K2 Gold Closes $3.59 Million Oversubscribed Private Placement
K2 Gold Closes $3.59 Million Oversubscribed
Private Placement
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 1, 2023) - K2 Gold Corporation (TSXV: KTO)
(OTCQB: KTGDF) (FSE: 23K) ("
K2
" or the "
Company
")
is pleased to announce the closing of the non-
brokered private placement financing as disclosed on January 09, 2023 by issuing a total of 23,976,500
units ("
Units
") at a price of C$0.15 per Unit (the "
Offering Price
"), for aggregate gross proceeds of
C$3,596,475 (the "
Offering
").
Each Unit will consist of one common share (a "
Share
") in the capital of the Company and one-half of
one non-transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant
being a "
Warrant
"). Each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one Share at a price of C$0.30 per
Share for a period until February 1, 2025.
K2 intends to use the net proceeds raised from the Offering for exploration and advancement work on
the company's Si2 Gold project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA, ongoing permitting at the
Mojave project, as well as for general working capital.
The Company will pay finders fees in compliance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and
applicable securities legislation, to arm's length finders in connection with subscriptions from
subscribers introduced by them, totaling $188,479.00 and 1,256,530 warrants exercisable for 24 months
from the date of issuance to acquire common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share.
Insiders of the Company acquired an aggregate of 1,033,667 Common Shares in the Offering, which
participation constituted a "related party transaction" as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101
Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions
("
MI 61-101
"). Such participation is
exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 as
neither the fair market value of the securities acquired by the insiders, nor the consideration for the
securities paid by such insiders, exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization. As required by MI
61-101, the Company advises that it expects to file a material change report relating to the Offering less
than 21 days from completion of the Offering, as the nature of the related party transaction is relatively
immaterial, and was not necessary to complete the Offering, and can generally be considered
reasonable in the circumstances.
Closing of the Offering is subject to certain customary conditions, including, but not limited to, the receipt
of all necessary regulatory approvals and acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange. All securities
issued under the Offering will be subject to a statutory hold period of four month hold period in
accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws. There are no material facts or material changes
regarding the Company that have not been generally disclosed.
About the Si2 Project
The Si2 Gold Project is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, approximately 60km northwest of
Tonopah, Nevada, and 20km northwest of Allegiant Gold's Eastside deposit (1.4Moz Au, 8.8 Moz Ag).
The project is road accessible and consists of 118 BLM lode claims covering 986 Ha, under option from
Orogen Royalties Inc. (TSXV: OGN). The claims cover an 8 km
2
area of steam heated alunite-kaolinite-
buddingtonite alteration within a sequence of felsic to intermediate volcanic rocks with brecciation and
strongly anomalous mercury. The alteration is interpreted to represent a high-level setting within a low-
sulfidation epithermal gold-silver system. In this type of geologic setting there is typically minimal
anomalous gold mineralization at surface, however, gold grades may increase at depth along controlling
structures at critical locations in the hydrothermal system (i.e., boiling zones). The Si2 Gold Project was
initially identified by the same exploration team that identified AngloGold Ashanti's Silicon project near
Beatty, Nevada, and was staked based on its strong geological similarities to Silicon.
About K2 Gold
K2 is a proud member of Discovery Group and currently has projects in Southwest USA and the Yukon.
The Wels Project is located in Western Yukon, approximately 40km east of the community of Beaver
Creek and 60km south of Newmont Goldcorp's 4Moz Coffee deposit, within the traditional territory of
White River First Nation. The land position consists of 350 contiguous Quartz Claims covering 7,200
hectares.
Wels is underlain by metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the White River Formation
that have been intruded by a series of Triassic gabbroic sills and Cretaceous granitic plugs. This
package has been cut by a series of WNW trending high-angle structures that host alteration and gold
mineralization. Mineralization is noted in all rock types observed on the property to date and is
associated with quartz veining, brecciation, and sericite alteration with anomalous As, Sb, and, locally,
visible gold. Four discrete mineralized trends are currently known, with only one trend drilled to date,
delivering encouraging assay results of 2.37 g/t Au over 28.5m and 10.38 g/t Au over 6.0m. All
mineralized trends remain open along strike and approximately 80% of the property is currently
unexplored.
The Mojave project is a 5,830-hectare oxide gold project with base metal targets located in California.
Multiple previously recognized surface gold targets have been successfully drilled in the past, most
notably by Newmont and BHP. Since acquiring the property, K2 has completed geochemical and
geophysical surveys, geologic mapping, LiDAR, a WorldView 3 alteration survey, and successfully
completed a 17-hole RC drill program focused on the Dragonfly and Newmont Zones. Highlights from
K2's drilling program include 6.68 g/t Au over 45.72m from surface at the Dragonfly Zone, and 1.69 g/t
Au over 41.15m from 44.20m depth at the Newmont Zone.
K2 is committed to transparency, accountability, environmental stewardship, safety, diversity, inclusion,
and community and indigenous engagement
.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Anthony Margarit"
President and CEO K2 Gold Corporation.
For further information about K2 Gold Corporation or this news release, please visit our website at
k2gold.com
or contact our Office in Canada at 778-266-1456 or by email at
.
K2 Gold Corporation is a member of Discovery Group based in Vancouver, Canada. For more
information please visit:
discoverygroup.ca
.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts. Forward- looking
statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance,
prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements, including statements regarding the exploration program at Si2, Wels, and Mojave, including
results of drilling, and future exploration plans at Si2, Wels, and Mojave. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, variations
in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located, the Company's inability to
obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its planned activities, and the
Company's inability to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies.
The reader is referred to the Company's public disclosure record which is available on SEDAR
(
www.sedar.com
). Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these
statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that
such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except as required by securities laws and
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be
any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. No securities of the Company
have been or will, in the foreseeable future, be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933
(the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or
to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless
registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such
registration requirements is available.
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