{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-24-039495","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AUMN","cik":"0001011509","company_name":"Golden Minerals Co","filed_at":"2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:23.085118+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-04T06:54:22.653523+00:00","sec_items":["1.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Barrick terminates Earn-In Agreement; El Quevar silver project returns to Golden Minerals","bullets":["Barrick notified Golden Minerals of election to terminate the Earn-In Agreement on El Quevar; effective April 20, 2024.","Barrick spent over $6M on work expenditures, including a 5-hole, 1,300-meter drill program that identified a gold prospect.","Golden Minerals CEO calls return fortuitous as company pivots from production to exploration and development.","El Quevar is one of the largest high sulfidation alteration systems in northern Argentina, with high-grade Yaxtché silver deposit.","Original earn-in required $10M in spending over 8 years and an NI 43-101 compliant pre-feasibility study."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-039495","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-039495.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-039495.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-039495.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465924039495/0001104659-24-039495-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465924039495/tm249916d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-04T06:54:22.653523+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"27fad408186ac56ae014e32049662b91965bf94d","claim":"Golden Minerals Co terminated Earn-In Agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation valued at $10 million in work expenditures (effective 2024-04-20).","evidence_excerpt":"On March 21, 2024, Golden Minerals Company (the \"Company\") received written notice from Barrick Gold Corporation (\"Barrick\"), notifying the Company of Barrick's election to terminate the Earn-In Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2020, by and among the Company, several of the Company's directly and indirectly wholly owned subsidiaries, and Barrick (the \"Earn-In Agreement\") under which Barrick acquired an option to earn a 70% interest in the Company's El Quevar project located in the Salta Province of Argentina.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465924039495/0001104659-24-039495-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"termination"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Barrick Gold Corporation"},{"label":"Value","value":"$10 million in work expenditures"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-04-20"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}