Item
8.01. Other
Events.
On
March
3, 2008, Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc, (the “Registrant”) entered into a
letter of intent (“LOI”) with Communications DVR Inc. (“DVR”), a capital pool
company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange (TSXV: DVR.P).
Under the terms of the LOI, it is anticipated that DVR will acquire from
Registrant a right to acquire a 65 percent equity interest in the “FSC Project”
located in South Africa, in exchange for 22,000,000 DVR common shares. Subject
to certain conditions, the Registrant will vend to, and DVR will acquire from
the Registrant, all of the Registrant’s rights and obligations under an October
30, 2007 Sale of Shares Agreement by and among AfriOre International (Barbados)
Limited, the Registrant and Kwagga Gold (Barbados) Limited, pursuant to which
the Registrant holds the right to acquire a 65 percent equity interest in
Kwagga, subject to the satisfaction of certain obligations of the Registrant.
Those obligations include, without limitation, the expenditure of US$1,400,000
on exploration and related expenses and the payment to AfriOre of the purchase
price of US$1,162,000, which payment must be made by the later of three months
after the expenditure of the US$1,400,000 or December 31, 2008. Kwagga is a
private company incorporated under the Barbados Companies Act. Kwagga’s
principal asset is a wholly-owned subsidiary, Kwagga Gold (Proprietary) Limited,
a South African company, which holds valid prospecting permits on approximately
230,000 acres adjacent to the main Witwatersrand basin. The Registrant filed
the
October 30, 2007 Sale of Shares Agreement on Form 8-K dated December 12,
2007.
Attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release filed by the Registrant on March
10,
2008 with respect to the execution of the LOI, which is incorporated herein
by
reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| EXHIBIT | DESCRIPTION |
|
99.1
|
Press
Release dated March 10, 2008
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
| Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. | ||
| |
|
|
| Date: March 12, 2008 | By: | /s/ Mark D. Dacko |
| Mark D. Dacko | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
EXHIBIT
INDEX
| EXHIBIT | DESCRIPTION |
|
99.1
|
Press
Release dated March 10, 2008
|