Cascadia Minerals Ltd. Announces Closing of Upsized C$1,750,000 Financing /
Cascadia Minerals Ltd. Announces Closing of
Upsized C$1,750,000 Financing
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VANCOUVER, BC
,
Dec. 17, 2024
/CNW/ - Cascadia Minerals Ltd. ("
Cascadia
") (TSXV: CAM) is
pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement for
total proceeds of
C$1,750,000
(see news release dated
December 4, 2024
).
Michael Gentile
, a
well-known strategic investor in the junior mining sector and key supporter of Cascadia, participated
in the placement and now holds a 10.4% position on a partially diluted basis.
The placement consisted of an aggregate of 5,555,556 non-flow-through units (the "
NFT Units
") at
a price of
$0.09
per NFT Unit and 12,500,000 flow-through common shares for critical minerals
exploration (the
"FT Shares"
) at a price of
$0.10
per FT Share. Each NFT Unit comprises one
common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole such common
share purchase warrant, a "
Warrant
"). Each Warrant shall be exercisable into one additional
common share until
December 17, 2026
at an exercise price of
$0.15
per Warrant.
The proceeds from the sale of the FT Shares will be used for "Canadian critical minerals exploration
expenses" at Cascadia's
Yukon
and
British Columbia
properties. These expenditures will qualify as
"critical mineral flow-through mining expenditures" within the meaning of the Income Tax Act
(
Canada
). The proceeds from the sale of the NFT Units will be used for general working capital.
Cascadia paid cash finders' fees totalling
$80,745
and issued a total of 770,000 finder warrants
("
Finder Warrants
") in connection with the financing. Each Finder Warrant shall be exercisable into
one common share of Cascadia until
December 17, 2026
, at an exercise price of
$0.15
per Finder
Warrant.
All securities issued as part of the closing of the private placement, including any shares that may be
issued pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants or Finders Warrants are subject to a hold period in
Canada
until
April 18
, 2025.
Insiders of Cascadia purchased a total of 175,000 FT Shares and 1,555,556 NFT Units in the private
placement. The participation of insiders in the private placement constitutes a related party
transaction, within the meaning of TSX-V Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection
of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("
MI 61-101
"). Cascadia has relied on
exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under
sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(a) of MI 61-101 on the basis that the fair market value (as determined under
MI 61-101) of insider participation in the private placement did not exceed 25 per cent of Cascadia's
market capitalization.
About Cascadia
Cascadia is a Canadian junior mining company focused on making new copper and gold discoveries
the
Yukon
and
British Columbia
. Cascadia's flagship Catch Property in the
Yukon
hosts a brand-new
copper-gold porphyry discovery where inaugural drill results returned broad intervals of
mineralization, including
116.60 m
of 0.31% copper with 0.30 g/t gold. Catch exhibits extensive high-
grade copper and gold mineralization across a 5 km long trend, with rock samples returning peak
values of 3.88% copper and 30.00 g/t gold.
In addition to Catch, Cascadia is conducting exploration work at its Mack's Copper and Milner
properties – recently staked Catch analogues within
Yukon's
Stikine Terrane – as well as the Sands
of Time property in the
Yukon
and the PIL Property in
British Columbia
, all of which have additional
copper porphyry targets. Cascadia has approximately 70 million shares outstanding and its largest
shareholders are Hecla Mining Company,
Michael Gentile
and
Barrick Gold
.
The technical information in this news release has been approved by
Andrew Carne
, M.Eng.,
P.Eng., VP Corporate Development for Cascadia and a qualified person for the purposes of National
Instrument 43-101.
On behalf of Cascadia Minerals Ltd.
Graham Downs
, President and CEO
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.
Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements:
This press release may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
securities laws. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by
these statements. The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press
release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information, except as
required by securities laws.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities in any jurisdiction. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered or
sold in
the United States
or to a U.S. person in the absence of such registration or an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws.
The issuer will not make any public offering of the securities in
the United States
.
SOURCE
Cascadia Minerals Ltd.
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For further information:
For further information, please contact: Andrew Carne, M.Eng., P.Eng.,
VP Corporate Development, Cascadia Minerals Ltd., T: 604-688-0111 ext. 106,
CO: Cascadia Minerals Ltd.
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