Aston BAY Holdings Closes Second Tranche of Non-Brokered Offering of $131,500 FOR Total Gross Proceeds of $2,227,846
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ASTON BAY HOLDINGS CLOSES SECOND TRANCHE OF NON-BROKERED OFFERING
OF $131,500 FOR TOTAL GROSS PROCEEDS OF $2,227,846
Toronto, Ontario – July 17, 2017 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX -V: BAY) (“Aston Bay” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed today the second tranche of its previously
announced non-brokered private placement offering for gross proceeds of $131,500.
In the second tranche of the Offering, 550,000 Units were issued at a price of $0.13 per Unit, for total
gross consideration of $71,500. Each “Unit” consisted of one common share and one half-warrant. A total
of 275,000 warrants were issued to Unit subscribers in the second tranche of the Offering. In addition,
375,000 common shares (the “Flow -Through Shares”) were issued on a flow -through basis under the
Canada Income Tax Act at a per share price of $0.16, for total gross consideration of $60,000.
Pursuant to the first and second tranches of the Offering, a total of 10,014,200 Units and 5,787,500 Flow-
Through Shares were issued for total gross proceeds of $2,227,846, which represents an over-subscription
of $227,846 to the $2,000,000 offering as announced on May 11, 2017, June 21, 2017 and July 10, 2017.
Of the total gross proceeds, $1,556,026 was raised in the brokered portion of the financing and $671,820
was raised in the non-brokered portion.
Shares acquired by the placees under the second tranche of the Offering are subject to a hold period until
November 18, 2017, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation.
Aggregate cash f inder’s fees of $2,370 were paid by Aston Bay to various arms ’ length parties, in
addition to an aggregate of 16,500 finder’s warrants issued (having the same attributes as the warrants
underlying the Units) , under agreements with the arms’ length parties in connection with certain non-
brokered subscriptions under this second tranche of the Offering.
Net proceeds from the Offering will be used by Aston Bay to conduct a planned property -wide
geophysical survey, a planned geological field program on Somerset Island to be led by Dr. David
Broughton, Chief Geologist for the Storm and Seal Projects, as well as for general corporate purposes.
The Company intends to use the data collected from these programs to generate and prioritize drill
targets.
About Aston Bay Holdings
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX -V: BAY) is a publicly traded mineral exploration company focused on
the approximately 374,000 -hectare (92 3,000-acre) Aston Bay Property located on northwest Somerset
Island, Nunavut. The Aston Bay Property hosts the Storm Copper project and the Seal Zinc project.
Historical drilling has confirmed the presence of sediment -hosted copper and zinc mineralization on the
property.
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information about Aston Bay Holdings Ltd or this news release, please visit our website at
www.astonbayholdings.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Thomas Ullrich, Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (416) 456-3516
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release.
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“potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or
“should” occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward -looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance
and actual results may differ materially from those in forward -looking statements. Forward -looking
statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Compa ny’s management on the date the
statements are made. In the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors,
should change, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward -looking statements, except
as required by law.
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