UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE
OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED – JANUARY 18, 2011
ARDENT MINES
LIMITED
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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NEVADA
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000-50994
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88-0471870
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
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100
Wall Street, 21st
Floor
New York, NY
10005
(Address
of principal executive offices)
561-989-3200
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
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On
January 18, 2011, Ardent Mines Limited (the “Company”) issued a press release,
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release disclosed that the
Company has agreed upon binding and exclusive terms to acquire Gold Hills Mining
Ltda (“Gold Hills”)., a Brazilian corporation which owns mineral rights on four
properties located in Northeastern Brazil, comprising a total area of
approximately 3,500 Hectares, collectively to be known as the “Serra do Ouro”
project.
The Gold
Hills properties are in a gold bearing shear zone, which hosts a 14 km trend of
highly mineralized veins, with areas of gold grades in the 10 gr/MT range,
underground galleries (built by the CPRM, an agency of Brazil's Ministry of
Mines), shafts, and gold-bearing tailings with average grades in the 1 – 3 gr/MT
range, yet to be fully evaluated. Gold Hills has secured all mineral rights, and
has conducted preliminary geochemical and geophysical work on this
area.
The Gold
Hills properties are located in Teixeira County, State of Paraiba, and
Itapetim County, State of Pernambuco. As per the arrangement with Gold
Hills Mining Ltda., the Company will engage in a new survey drilling
program during the first 12 to 15 months after the closing of the
acquisition, which is expected to occur in March of 2011. The closing of
this transaction is subject to the completion of due diligence and other
conditions, including the execution of mutually acceptable detailed
agreements.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking
statements“
as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date
hereof. These forward-looking statements are based upon currently available
competitive, financial, and economic data and management's views and assumptions
regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements are inherently
uncertain. Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties.
Ardent cannot provide assurances that any prospective matters described in this
Current Report on Form 8-K will be successfully completed or that Ardent will
realize the anticipated benefits of any transactions. Various risk factors that
may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition are
detailed from time to time in the Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings
made by Ardent with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Ardent
undertakes no obligation to update information contained in this Current Report
on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
of Exhibit.
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Exhibit
99.1
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Press
Release dated January 18, 2011.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized.
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ARDENT
MINES LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Leonardo
Alberto Riera |
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Name:
Leonardo Alberto Riera |
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Title:
President |
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Date: January
21, 2011