Aton Resources Announces Extension of Non-Brokered Private Placement of up to $1.0 Million
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATON RESOURCES ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF UP TO $1.0
MILLION
December 1, 2017 (Vancouver, British Columbia) Aton Resources Inc. (TSX-V: AAN) (the “Corporation”
or “Aton Resources”) today announces that, further to its press releases dated September 27, 2017, and
November 14, 2017, it intends to extend its non-brokered private placement offering of up to 25,000,000
common shares (the “Common Shares”) at a price of $0.04 per Share (the “Private Placement”), for total
gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about December
22, 2017, and is subject to TSXV approval. T he net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund
continued exploration and development activities at Aton’s 100% owned Abu Marawat concession,
located in Egypt, including advancing the regional drilling program, geophysical work along the Waayrah-
Miranda VMS trend, metallurgical test work required to assess recoveries of the established resources at
Hamama West and Abu Marawat, and for working capital purposes.
Participation in the Placement is open to all shareholders who held the Corporation’s common shares on
September 26 , 2017 (the “ Record Date ”). Each purchaser of Shares will be required to complete a
subscription agreement, which confirms, among other things, the availability of an exemption from the
prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws in respect of the sale of Shares to such purchaser.
Eligible shareholders wishing to participate in the Placement are invited to contact the C orporation to
obtain a subscription agreement. In the event of over -subscription, the C orporation will determine
allocations between shareholders at its sole discretion. Persons who did not hold common shares of the
Corporation on the Record Date may also participate in the Placement.
“Following on from our game -changing announcement of filing with the Egyptian Mineral Resources
Authority our intention to declare a commercial discovery at Hamama, we want all investors to have the
ability to participate in our financing.” Stated Mark Campbell President and CEO. “The path to achieving
one of our goals, obtaining a 20-year mining license at Hamama, along with our exploration extension to
be able to develop many more targets at our 738 SQ KM Abu Marawat Concession, is a very exciting
development for Aton and our shareholders , and we want to give others the opportunity to share in this
historic and exciting development.”
Additional Terms
All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four- month hold period from
the date of issuance under applicable Canadian securities laws. T he Corporation may pay certain finders
fees on certain of the gross proceeds raised from the sales of Shares pursuant to the Private Placement,
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yet to be determined and subject to the approval of the TSXV.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell 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 U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act
and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
About Aton Resources Inc.:
Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX -V) is focused on its 100% owned Abu Marawat concession, located in
Egypt’s Arabian -Nubian Shield, approximately 400km north of Centamin’s Sukari gold mine. Aton has
identified a 40km long gold trend at Abu Marawat, anchored by the Hamama project in the west and the
Abu Marawat gold deposit in the east. In addition to the Hamama project and the Abu Marawat gold
deposit, the trend contains numerous gold exploration targets, including two historic gold mines. Abu
Marawat is over 738 sq. km in size and is located in an area of excellent infrastructure, a four-lane highway,
railway line, a 220kV power line and a water pipeline are in close proximity.
For further information regarding Aton Resources Inc., please visit us at www.atonresourc es.com or
contact:
Mark Campbell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +1-936-689-2589
Email: [email protected]
Qualifying Person:
Rick Cavaney is Aton Resources’s Vice President of Exploration. He has over forty-five years of experience
in the mining industry and was formally an exploration manager with Centamin at Sukari and Abu
Marawat for eight years. As a fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Aus.I.M.M), Mr.
Cavaney is a competent person under the Joint Ore Resources committee (JORC) Code and is a qualified
person, as such term is defined in NI 43 -101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, and he has
reviewed and approved this release.
For more information on Aton Resources, visit us at www.atonresources.com or please contact:
Mark W. Campbell President and Chief Executive Officer Email: [email protected]
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ATON RESOURCES INC.
Mark W. Campbell
President & CEO
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statements address future events and conditions; by their very nature they involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such
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