Hercules closes First Tranche of Private Placement
HERCULES CLOSES FIRST TRANCHE OF PRIVATE
PLACEMENT AND APPOINTS ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBER
Vancouver, B C – August 21, 2023 - Hercules Resources Corp. (CSE: HERC) (the “ Company” or
“Hercules”) is pleased to announce it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced non-
brokered private placement of 6 ,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.07 per Unit, for gross
proceeds of up to $ 420,000 (the " Offering"). The first tranche consists of 4,150,000 units at $0.07 per
unit for gross proceeds of $290,500.
Each Unit consists of one common share (a " Common Share") of the Company and one common share
purchase warrant (a "Warrant") exercisable into one Common Share of the Company at a price of $0. 12
per Warrant for a period of 24 months from the closing date of the Offering.
All securities t o be issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a statutory hold period of four
months and a day from issuance un der applicable Canadian securities law. The proceeds of the Offering
are planned to be used for exploration and general working capital purposes.
The Company has appointed Brian G Thurston, HBSc, PGEO, to the Advisory Board. Brian G Thurston
holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Western Ontario. Mr.
Thurston has over 31 years’ experience working as a geologist around the globe including North and
South America, Africa and India. He has experience working on projects from grass roots to feasibility
level. Mr. Thurston was instrumental in the initial exploration, land acquisition and development of
Aurelian Resources Ecuador grass roots exploration and held the position of Country Manager. Kinross in
2008 acquired Aurelian Resources in a $1.2B friendly deal. Mr. Thurston transitioned from geologist to
corporate positions in 2004 and has founded several public companies and held positions of director
and officer, as well as served on multiple committees including audit, disclosure, and corporate
governance. Mr. Thurston was President and CEO of Lion Energy Corp. from 2007 to 2011 raising over
$30M before a friendly takeover was successfully completed by Lundin’s Africa Oil Corp.
The Company h as granted 700,000 stock options to directors , officers, advisor and consultant. Each
option is exercisable at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of five years.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the shares
in the United States. The shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and may not
be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Gordon Lam
President and Chief Executive Officer
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (604) 616-8816
The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view
of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These
statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because of
these risks and uncertainties and as a result of a variety of factors, the actual results, expectations,
achievements or performance may differ materially from those anticipated and indicated by these forward
looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, the
Company’s proposed use of the proceeds of its offering. Any number of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from these forward-looking statements as well as future results. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no
assurances that the expectations of any forward looking statements will prove to be correct. Except as
required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any
forward looking statements to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events,
changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward looking statements or otherwise.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.