Solstice Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGC) (“
Solstice”, “we”,
“our” or the “
Company”) is pleased to report the
closing today (the “
Closing Date”) of the private
placement financing (the “
Offering”) previously
announced on July 18, 2023, of 12,500,000 units of the Company for
gross proceeds of approximately $563,325. Under the Offering, the
Company issued: (i) 1,625,000 units of the Company
(“
National Units”) at $0.04 per National Unit,
each National Unit comprised of one common share of the Company
qualifying as a flow-through share (each, a “
FT
Share”) for purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada) (the “
ITA”) and one half warrant where
one full warrant (each, a “
Warrant”) is
exercisable for one common share of the Company at $0.06 for 12
months from the Closing Date; (ii) 7,846,500 units of the Company
(“
Ontario Units”) to residents in Ontario at $0.05
per Ontario Unit, each Ontario Unit comprised of one FT Share and
one half Warrant; and (iii) 3,028,500 units of the Company
(“
Units”) at $0.035 per Unit, each Unit comprised
of one common share of the Company (each, a
“
Common Share”) and one half
Warrant.
The proposed use of proceeds from the Offering
is: (i) approximately $106,000 (100%) of the gross proceeds from
the Units will be used for general corporate purposes and working
capital; (ii) approximately $65,000 (100%) of the gross proceeds
from the FT Shares comprised in the National Units will be used to
fund exploration programs qualifying as “Canadian Exploration
Expenses” and “flow-through mining expenditures” (as those terms
are defined in the ITA); (iii) approximately $392,325 (100%) of the
gross proceeds from the FT Shares comprised in the Ontario Units
will be used to fund exploration programs qualifying as “Canadian
Exploration Expenses” and “flow-through mining expenditures” (as
those terms are defined in the ITA) at the Company’s mining
projects in Ontario; and (iv) the gross proceeds from the Warrants
comprised in the Units, National Units and Ontario Units will be
used for general corporate purposes and working capital. The
majority of the proceeds will go to funding grassroots lithium
exploration at the Company’s SLP Property.
No proceeds under the Offering are expected to
be paid to “Non-Arm’s Length Parties” (as defined in the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”)) or toward
Investor Relations Activities (as defined in the policies of the
TSXV).
The Offering was conducted in reliance upon
available exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable
Canadian securities laws. All securities issued under the Offering
are subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the
Closing Date in accordance with applicable Canadian securities
laws.
Insiders of the Company subscribed for an
aggregate of 89,640 Ontario Units, 1,250,000 National Units and
1,849,928 Units representing approximately $119,229 of the gross
proceeds of the Offering.
Warrant Amendments
In addition, the Company announces it intends to
amend 14,041,941 warrants exercisable for Common Shares (the
“August Warrants”) issued pursuant to a private
placement on August 30, 2022. The August Warrants have an exercise
price of $0.17 and expire on February 29, 2024. The Company intends
to: (i) reduce the exercise price of the August Warrants to $0.08;
and (ii) include an accelerated expiry clause that will reduce the
expiry period of the August Warrants to 30 days if for any ten
consecutive trading days of Common Shares the closing price exceeds
the exercise price of the August Warrants by 25% or more, which
would be $0.10. An aggregate of 17,120,274 August Warrants were
issued, however in compliance with TSXV policies, only 10% of the
August Warrants held by directors, officers and control persons of
the Company are being amended. Amendment of the August Warrants has
been approved by all holders of August Warrants and is subject to
the approval of the TSXV.
The anticipated amendments to 342,037 August
Warrants held by certain directors, officers and other related
parties of the Company and the purchase of securities under the
Offering by related parties constitute “related party transactions”
of the Company under Multilateral Instrument 61-101
- Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special
Transactions (“MI 61-101”).
Pursuant to sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI
61-101, the Company is exempt from obtaining formal valuation and
minority approval of the Company’s shareholders respecting the
amendments to the August Warrants held by related parties and
purchase of securities under the Offering by related parties as the
fair market value of the August Warrants being amended held by
related parties and the fair market value of securities to be
purchased under the Offering is below 25% of the Company’s market
capitalization as determined in accordance with MI 61-101.
This news release does not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities
in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Act of 1933, as amended (the
“U.S. Securities Act”) or any
state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the
United States or to U.S. Persons (as such term is defined in
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under
the U.S.
About Solstice Gold Corp.
Solstice is an exploration company with quality,
district-scale gold projects in established mining regions of
Canada. Our 197 km2 SLP property is located in the English River
Subprovince in an area that has recently garnered significant
interest for its potential to host rare metals. Our 194 km2 Red
Lake Extension (RLX) and New Frontier projects are located at the
northwestern extension of the prolific Red Lake Camp in Ontario and
approximately 45 km from the Red Lake Mine Complex owned by
Evolution Mining. Our 322 km2 Atikokan Gold Project is
approximately 23 km from the Hammond Reef Gold Project owned by
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. Our Qaiqtuq Gold Project which covers
886 km2 with certain other rights covering an adjacent 683 km2,
hosts a 10 km2 high grade gold boulder field, is fully permitted
and hosts multiple drill-ready targets. Qaiqtuq is located in
Nunavut, only 26 km from Rankin Inlet and approximately 7 km from
the Meliadine Gold Mine owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. An
extensive gold and battery metal royalty and property portfolio of
over 80 assets was purchased in October 2021. Over $2 million in
value and three new royalties have been generated since the
acquisition.
Solstice is committed to responsible exploration
and development in the communities in which we work. For more
details on Solstice Gold, our exploration projects and details on
our recently acquired portfolio of projects please see our
Corporate Presentation available at www.solsticegold.com.
Solstice’s Chairman, David Adamson, was a
co-award winner for the discovery of Battle North Gold
Corporation’s Bateman Gold deposit and was instrumental in the
acquisition of many of the district properties in the Battle North
portfolio during his successful 16 years of exploration in the Red
Lake.
Sandy Barham, M.Sc., P.Geo., Senior Geologist,
is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 standards
responsible for reviewing and approving the technical disclosures
of this news release.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
On Behalf of Solstice Gold
Corp.
Pablo McDonald, Chief Executive Officer
For further information on Solstice Gold Corp.,
please visit our website at www.solsticegold.com or contact:Phone:
(604) 283-7234info@solsticegold.com
Forward-Looking Statements and
Additional Cautionary Language
This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements (“FLS”) including, but not limited to
anticipated use of proceeds of the Offering, exploration programs
qualifying as “Canadian Exploration Expenses” and “flow-through
mining expenditures” and the approval of the TSXV of the amendments
to the August Warrants. FLS can often be identified by
forward-looking words such as “approximate or (~)”, “emerging”,
“goal”, “plan”, “intent”, “estimate”, “expects”, “potential”,
“scheduled”, “may” and “will” or similar words suggesting future
outcomes or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or
performance. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, save and
except as may be required by applicable securities laws.
Since forward-looking information address future
events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and
risks. These include, but are not limited to, that Company may not
be able to obtain necessary regulatory approvals for the Offering,
the Offering may not close when anticipated or may not close at
all, that the use of proceeds from the Offering may differ due to
unforeseen circumstances, and general risks relating to the
Company’s business including there is no guarantee that continued
exploration at Solstice exploration projects, all of which are at
an early stage of exploration, will lead to the discovery of an
economic gold deposit, the ability of the Company to continue
exploration at its projects and the risk of future lack of access
to the projects as a result thereof, delays in obtaining or
failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other
project approvals, inability to locate source rocks, inflation,
changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays
in the development of projects, regulatory approvals and other
factors. FLS are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected
results.
All forward-looking statements are based on the
Company’s current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by
Company management and information currently available to them
including that the Company will be able to obtain requisite TSXV
and regulatory approvals associated with the Offering. There can be
no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate and
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such. Forward looking statements reflect the
beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are
made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that,
while considered reasonable, are inherently subject to significant
business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties
and contingencies.
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