Maple GOLD Announces Closing of $5 Million Brokered Private Placement
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PRESS RELEASE
November 14, 2024
MAPLE GOLD ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $5 MILLION BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
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Vancouver, British Columbia – (Newsfile Corp. – November 14, 2024) – Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX-
V: MGM) ("Maple Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its news release on
November 4, 2024 , the Company has closed its previously announced brokered private placement
offering, pursuant to which the Company has issued : (i) 32,695,384 non-flow-through units of the
Company (the "NFT Units ") at a price of $0.065 per NFT Unit (the "NFT Issue Price "); and (ii)
35,935,000 flow-through common shares of the Company (the "FT Shares", and together with the NFT
Units, the "Offered Securities") at a price of $0.08 per FT Share (the "FT Issue Price") for total gross
proceeds to the Company of $5,000,000 (the "Offering"). The Offering was led by Beacon Securities
Limited ("Beacon") as sole lead agent and bookrunner, on behalf of a syndicate of agents, including
Agentis Capital Markets Limited Partnership and Paradigm Capital Inc. (together with Beacon, the
"Agents").
Each NFT Unit consist s of one common share of the Company and one -half of one common share
purchase warrant of the Company (each whole common share purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each
Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one non-flow-through common share of the Company (a
"Warrant Share") at a price per Warrant Share of $0.10 until November 14, 2027.
Each FT Share shall qualify as a “flow-through share” for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)
(the "Tax Act").
The Offered Securities were offered pursuant to Part 5A (the "Listed Issuer Financing Exemption")
of National Instrument 45 -106 – Prospectus Exemptions ("NI 45 -106") to purchasers resident in
Canada, and in other qualifying jurisdictions outside of Canada that were mutually agreed to by the
Company and Beacon pursuant to relevant prospectus or registration exemptions in accordance with
applicable laws. The Offered Securities issued under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption to
Canadian subscribers are not subject to a hold period in Canada.
The Company will use an amount equal to the gross proceeds from the sale of the FT Shares to incur
eligible “Canadian exploration expenses” (as defined in the Tax Act): (i) that will qualify as “flow-through
mining expenditures” (as defined in the Tax Act) and, (ii) in respect of Québec resident subscribers who
are eligible individuals under the Taxation Act (Québec) (the "Québec Tax Act"), that will also qualify
for inclusion in the “exploration base relating to certain Québec exploration expenses” within the
meaning of section 726.4.10 of the Québec Tax Act and for inclusion in the “exploration base relating
to certain Québec surface mining expenses” within the meaning of section 726.4.17.2 of the Québec
Tax Act (collectively, the "Qualifying Expenditures") related to the Company’s mineral properties
located in Québec, Canada on or before December 31, 2025. All Qualifying Expenditures will be
renounced in favour of the subscribers effective December 31, 2024. The Company intends to use the
net proceeds from the sale of NFT Units for general and administrative expenses and unallocated
working capital purposes over a period of 12 months following closing of the Offering.
In connection with the Offering, the Company: (i) paid cash commission s to the Agents equal to
$286,798.50; and (ii) issued a total of 3,914,723 non-transferable compensation warrants of the
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Company (the "Compensation Warrants") to the Agents. Each Compensation Warrant entitles the
holder to acquire one common share of the Company (each, a "Compensation Share") at a price of
$0.065 per Compensation Share until November 14, 2027. The Offering remain s subject to final
acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The securities issued pursuant to the Offering have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any U.S. state securities laws, and
may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, United States
persons absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws.
About Maple Gold
Maple Gold Mines Ltd. is a Canadian advanced exploration company focused on advancing the district-
scale Douay and Joutel gold projects located in Québec 's prolific Abitibi Greenstone Gold Belt. The
projects benefit from exceptional infrastructure access and boast ~400 km2 of highly prospective ground
including an established gold mineral resource at Douay with significant expansion potential as well as
the past-producing Telbel and Eagle West mines at Joutel. In addition, the Company holds an exclusive
option to acquire 100% of the Eagle Mine Property, a key part of the historical Joutel mining complex.
The district-scale property package also hosts a significant number of regional exploration targets along
a 55-km strike length of the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone that have yet to be tested through drilling,
making the project ripe for new gold and polym etallic discoveries. The Company is currently focused
on carrying out exploration and drill programs to grow mineral resources and make new discoveries to
establish an exciting new gold district in the heart of the Abitibi. For more information, please visit
www.maplegoldmines.com.
ON BEHALF OF MAPLE GOLD MINES LTD.
"Kiran Patankar"
Kiran Patankar, President & CEO
For Further Information Please Contact:
Mr. Kiran Patankar
President & CEO
Tel: 604.639.2536
Email: [email protected]
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 PRESS RELEASE.
Forward Looking Statements and Cautionary Notes:
This news release contains “forward -looking information” and “forward -looking statements” (collectively referred to as
“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation in Canada. Forward -looking
statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,”
“plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “aims,” “potential,” “goal,” “objective,”, “strategy” ,
“prospective,” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will,” “would,” “may,” “can,” “could” or “should” occur, or
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are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. Forward-looking statements in this news release include,
but are not limited to, statements about the Offering (including the tax treatment of the FT Shares and use of proceeds of the
Offering), the resource expansion and discovery potential across the Company’s gold projects, and its intention to pursue
such potential, and the Company’s exploration work and results from current and future work programs. Although the Company
believes that forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations
will prove to be correct, as forward -looking statements are based on assumptions, uncertainties and management’s best
estimate of future events on the date the statements are made and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently,
actual events or results could differ materially from the Company’s expectations and projections, and readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of additional risks and other factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements in this news
release, please refer to the Com pany’s filings with Canadian securities regulators available under the Company’s profile on
SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca or on the Company’s website at www.maplegoldmines.com. Except to the extent required by
applicable securities laws and /or the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company undertakes no obligation to, and
expressly disclaims any intention to, update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.