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PEMBROKE, Bermuda — Gold Reserve Ltd. (TSX.V: GRZ) (BSX: GRZ.BH) (OTCQX: GDRZF) (“Gold Reserve” or the “Company”) provides an update on three recent filings in the CITGO Sale Process being run by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”):
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1. On September 2, 2025, the Company filed a Notice of Competing Objection and Disclosure of Bid Materials in which it confirmed that it is a Competing Objector, and therefore that it will present its Improved Bid to the Court and request that it be approved instead of the $2 billion lower-priced Amber Energy bid. In conjunction therewith, the Company filed bid materials that had not already been filed on the public docket. A copy of the filing will be posted here.
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2. On September 2, 2025, the Company filed a letter with the Court in which it joined the Venezuela Parties’ request that the Court direct the Special Master to serve fully unredacted versions of the transcripts of the Special Master’s August 11 and 13 ex parte conferences with the Court on parties that have signed a confidentiality agreement with the Special Master. A copy of the letter will be posted here.
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3. On August 30, 2025, the Company filed a letter with the Court requesting, in connection with the Special Master’s Updated Final Recommendation, that the Court stay its decision on the Special Master’s request to terminate the Dalinar Energy bid until the Court rules on Gold Reserve’s pending Motion to Strike the Amber Energy bid or, in the alternative, that the Court set a briefing schedule for the Special Master’s request that tracks the existing schedule for objections to the Updated Final Recommendation. A copy of the filing will be posted here.
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A complete description of the Delaware sale proceedings can be found on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records system in Crystallex International Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 1:17-mc-00151-LPS (D. Del.) and its related proceedings.
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking statements
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This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable U.S. federal securities laws and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial and territorial securities laws and state Gold Reserve’s and its management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions for the future. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. They are frequently characterized by words such as “anticipates”, “plan”, “continue”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “potential”, “proposed”, “positioned” and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions “may” or “will” occur. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements relating to any bid submitted by the Company for the purchase of the PDVH shares (the “Bid”).
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We caution that such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other risks that may cause the actual events, outcomes or results of Gold Reserve to be materially different from our estimated outcomes, results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: the discretion of the Special Master to consider the Bid, to enter into any discussions or negotiation with respect thereto; the Special Master may not recommend the Bid in the Final Recommendation; an objection to the Bid may be upheld by the Court; the Bid will not be approved by the Court as the “Final Recommend Bid” under the Bidding Procedures, and if approved by the Court may not close, including as a result of not obtaining necessary regulatory approvals, including but not limited to any necessary approvals from the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or the TSX Venture Exchange; failure of the Company or any other party to obtain sufficient equity and/or debt financing or any required shareholders approvals for, or satisfy other conditions to effect, any transaction resulting from the Bid; that the Company may forfeit any cash amount deposit made due to failing to complete the Bid or otherwise; that the making of the Bid or any transaction resulting therefrom may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; that, prior to or as a result of the completion of any transaction contemplated by the Bid, the business of the Company may experience significant disruptions due to transaction related uncertainty, industry conditions, tariff wars or other factors; the ability to enforce the writ of attachment granted to the Company; the timing set for various reports and/or other matters with respect to the Sale Process may not be met; the ability of the Company to otherwise participate in the Sale Process (and related costs associated therewith