Abasca Resources Announces Closing Its Private Placement
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Abasca Resources Announces Closing Its Private Placement
Abasca Resources Inc. – News Release 2025-09 October 22, 2025
#208 – 311 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2L8 Page 1 of 3
Abasca Resources Announces Closing Its Private Placement
October 22, 2025 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Abasca Resources Inc. (“Abasca” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
ABA) is pleased to announce that it has closed the non -brokered private placement (the “Offering”)
previously announced on September 8, 2025. Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company has issued
15,625,000 flow-through common shares (the “FT Shares”) at a price of $0.16 per FT Share to raise gross
proceeds of $2,500,000.
101159623 Saskatchewan Ltd. (“SaskCo”), a corporation solely owned by Dawn Zhou, President, CEO and
a director of Abasca, subscribed for 5,000,000 FT Shares. CSIT Consulting Inc. (“CSIT”), a corporation solely
owned by Ms. Zhou, subscribed for 3,625,000 FT Shares. 9169601 Canada Inc. (“9169601”), a corporation
100% of the common shares (including joint ownership) and 100% of the preferred shares are held by Ms.
Zhou, subscribed for 5,000,000 FT Shares. Ms. Zhou is a “related party” to the Company within the meaning
of Multilateral Instrument 61 -101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions of the
Canadian Securities Administrators (“MI 61 -101”) and the participation of SaskCo, CSIT and 9169601
(collectively, the “Related Parties”) in the Offering each constituted a “related party transaction” under MI
61-101. The Company is exempt from the formal valuation requirement pursuant to subsection 5.5(b) of MI
61- 101 on the basis that the securities of the Company are listed or quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange
(“TSX-V”). The Company is also exempt from the minority approval requirement pursuant to subsection
5.7(1)(b) of MI 61 -101 on the basis that: (i) the Common Shares are listed on the TSX -V; (ii) at the time the
transaction was agreed to, neither the fair market value of the FT Shares distributed under the Offering nor
the consideration to be received for those FT Shares, insofar as the transaction involves the Related Parties,
exceeds $2,500,000; (iii) the Company has more than one independent director; and (iv) at least two -thirds
of the independent directors of the Company approved the Offering.
The gross proceeds received from the sale of the FT Shares will be primarily used for completing the 2025
Summer drilling program which is focused on upgrading the resource estimate at the Company’s 100%
owned Loki Flake Graphite Deposit situated on the Company’s Key Lake South Project.
For more information on the Loki Flake Graphite Deposit and an overview of the Key Lake South Project,
please visit the Company’s website at https://www.abasca.ca.
About Abasca Resources Inc.
Abasca is a mineral exploration company that is primarily engaged in the acquisition and evaluation of
mineral exploration properties. The Company owns the Key Lake South Project (KLS), a 23,977 -hectare
exploration project located in the Athabasca Basin Region in northern Saskatchewan, approximately 15 km
south of the former Key Lake mine and current Key Lake mill. The project possesses geological similarities
and along strike of past Key Lake Mine with prospective conductors of over 50 km for potential ura nium
mineralization. KLS is also host to the Loki Flake Graphite Deposit comprising a total inferred resource of
11.31 Mt at 7.65 % Cg. Please refer to the technical report titled “Technical Report on the Key Lake South
Project with Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the Loki Flake Graphite Deposit, Saskatchewan, Canada”
dated May 29, 2025, filed on the SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca and on the Company’s website, for
further information about the resource estimate.
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On behalf of Abasca Resources Inc.
Dawn Zhou, M.Sc, CPA
President, CEO and Director
For more information visit the Company’s website at https://www.abasca.ca or contact:
Abasca Resources Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +1 (306) 933 4261
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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc.) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward -looking information and statements (“forward -looking
information”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation that are not based on
historical fact, including without limitation statement s containing the words "believes", "anticipates",
"plans", "intends", "will", "should", "expects", "continue", "estimate", "forecasts" and other similar
expressions. Forward -looking information reflects management’s current beliefs with respect to future
events and is based on information currently available to management. Forward -looking information
contained in this press release includes, but is not limited to, statements relating to the mineral resource
estimate for the Loki Deposit. Readers are caution ed to not place undue reliance on forward -looking
information. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these
statements. Abasca undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations, or statements made
by third-parties in respect of Abasca, its securities, or financial or operating results (as applicable). Although
Abasca believes that the expectations reflected in forward -looking information in this press release are
reasonable, such forward-looking information has been based on expectations, factors, and assumptions
concerning future events which may prove to be inaccurate and are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties
and factors, certain of which are beyond Abasca’s control, including the impact of gener al business and
economic conditions; risks related the exploration activities to be conducted on KLS, including risks related
to government and environmental regulation; actual results of exploration activities; industry conditions,
including uranium and graphite price fluctuations, interest and exchange rate fluctuations; the influence of
macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available or are pursued; title, permit
or license disputes related to KLS; litigation; fluctuations in interest rates; and other factors. In addition, the
forward-looking information is based on several assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, including,
but not limited to, assumptions about the availability of qualified employees and contractors for the
Company’s operations and the availability of equipment. The forward-looking information contained in this
press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and are made as of the date hereof.
Abasca disclaims any intention and has no obligation or responsibility, except as required by law, to update
or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.