Orestone Mining Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: ORS) (Frankfurt: WKN: O2R1) (“Orestone” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of its upsized non‑brokered private placement of Units and Flow-Through common shares originally announced for $1.1 million February 17, 2021, subsequently increased to $1.4 million on March 1 2021, and further increased to $1.912 million on March 17, 2021 (the “Offering”).
In part “A” of the Offering the Company issued 10,228,556 units (“Unit”) at a price of $0.09 per Unit for gross proceeds of $920,570. Each Unit consisted of one common share of the Company (“Common Share”) and one common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable for one Common Share at a price of $0.15 until March 23, 2022. In part “B” of the Offering the Company issued 7,183,847 common shares (“Flow-Through Shares”) at a price of $0.13 per Flow-Through Share for gross proceeds of $933,900. Each Flow-Through Share of the Company to be issued on a “flow-through” basis pursuant to the Income Tax Act (Canada).
The Company will use the net proceeds of the Offering to incur qualifying Canadian exploration expenses in connection with exploration drilling on the Company’s Captain gold-copper porphyry project located in British Columbia and for general working capital purposes. The Company will renounce such applicable exploration expenses to subscribers under part “B” of the Offering.
The shares and warrants issued under the Offering and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to a hold period that expires on July 24, 2021. Finders’ fees amounting to $61,846 were paid in connection with the Offering. The private placement is subject to final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Certain directors, officers and other insiders of the Company purchased or acquired direction and control over a total of 1,700,000 Units and 450,000 Flow-Through Shares under the private placement. The placement to those persons constitutes a “related party transaction” within the meaning of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61‑101 ‑Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61‑101”) adopted in the Policy. The Company has relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61‑101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61‑101 in respect of related party participation in the placement as neither the fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the transaction, insofar as it involved the related parties, exceeded 25% of the Company’s market capitalization (as determined under MI 61-101).
The securities referred to in this news release have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) or persons in the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws of the United States or an exemption from such registration requirements is available. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities within any jurisdiction, including the United States.
Orestone Mining Corp. is a Canadian based company that owns a 100% percent interest in the 37 square kilometre Captain gold-copper porphyry project in north central British Columbia. The project hosts a gold-copper porphyry system which encompasses a cluster of large targets (see website for maps) located 41 kilometres north of Fort St. James, B.C. and 30 kilometres south of the Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine. The Captain Project features relatively flat terrain, moderate tree cover and an extensive network of logging and Forest Service roads suitable for exploration year around.
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ON BEHALF OF ORESTONE MINING CORP.
“David Hottman”
CEO
