Central Iron Ore'S Rights Offering Successfully Closed Raising $1.83M
ABN: 32 072 871 133
Central Iron Ore Ltd.
Suite 1 Level 2, 49-51 York Street, Sydney 2000 Australia
Tel. 61 2 9397 7555 Fax. 61 2 9397 7550
NEWS RELEASE Symbol: CIO-TSXV
January 28, 2026 For Immediate Dissemination
CENTRAL IRON ORE'S RIGHTS OFFERING SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED
RAISING $1.83M
Central Iron Ore Ltd. (TSXV: CIO) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its
press release of December 15, 2025, the Company has completed its rights offering (the "Rights
Offering") to eligible holders of the ordinary shares (each, a “ Share”) in the capital of the
Company at the close of business on the record date of December 23, 2025.
Pursuant to the Rights Offering, the Company issued a total of 25,476,484 units (the " Units") of
the Company, at a price of $0. 072 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,834,306.84. Each Unit will
be comprised of one Share and one Share purchase warrant (each, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant
entitles the holder to acquire one Share at an exercise price of $0. 12 per Share on or before
October 15, 2030. The Warrants will not be listed for trading on any securities exchange, however,
the Warrants will be transferable.
Pursuant to the Rights Offering, Brooklyn Bay Pt y Ltd. (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Gullewa Limited), an insider of the Company, acquired an aggregate of 22,739,954 Units. To the
knowledge of the Company after reasonable inquiry, no person became an insider or control
person of the Company as a result of the Rights Offering. No fees or commissions were paid by
the Company in connection with the Rights Offering.
Mr. David Deitz, has control or direction over the Shares that each of Gullewa Limited and
Brooklyn Bay Pty Ltd. hold. As a result, prior to closing the Rights Offering, Mr. David Deitz,
beneficially owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, an aggregat e of 24,101,954 Shares,
representing approximately 60.02% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company on an
undiluted and partially diluted basis. On closing of the Rights Offering, Mr. Deitz owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, an aggregate of 46,841,908 Shares and 26,250,000 Warrants,
representing approximately 71.37% of the issued and outstanding Shares on an undiluted basis
and approximately 79.56% on a partially diluted basis. Depending on market and other conditions,
or as future circumstances may dictate, Mr. Deitz, Gullewa Limited and/of Brooklyn Bay Pty Ltd.
may from time to time increase or decrease their respective holdings of Shares or other securities
of the Company. A copy of the early warning report will be available on the Company’s issuer
profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
The Rights Offering constituted a related party transaction within the meaning of TSX Venture
Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders
in Special Transactions (" MI 61 -101") as insiders of the Company acquired an aggregate of
22,739,954 Units pursuant to the Offering. The Company is relying on the exemptions from the
valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61- 101 contained in sections
5.5(b) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61 -101, as applicable, as the Company is not listed on a specified
market and the fair market value of the participation in the Offering by the insiders does not exceed
25% of the market capitalization of the Company in accordance with MI 61- 101. The Company
did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the closing of the Rights Offering
because the details of the participation therein by related parties of the Company were not settled
until shortly prior to closing of the Rights Offering.
As of the closing of the Rights Offering, the Company has 65,632,218 Common Shares issued
and outstanding. The Rights Offering remains subject to receipt of final acceptance of the TSX
Venture Exchange.
For more information, please contact:
David Deitz, Director
Tel.: +61 411 858 830
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 release.
THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Although the
Company believes that such information is reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to
be correct. Forward-look ing information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend,
estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company
cautions investors that any forward-lookin g information provided by the Company is not a guarantee of future results
or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking information as a result of
various factors, including, but not limited to, the state of t he financial markets for the Company’s equity securities, the
state of the market for iron ore or other minerals that may be produced generally, recent market volatility; variations in
the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be lo cated, the Company's ability to obtain any
necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its activities, to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able
to implement its business strategies and other risks associated with the exploration and development of mineral
properties. The reader is referred to the Company's disclosure documents for a more complete discussion of such risk
factors and their potential effects, copies of which may be accessed through the Company’s page on SEDAR + at
www.sedarplus.ca.