Evergold Corp. (TSX-V: EVER, WKN: A2PTHZ)
(“
Evergold” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to report that it has closed a first tranche of its
previously announced (news, May 21, 2024) non-brokered private
placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,072,000. The
Company may, or may not, raise additional capital in a second
tranche of the same financing for potential closing on or before
July 6, 2024. The majority of the proceeds from the financing will
be used for follow-up drilling late this summer and fall of the
large-scale DEM1 porphyry prospect in central B.C., where a small,
first-ever 3-hole reconnaissance drill program carried out last
October-November delivered broad intercepts of low-grade gold and
silver from surface and, within that broad envelope, local high
grades of an impressive spectrum of sulphides and high-value
elements, including precious and strategic metals (see news,
January 15, 2024). Encouragingly, a geophysical survey completed in
May over the immediate area of the DEM1 prospect revealed a large
target, suggestive of the presence of abundant sulphides, extending
to depth below the reconnaissance drill holes (see news, May 13,
2024).
“We’re pleased to have secured the essential
funding required for the crucial follow-up drill holes at DEM1, as
the May geophysical results suggest that the two widely spaced
drill pads for last fall’s program were set up immediately lateral
to – and the 3 holes drilled from those pads were literally
scratching the edges of - where we really need to be,” said Kevin
Keough, President & CEO. “As such, the next few holes may
really open the DEM1 prospect up. We’ll also be doing preliminary
reconnaissance sampling of the newly identified DEM2 prospect to
the southeast of DEM1, where historical lake sediment sampling
returned high values of copper, molybdenum and cobalt.”
Further details on the DEM property and the DEM1
prospect may be found on the Company’s website at
www.evergoldcorp.ca/projects/dem-property/ and in a NI 43-101
technical report entitled “Technical Report on the DEM Property”
dated August 30, 2023, posted thereon and on the Company’s issuer
profile at SEDAR+.
As now closed, the first tranche of the May 1
financing has resulted in the issuance of 13,537,000 flow-through
units (“FT Units”) at a price of $0.05 per FT Unit
and 8,777,778 hard-dollar units of the Company (“HD
Units”) at a price of $0.045 per HD Unit (the
“Offering”). Each FT Unit is comprised of one (1)
common share of the Company qualifying as a “flow-through share” as
defined in subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (a
“FT Share”), and one (1) common share purchase
warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each
Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional
common share of the Company (a “Warrant Share”) at
an exercise price of $0.06 per Warrant Share for a period of
twenty-four (24) months following the closing of the Offering. Each
HD Unit is comprised of one (1) common share of the Company (a
“Common Share”), and one (1) Warrant.
The gross proceeds from the issuance of the FT
Units will be used for “Canadian exploration expenses” on the
Company’s DEM property and will qualify either as “flow-through
critical mineral mining expenditures” or “flow-through mining
expenditures” (the “Qualifying Expenditures”),
each as defined in subsection 127(9) of the Income Tax Act
(Canada). The Company intends to renounce the Qualifying
Expenditures to subscribers of FT Units for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2024 and to incur the Qualifying Expenditures on or
before December 31, 2025. The net proceeds from the issuance of HD
Units will be used for both exploration and general working capital
purposes.
Certain insiders of the Company, (collectively,
the “Insiders”) subscribed to the Offering for an
aggregate of 1,777,778 HD Units. This issuance of HD Units to the
Insiders constitutes a “related party transaction” as such term is
defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of
Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”).
The Company is relying on an exemption from the formal valuation
and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under MI
61-101 pursuant to section 5.5(a) and section 5.7(1)(a) of MI
61-101, on the basis that the participation in the Offering by
Insiders does not exceed 25% of the fair market value of the
Company’s market capitalization.
In connection with the Offering and as
previously announced, the Company entered into a fiscal advisory
agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp.
(“Canaccord”), pursuant to which the Company has
compensated Canaccord in the amount of $25,000, payable in
hard-dollar units of the Company (the “Compensation
Units”) issued at a deemed price C$0.045 per Compensation
Unit. An aggregate of 555,555 Compensation Units were issued to
Canaccord, with each Compensation Unit being comprised of one
Common Share and one Warrant. In addition, the Company paid
commissions to certain finders of an aggregate of $59,511 in cash
and 1,232,220 finder warrants (the “Finder
Warrants”). Each Finder Warrant entitles the holder
thereof to purchase one (1) Common Share (a “Finder Warrant
Share”) at an exercise price of $0.06 per Finder Warrant
Share for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the closing of
the Offering.
The securities offered have not been registered
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful.
Qualified Person
Charles J. Greig, M.Sc., P.Geo., the Company’s
Chief Exploration Officer and a Qualified Person as defined by NI
43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information in this
news release.
About Evergold
Evergold Corp. is a TSX-V listed mineral
exploration company with projects in B.C. and Nevada. The Evergold
team has a track record of success in the junior mining space, most
recently the establishment of GT Gold Corp. in 2016 and the
discovery of the Saddle South epithermal vein and Saddle North
porphyry copper-gold deposits near Iskut B.C., sold to Newmont in
2021 for a fully diluted value of $456 million, representing a
1,136% (12.4 X) return on exploration outlays of $36.9 million.
For additional information, please contact:
Kevin M. Keough President and CEO Tel: (613)
622-1916kevin.keough@evergoldcorp.cawww.evergoldcorp.ca
Neither the 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 news release.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain
“forward-looking statements” which are not comprised of historical
facts. Forward- looking statements include estimates and statements
that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals,
including words to the effect that the Company or management
expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking
statements may be identified by such terms as “believes”,
“anticipates”, “expects”, “estimates”, “may”, “could”, “would”,
“will”, or “plan”. Since forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very
nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although
these statements are based on information currently available to
the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results
will meet management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other
factors involved with forward-looking information could cause
actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from such forward-looking information
include, but are not limited to, the failure to obtain regulatory
approvals for the Offering, the failure to use the proceeds of the
Offering as outlined herein, failure to identify mineral resources,
delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental,
environmental or other project approvals, political risks,
inability to fulfill the duty to accommodate First Nations,
uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes
in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the
development of projects, capital and operating costs varying
significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the
mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set
out in the Company’s public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing
the forward-looking information in this news release are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such
information, which only applies as of the date of this news
release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur
in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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