O3 Mining Closes C$18.7 Million Private Placement of Flow-Through Shares
24 August 2022 - 3:05PM
O3 Mining Inc. (TSX.V: OIII; OTCQX: OIIIF) ("O3
Mining" or the "Corporation) is pleased to announce the successful
completion of its previously announced "best-efforts" brokered and
non-brokered private placements (together, the "Offering"), which
closed this morning. Pursuant to the brokered tranche of the
Offering, an aggregate of (i) 3,686,430 charitable flow-through
shares of the Corporation ("Charitable Flow-Through Shares") were
issued at an issue price of C$2.91 per Charitable Flow-Through
Share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$10.7 million,
including the partial exercise of the agents' option, and (ii)
1,300,000 traditional flow-through shares of the Corporation
("Traditional Flow-Through Shares") were issued at an issue price
of C$2.31 per Traditional Flow-Through Share for aggregate gross
proceeds of approximately C$3.0 million.
The brokered tranche of the Offering was led by
Canaccord Genuity Corp., on behalf of itself and a syndicate of
agents that included 3L Capital Inc., Sprott Capital Partners LP,
CIBC World Markets Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., Eight Capital,
National Bank Financial Inc., and Velocity Trade Capital Ltd.
The non-brokered tranche of the Offering
comprised 2,164,500 Traditional Flow-Through Shares with strategic
investors at an issue price of C$2.31 per Traditional Flow-Through
Share for aggregate gross proceeds of C$4,999,995.
The Charitable Flow-Through Shares and the
Traditional Flow-Through Shares will qualify as "flow-through
shares" (within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax
Act (Canada) and section 359.1 of the Taxation Act (Québec)). The
gross proceeds from the sale of the Charitable Flow-Through Shares
and the Traditional Flow-Through Shares will be used by the
Corporation to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that
qualify as "flow-through mining expenditures" as both terms are
defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Qualifying
Expenditures") related to the Corporation's projects in Québec. The
Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced in favour of the
subscribers under the Offering with an effective date no later than
December 31, 2022 and in the aggregate amount not less than the
total amount of the gross proceeds raised under the Offering.
All securities issued under the Offering will be
subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the
date hereof.
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 Securities 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 or
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (as defined in
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under
the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an
exemption from such registration is available.
About O3 Mining Inc.
O3 Mining Inc., an Osisko Group company, is a
gold explorer and mine developer on the road to produce from its
highly prospective gold camps in Québec, Canada. O3 Mining benefits
from the support, previous mine-building success, and expertise of
the Osisko team as it grows towards being a gold producer with
several multi-million-ounce deposits in Québec.
O3 Mining is well-capitalized and owns a 100%
interest in all its properties (66,000 hectares) in Québec. O3
Mining trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: OIII) and OTC
Markets (OTCQX: OIIIF). The Corporation is focused on delivering
superior returns to its shareholders and long-term benefits to its
stakeholders. Further information can be found on our website at
https://o3mining.com
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of the applicable Canadian
securities legislation that is based on expectations, estimates and
projections as at the date of this news release. The information in
this news release about the Offering; the use of the proceeds from
the Offering; the timing and ability of the Corporation to obtain
all necessary approvals of the offering; the tax treatment of the
securities issued under the Offering under the Income Tax Act
(Canada) and Taxation Act (Québec); the timing to renounce all
Qualifying Expenditures in favour of the subscribers, if at all;
and any other information herein that is not a historical fact may
be "forward-looking information". Any statement that involves
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or
performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects",
or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not
anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts",
"estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words
and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results
"may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or
be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be
forward-looking information and are intended to identify
forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is
based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the
Corporation, at the time it was made, involves known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the Corporation to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information. Such factors include, among others, risks relating to
the Offering; volatility in the trading price of common shares of
the Corporation; risks relating to the ability of the Corporation
to obtain required approvals, complete definitive documentation and
complete the Offering; the ability of the Corporation to complete
further exploration activities, including drilling; property
interests; the results of exploration activities; risks relating to
mining activities; the global economic climate; metal prices;
dilution; environmental risks; changes in the tax and regulatory
regime; and community and non-governmental actions. Although the
forward-looking information contained in this news release is based
upon what management believes, or believed at the time, to be
reasonable assumptions, the corporation cannot assure shareholders
and prospective purchasers that actual results will be consistent
with such forward-looking information, as there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended, and neither the Corporation nor any other person assumes
responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any such
forward-looking information. The Corporation does not undertake,
and assumes no obligation, to update or revise any such
forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained
herein to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be
required by law.
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. No stock exchange,
securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein.
For further information on O3 Mining, please contact: José
Vizquerra BenavidesPresident, CEO and DirectorToll-Free: +1 (833)
979-3516Telephone: +1 (873) 381-2014
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