabilities, obligations, contingent or
not,
or commitments except pursuant to the shareholders agreement.  The JVC will issue new shares to the Company such that following any reverse merger or initial public offering of JVC's shares ("IPO"), Global Gold shall directly or indirectly hold the greater of (a) 
51%
of the equity of JVC, or (b)
$40.0
million in newly issued stock of JVC, calculated based on the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of such shares over the
first
30
(
thirty
) days of trading following the IPO, assuming issuance of all shares issuable in the IPO, and assuming issuance of all shares issuable as management shares and conversion of the Notes issued under the Instrument (as defined) and all other convertible securities and exercise of any warrants or other securities issued in connection with the IPO, such that if following any reverse merger or IPO, the value of
$40.0
million in newly issued shares based on VWAP of JVC shares is greater than the Global Gold's
51%
equity ownership in JVC valued as above, new shares in JVC will be issued to the Global Gold such that the aggregate value of Global Gold's ownership in JVC is shares having a value of
$40.0
million based on VWAP, and the Company shall remain in control of the JVC following the public listing.
 
On
February 6, 2012,
the Company received consent from shareholders representing a majority
 over 
65%
of its outstanding Common Stock to transfer the
100%
interests in Mego and Getik Mining Company, LLC into GGCR Mining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, owned by a joint venture company, Global Gold Consolidated Resources Limited, a Jersey Island private limited company (“GGCR”), per the terms of the
April 27, 2011
Joint Venture Agreement with Consolidated Resources Armenia, an exempt non-resident Cayman Islands company (“CRA“). The JVC was to issue new shares to the Company such that following any reverse merger or initial public offering of JVC's shares ("IPO"), Global Gold shall directly or indirectly hold the greater of (a) 
51%
of the equity of JVC, or (b)
$40.0
million in newly issued stock of JVC, calculated based on the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of such shares over the
first
30
(
thirty
) days of trading following the IPO, assuming issuance of all shares issuable in the IPO, and assuming issuance of all shares issuable as management  shares and conversion of the Notes issued under the Instrument (as defined) and all other convertible securities and exercise of any warrants or other securities issued in connection with the IPO, such that if following any reverse merger or IPO, the value of
$40.0
million in newly issued shares based on VWAP of JVC shares is greater than the Global Gold's
51%
equity ownership in JVC valued as above, new shares in JVC will be issued to the Global Gold such that the aggregate value of Global Gold's ownership in JVC is shares having a value of
$40.0
million based on VWAP, and the Company shall remain in control of the JVC following the public listing, all as further described in exhibit
10.34
below.  The Board of Directors of Global Gold Corporation previously approved the same transaction, discussed above, on
January 5, 2012.  
 
Based on the approval of the Board of Directors of Global Gold received on
January 5, 2012
and on receiving consent from its shareholders representing over a
65%
majority of its outstanding Common Stock on
February 6, 2012,
to transfer the
100%
interest i
n Mego and Getik Mining Company, LLC into GGCR Mining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GGCR Mining”), owned by a joint venture company, Global Gold Consolidated Resources Limited, a Jersey Island private limited company (“GGCR”), per the terms of the
April 27, 2011
Joint Venture Agreement with Consolidated Resources Armenia, an exempt non-resident Cayman Islands company (“CRA”),  the Company entered into the following agreements on or about
February 19, 2012
updating previous agreements, all as further described in the exhibits attached, on the following dates:
 
 
 
●
Shareholders Agreement for GGCR dated
February 18, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.36
)
 
●
Supplemental Letter dated
February 19, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.37
)
 
●
Getik Assignment and Assumption Agreeme
nt dated
February 19, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.38
)
 
●
MG Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated
February 19, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.39
)
 
●
Guaranty dated
February 19, 2012 (
by GGC to CRA) (Exhibit
10.40
)
 
●
Guaranty dated
February 19, 2012 (
by GGCR Mining to
CRA) (Exhibit
10.41
)
 
●
Security Agreement dated
February 19, 2012 (
by GGCR and GGCR Mining to CRA) (Exhibit
10.42
)
 
●
Action by Written Consent of the Sole Member of GGCR Mining, LLC dated
February 19, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.43
)
 
●
Certificate of Global
Gold Corporation dated
February 19, 2012 (
Exhibit
10.44
)
 
●
Global Gold Consolidated Resources Limited Registered Company
No
109058
Written resolutions by all of the directors of the Company (Exhibit
10.45
)
 
●
Action by Written Consent of the Board of
Managers of GGCR Mining, LLC (Exhibit
10.46
)
 
 
Key terms included that Global Gold
 will retain
51%
of the shares of GGCR, which will be a subsidiary of the Company, per the terms of the
April 27, 2011
Joint Venture Agreement as approved and described above.  The Board of Directors of GGCR Mining would be comprised of Van Krikorian, from GGC, Premraj, from CRA, and
three
non-executive independent directors to be selected in the future.   Pending the closing, if any, GGM was designated as the manager of the Toukhmanuk and Getik properties, with reasonable costs incurred by GGM with respect thereto being passed through to GGCRL and GGCR Mining, as applicable, for reimbursement.  The
April 26, 2012
deadline set in the
April 2011
JV Agreement to close the transaction passed without a closing for several reasons, as previously reported, clarification and settlement efforts followed.
 
On
September 26, 2012,
GGM entered into
two
Share Transfer Agreements with GGCR Mining covering the transfer of all the shares of the Armenian companies Mego and the Getik Mining Company, LLC which respectively hold the Toukhmanuk and Getik mining propert
ies in Armenia.  The Share Transfer Agreements were concluded in accordance with the previously disclosed agreements with Consolidated Resources Armenia and Consolidated Resources USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company to fund development and form a joint venture on the Company’s Toukhmanuk and Getik properties in Armenia.  GGCR Mining will (i) own, develop and operate Toukhmanuk and Getik gold mining  properties, and be a (ii) be a company listed on an exchange fully admitted to trading. As of
September 19, 2012,
GGCRL resolved reported outstanding issues which had blocked implementation of the joint venture agreement and execution of the Share Transfer
Agreements.
  Global Gold’s ownership in GGCRL is and shall be the greater value of either
51%
or the pro forma value of
$40.0
million
30
days after the stock is publicly traded.   The sole officers of GGCRL as of
September 19, 2012
are: Mr. Van Krikorian, Executive Chairman; Mr.
Jan
Dulman, Financial Controller/CFO/Treasurer; and Mr. Ashot Boghossian Armenia Managing Director, with Ogier -Corporate Services (Jersey) Limited continuing as secretary of the Company.   See attached Exhibits
10.58
and
10.59.
  
 
On
October 26, 2012,
the shares of Mego and Getik were registered, subject to terms an
d conditions as stated in the transfer documents, with the State Registry of the Republic of Armenia, as being fully owned by GGCR Mining.  The registration was completed after approval was given by ABB which required Global Gold to guaranty the ABB line of credit payable. CRA failed to meet the terms and conditions. The terms and conditions included, but were
not
limited to, (a) funding the
one
year budget, (b) funding the loan payments due to ABB bank in Armenia, (c) performance of employment agreements, (d) the plans for a public listing of the parent company of GGCR Mining (“GGCRL”) by
June 30, 2013 (
authorized as on the AIM exchange in London), (e) reimbursement of Global Gold Corporation for all payments made on behalf of GGCR Mining and related entities as well as payment of all accrued and unpaid obligations to contractors, auditors, counsel and CSA, and (f) that in connection with the public listing of GGCRL by
June 30, 2013,
GGCRL would issue to GGC additional shares in an amount equal to the greater of
51%
of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company upon the financing or issuances of shares in a public listing or a reverse merger or additional shares and/or after distributing shares or options to employees or consultants, so together with shares currently owned by GGC,
thirty
days after public trading of shares, shall equal based upon the average weighted value thereof as defined in the JV Agreement the greater of
51%
or the value of
$40,000,000.
The terms and conditions were signed by Caralapti Premraj who is the representative of Consolidated Resources.
 
Consolidated Resources failed to meet each of the terms and conditions noted above. For example, As of
September 30, 2013,
the balance due on advances from Global Gold Corporation was
$5,24
4,865
plus accrued interest of
$164,224,
none
of which was paid. Global Gold had to cover the ABB payments, and there was obviously
no
public listing on AIM by
June 30, 2013.
 
Without waiving any of its rights, Global Gold allowed Consolidated Resouces to
work to cure its failures in
2013
and on
November 22, 2013
the parties signed an agreement with Signature Gold (also described in our SEC filings) in which Global Gold would have been paid and waived the multiple breaches by Consolidated Resources; however, Consolidated Resources frustrated the closing of that transaction and the audit of GGCRL. In addition, as described elsewhere in our SEC filings, the Company has discovered that Consolidated Resources engaged in a pattern of fraud. In addition to the multiple material breaches of terms and conditions outlined above, the fraudulent acts also vitiate Global Gold’s obligations to Consolidated Resources. In addition, Mr. Premraj has abandoned his duties as a director of GGCRL by
not
engaging or communicating with GGCRL, GGCRM, or Global Gold since early
2014
when he refused to attend the directors and shareholders’ meetings to consider and approve the audit required by the
November 2013
Signature Merger and Sale Agreement.
 
As of
April 11, 2015,
ABB Bank has
released all of its security interests in the Company’s properties in Armenia. As a result, Linne Mining has moved up to the priority position as a secured creditor.
 
See Note
14
-
 Legal Proceedings, below.  
 
 
Signature Gold
 
On
September 5, 2013,
the Company through GGCRL, concluded a Binding Heads of Agreement contract with Signature Gold Limited of Sydney Australia (“Signature”) to merge the Armenian and Australian gold projects, into the renamed Global Signature Gold entity planned to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
 
On
January 28, 2017,
the Company served a demand notice on Signature Gold Limited in connection with its role in misappropriating the Getik property. Signature Gold acknowledged receipt of the notice. On
February 2, 2017
, Signature Gold announced plans to merge into Stratmin Gold Resources, an AIM listed company in which Mr. Caralapati Premraj’s Consolidated Resources is listed as the biggest shareholder, his son David Premraj as well as Jeffrey Marvin served on the board, and shares the same CEO, Brett Boynton with Signature Gold. On
February 6, 2017,
the Company delivered formal notice that the claim against Signature Gold would transfer to Stratmin upon the merger. The Signature Gold Stratmin Global Resources merger has
not
closed, and the Company is preparing its legal options accordingly.
 
Rent Agreements
 
On
April 1, 2011,
the Company moved its corporate headquarters from Greenwich, CT to
555
Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY
10580.
  The new lease was for
five
years and had annual costs of;
$63,045
in year
1,
$64,212
in year
2,
$65,380
in year
3,
$66,547
in year
4,
and
$67,715
in year
5.
As of
November 1, 2015,
the Company moved its offices from Suite C-
208
to Suite C-
305
at the same
555
Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY building and extended its lease for
five
years commencing
November 1, 2015,
at a starting annual rent cost of
$77,409,
see exhibit
10.75.
 
The following is a schedule by years of future minimum rental payments required under operating leases t
hat have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of
one
year as of
June 30, 2017:
 
Year ending December 31:
       
2017
– remaining period
  $
39,737
 
2018
   
81,924
 
2019
   
84,381
 
2020
   
94,172
 
2021 and thereafter
   
-
 
Total
  $
300,214