Hodgins Announces Acquisition of Prospective Uranium Claims in Athabasca Basin

MELFORT, SK, March 6, 2014 /CNW/ - Hodgins Auctioneers Inc. ("Hodgins" or the "Corporation") (TSXV: HA) wishes to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Majesta Resources Inc. ("Majesta") to acquire a 25% undivided interest in a group of nine contiguous mineral claims with a combined total of 39,125 hectares (98,233 acres) ("Majesta Mineral Claims") located 230 km NW of La Ronge and 445 km north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.  The northeastern corner of the claims are 10 km from the Key Lake uranium mill.

The Corporation considers the Majesta mineral claims to be in a favourable geological setting because they are on strike with high grade Athabasca Basin uranium discoveries. The basin is a premier geological district famous for the world's richest uranium deposits, politically stable government and a well established exploration and mining industry.

The Corporation is making this unique acquisition because of the low cost relative to similar transactions in the area due to the relationship between two of the insiders of the Corporation and the party which owns the mineral claims.  The acquisition will not constitute a "Change of Business" as defined in the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") policies. The transaction is conditional upon TSXV approval and the raising of $350,000 by non-brokered private placement.

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the Corporation by Andrew Gracie, P. Geo., Consulting Geoscientist, a qualified person.

Terms of the Agreement

The Corporation is purchasing a 25% undivided interest and acquiring two options (the "Options") to acquire up to an additional 65% .  The Corporation will be required to issue 2,000,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.05 per  share for the 25% undivided interest.   Majesta will be the operator and will conduct all exploration activities under the terms of a joint operating agreement.  Any party failing to make cash call are subject to dilution of their respective working interest.  If any party is diluted below an undivided 10% their interest is converted to a 0.75% net smelter royalty which can be purchased for fair market value. The Corporation will issue additional shares to Majesta, along with cash and required work commitments, upon exercise of the Options as follows:

Nature of Transaction	Interest	Date	Cash or  Assumption of  Debt	Common  Shares	Exploration   Work  Commitments	Total
Purchase	25%	February 20, 2014	up to $100,000 of debt	2,000,000	$300,000	$400,000
Option #1	35%	December 31,2014	Nil	4,000,000	$400,000	$400,000
Option #2	30%	December 31, 2015	$400,000	2,000,000	Nil	$400,000
	90%		$500,000	8,000,000	$700,000	$1,200,000

The Corporation has not acquired a valuation of the claims. Majesta, a Saskatchewan corporation, staked the claims in 2008 at a cost of $83,000. The annual expenditure required to maintain the claims is approximately $350,000 per year.  Majesta has maintained the claims for more than 5 years. In part, by spending their own money, and by having others  carry out exploration on the claims.  In 2010, Majesta entered into an option agreement with Kirrin Resources Inc. which  traded on the TSXV under the symbol "KYM". Kirrin spent approximately $1,300,000 on the property and then did not raise further funds to continue exploration and maintain its rights under the option agreement.

Interest of Insiders in Majesta

Grant Hodgins and Barrie Jung are officers and directors of the Corporation.  Grant Hodgins and Barrie Jung, directly or indirectly, own 33.8% of the issued (12,948,500) and outstanding shares of the Corporation. Grant Hodgins is an officer and director of Majesta. Grant Hodgins and Barrie Jung own 33.66% of the common shares of Majesta.

Randy Studer is a director and officer of Majesta.  Randy Studer, directly or indirectly, and together with family members own 64.79% of the common shares of Majesta. Randy Studer lives in La Ronge, Saskatchewan, and his primary occupation for 35 years has been conducting exploration work for mining companies, through a legal entity called Durama Enterprises Limited. Randy Studer was a director and president of a publicly owned mining exploration company on the TSXV from 1995 to 2006 (Explor Resources Inc.  "EXS"). Mr. Studer will not become an officer and director of the Corporation.  Mr. Studer will not become a control person of the Corporation.

Majesta Mineral Claims

Majesta holds 100% interest in the Majesta Mineral Claims, as listed in the following table.

Claim number	Area (Hectares)	Map Sheet NTS	Recording Date	Anniversary	Annual Assessment	Assessment Credit	Assessment Required 2014
S-110101	4001	74G-1	25/04/2007	25/04/2014	$60,015	$0	$60,015
S-110715	3495	74G-1, 74H-4	25/04/2007	25/04/2014	$52,425	$0	$52,425
S-110716	5398	74G-1	25/04/2007	25/04/2014	$80,970	$3,506	$77,464
S-110717	5186	74G-1	25/04/2007	25/04/2014	$77,790	$0	$77,790
S-110891	4326	74G-1	25/05/2007	25/05/2014	$64,890	$0	$64,890
S-110892	4655	74G-1	25/05/2007	25/05/2014	$69,825	$0	$69,825
S-110894	5545	74G-1, 74B-16	25/05/2007	25/05/2014	$83,175	$0	$83,175
S-111627	2334	74B-16	27/09/2010	27/09/2014	$35,010	$7,530	$27,480
S-112322	4185	74H-4, 74G-1	09/09/2011	09/09/2014	$62,775	$9,780	$52,995
	39125				$586,875	$20,816	$566,059

Majesta does not own the minerals.  The Government of Saskatchewan issues a claim by which Majesta has the right to explore, develop and exploit minerals on the mineral claims and such other rights attributed to a "claim" as  defined by Part VI the Mineral Tenure Registry Regulations (Saskatchewan) Chapter C-50.2 Regulation 27 (effective December 1, 2012)(as amended by Saskatchewan Regulation 70/2013) promulgated under the Crown Minerals Act (Saskatchewan) Chapter 50.2 (subject to any transitional provisions contained in The Mineral Disposition Regulations 1986 (Saskatchewan).

Under the provisions of the Crown Minerals Act (Saskatchewan), the Province of Saskatchewan owns the minerals.  The Government of Saskatchewan provides the holder of a mineral claim certain rights for a 1 year period.  There is no obligation to conduct exploration work.  The one year period can be extended indefinitely for further 1 year periods provided the holder:

(a)  Expend a set sum of money each year on exploration; and

(b)  The holder reports the expenditure within the defined period and the expenditures are accepted by the Province of Saskatchewan as qualifying expenditures.

The one year period will be extended for a period determined by dividing the qualifying expenditures by the annual requirement.  Expenditures can be allocated from claim to claim subject to certain limitations.

Private Placement

The Corporation has sought TSXV approval for a proposed non-brokered private placement of up to 7,000,000 units at a price $0.05 per unit for gross proceeds of up to $350,000.  Five of seven of every common share issued has flow through attributes. Each unit will be comprised of one common share in the capital of Hodgins and one half of one common share purchase warrant.  Each full warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.075 per common share exercisable no later than the date that is one year from the date of issuance of such warrant provided.  All of the securities issued under the private placement will be subject to a four month resale restriction and will contain a legend which will detail the resale restriction.  There is no minimum subscription under the private placement and Hodgins may close the offering in several tranches, however, the private placement must be concluded by April 20, 2014. The proceeds of the private placement will be used to make the claims acquisition.

In connection with this private placement, Hodgins will pay cash finder's fees equal to 8% of the funds raised to eligible finders who introduce subscribers to the private placement and issue one common share and one finder's fee warrant for every 10 units issued to eligible subscribers.  Each finder's fee warrant will be issued to finders on the same terms as the warrants comprising the units. 

About Hodgins Auctioneers Inc.

Hodgins Auctioneers is an auction company conducting business in Western Canada.

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The forward-looking information contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. We undertake no duty to update any of the forward-looking information to conform such information to actual results or to changes in our expectations except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation. 

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SOURCE: Hodgins Auctioneers Inc.

Grant Hodgins, CEO, 306.752.2075 or visit www.hodginsauctioneers.com