K2 Gold Closes First Tranche of Private Placement Financing
K2 Gold Closes First Tranche of Private
Placement Financing
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 15, 2024) - K2 Gold Corporation (TSXV: KTO)
(OTCQB: KTGDF) (FSE: 23K) ("
K2
" or the "
Company
") today announced that, further to its news
release June 18, 2024 regarding its non-brokered private placement financing of up to 15,000,000 units
(the "
Units
") at a price of $0.10 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of up to $1,500,000 (the
"
Offering
"), it has closed the first tranche ("
First Tranche
") of the Offering. Under the First Tranche, the
Company has issued 9,500,000 Units for gross proceeds of $950,000.00.
Each Unit will consist of one common share (a "
Share
") in the capital of the Company and 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 CDN$0.30 per Share
for a period of 12 months from the date of issuance subject to an acceleration clause. If the 10-day
volume-weighted average trading price of the Shares as quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange is equal
to or greater than $0.35 at the close of any trading day, then the Company may, at its option, accelerate
the expiry date of the Warrants by issuing a press release (a "Warrant Acceleration Press Release")
announcing that the expiry date of the Warrants shall be deemed to be on the 30th day following the
issuance of the Warrant Acceleration Press Release (the "Accelerated Expiry Date"). All Warrants that
remain unexercised following the Accelerated Expiry Date shall immediately expire and all rights of
holders of such Warrants shall be terminated without any compensation to such holder.
K2 intends to use the net proceeds raised from the Offering to complete the EIS permitting for the
company's Mojave Gold project located in Inyo County, California, USA, as well as exploration and
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 $41,700.00 and 417,000 warrants exercisable for 12 months
from the date of issuance to acquire common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share. Finders Warrants have the same terms as the Unit Warrants.
Insiders of the Company acquired an aggregate of 950,000 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.
Extension of the Non-Brokered Private Placement
Further to the Company's news release dated June 18, 2024, the TSX Venture Exchange has granted
an extension to the deadline for filing final documentation for the private placement to September 3,
2024.
About K2 Gold
K2 is a proud member of Discovery Group and currently has projects in Southwest USA and the Yukon.
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.
The
Wels Project
lies approximately 40km east of the community of Beaver Creek and 60km south of
Newmont Goldcorp's Coffee deposit discovered by Kaminak Gold Corporation (formerly a Discovery
Group company prior to its acquisition by Goldcorp-Newmont). Both the Coffee project and the Wels
project lie within the Tintina Gold Belt, share similar characteristics, and are host to structurally controlled
gold mineralization within intrusive rocks exhibiting multiple trends of mineralization.
K2's 2023 Reverse Circulation drilling program at the Wels Project intersected gold in every drill hole,
including the discovery of a new mineralized corridor at the Saddle South target. The Wels land position
consists of 350 contiguous quartz claims covering 7,200 hectares and lies within the traditional territory
of White River First Nation.
The
Si2 Gold Project
is located in Esmeralda County, 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, 65 of which are 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 displaying
brecciation and strongly anomalous mercury.
K2's 2023 diamond drill program at the Si2 Project confirmed that the system is gold bearing. The
project was initially identified using the same methods, and by the same exploration team that identified
AngloGold Ashanti's 4.22 Moz Au Silicon project
1
near Beatty, Nevada, and was staked based on its
strong geological similarities to Silicon.
1
https://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/22/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AGA-IR22.pdf
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.sedarplus.ca
). 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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