Gold Resource Corporation

Ras Al Khaimah-domiciled SION Trading FZE and Utah-domiciled Scotia International of Nevada Inc., which participated in an apparent pump-and-dump cryptocurrency fraud by Bermuda-domiciled Arbitrade Ltd., are being sued in the US for allegedly failing to pay for gold and silver that underpinned the scheme.

Complaint for alleged breach of contract in Don David Gold Mexico SA de CV, of Mexico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold Resource Corporation, whose shares are listed on the NYSE American exchange v. SION Trading FZE, of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, and Scotia International of Nevada Inc., of Utah, at the Third Judicial District Court for the County of Salt Lake, State of Utah.