Aston BAY Holdings Closes Second Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement
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ASTON BAY HOLDINGS CLOSES SECOND TRANCHE OF NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
March 1, 2018 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY) (“Aston Bay” or the “Company”) is
pleased to announce that it has today closed a second tranche of the Company’s non-brokered
private placement, previously announced on December 12, 2017 (the “Offering”). Pursuant to
this second tranche of the Offering, the Company has issued 9,747,400 non-flow-through units
(each a “Unit”) at a price of $0.15 per Unit, and 730,000 flow-through shares (each a “FT
Share”) at a price of $0.16 per FT Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,578,910. Including
the proceeds from the first tranche, the Company has raised aggregate gross proceeds of
$2,214,910 in the Offering.
Units and FT Shares continue to be available as part of the Offering, in which the Company may
raise up to an additional $1,785,090. The Company expects to close a third tranche of the
Offering in the near future. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-
half of one warrant (a whole warrant being referred to as a “Warrant”). Each full Warrant will
entitle the holder thereof to acquire an additional non-flow-through common share of the
Company at an exercise price of $0.20 per Warrant for a period of 24 months from the date of
issuance.
In connection with the closing of the second tranche of the Offering, Aston Bay has paid
aggregate cash finder’s fees of $70,761 to five arm’s length finders, representing 6% of the
proceeds raised from subscriptions by certain placees introduced by the finders. The Company
has issued to the finders share purchase warrants (the “Finder’s Warrants”) entitling the
purchase of an aggregate 433,340 common shares, on the same terms as the Warrants.
All shares acquired by the placees under the second tranche of the Offering, and shares which
may be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants and the Finder’s Warrants, are subject to a
hold period until July 2, 2018, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation.
Completion of the offering is subject to all required regulatory approvals, including final
acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”). Conditional acceptance of the
Offering was received from Exchange on December 19, 2017.
Proceeds of this Offering will be used for a planned 2018 drill program on the Aston Bay
property, for advancing the Storm Copper and Seal Zinc Projects and for general corporate
purposes.
An insider of the Company participated in this second tranche of the Offering, having purchased
50,000 Units, constituting a related party transaction pursuant to TSX Venture Exchange Policy
5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special
Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Company relied on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61 -101 for an
exemption from the formal valuation requirement and Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 for an
exemption from the minority shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 as the fair market
value of the transaction insofar as the transaction involved interested parties did not exceed
25% of the Company’s market capitalization.
The securities referred to in this news release have not been, nor will they be, registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the
United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an
applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release does not
constitute an offer for sale of securities for sale, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any
securities.
About Aston Bay Holdings
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY) is a publicly traded mineral exploration company exploring
for large, high-grade, sediment-hosted copper and zinc deposits in Nunavut, a mining-friendly
Canadian jurisdiction. Aston Bay is 100% owner of the 1,024,345-acre (414,537-hectare) Aston
Bay Property located on western Somerset Island, Nunavut. The Aston Bay Property hosts the
Storm Copper Project and the Seal Zinc Deposit, with historical drilling confirming the presence
of sediment-hosted copper and zinc mineralization.
The Company’s public disclosure documents are available on www.sedar.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements made in this press release, including those regarding the closing and the use of
proceeds of the private placement, management objectives, forecasts, estimates, expectations,
or predictions of the future may constitute “forward-looking statement”, which can be
identified by the use of conditional or future tenses or by the use of such verbs as “believe”,
“expect”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “project”, “plan”, and words of
similar import, including variations thereof and negative forms. This press release contains
forward-looking statements that reflect, as of the date of this press release, Aston Bay’s
expectations, estimates and projections about its operations, the mining industry and the
economic environment in which it operates. Statements in this press release that are not
supported by historical fact are forward-looking statements, meaning they involve risk,
uncertainty and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although Aston Bay believes that the
assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should
not be placed on these statements, which apply only at the time of writing of this press release.
Aston Bay disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward -looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the
extent required by securities legislation. We seek safe harbour.
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this news release.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Ullrich, Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (416) 456-3516