Meridian Announces Closing of $18.4M Bought Deal Public Offering
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Meridian Announces Closing of $18.4M Bought Deal Public Offering
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LONDON, United Kingdom, May 2, 2023, Meridian Mining UK S (TSX: MNO)
(Frankfurt/Tradegate:2MM) (“Meridian” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that the
Company has closed the bought deal offering previously announced on April 24, 2023 by issuing
36,800,000 common shares of the Company (the “ Offered Shares”) at $0.50 per Offered Share
(the “Issue Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $18,400,000 (the “Offering”)
pursuant to terms of the underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement”) entered into
among the Company, Beacon Securities Limited and Raymond James Ltd. (the “ Co-Lead
Underwriters”), Cormark Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Stifel Nicolaus Canada
Inc. (collectively with the Co-Lead Underwriters, the “ Underwriters”). The Offering included
4,800,000 Offered Shares issued pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the
Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Mr. Gilbert Clark, Executive Chairman, comments: “Meridian grea tly appreciates the strong
support from its existing and new shareholders, and the exceptional efforts of the Underwriters in
positioning Meridian for long-term value creation. The Company’s focus is on the development of
the advanced Cabaçal copper-gold project and the unlocking of t he exciting potential of this
emerging 50km long, VMS belt in Brazil.”
The Company intends to use the net proceeds to advance the deve lopment of the Cabaçal
project, regional exploration in the Cabaçal district and explo ration of other Brazilian projects,
working capital and general corporate purposes.
An insider of the Company participated in the Offering and purc hased an aggregate of 50,000
Offered Shares. Participation of the insider in the Offering constituted a "related party transaction"
as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions ( "MI 61 -101"), but was exempt from the formal valuation and minority
shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101, as neither the fair market value of the securities
issued to the insider nor the consideration paid by the insider exceeded 25% of the Company's
market capitalization. None of the Company's directors expresse d any contrary views or
disagreements with respect to the foregoing. The Company did no t file a material change report
21 days prior to the closing of the Offering as the details of the participation of the insider of the
Company had not been confirmed at that time.
The Offered Shares issued pursuant to the Offering were qualifi ed for distribution by way of a
prospectus supplement of the Company dated April 26, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to
the Company’s existing short form base shelf prospectus dated F ebruary 24, 2023 (the “ Base
Shelf Prospectus”) filed in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Onta rio, and offered
and sold to eligible purchasers by way of available prospectus exemptions in certain jurisdictions
outside of Canada. The Base Shelf Prospectus, the Prospectus Su pplement, the documents
incorporated by reference therein and the Underwriting Agreemen t are available on the
Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The securities referred to herein 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 U.S. state securities laws,
and may not be offered or sold in the “United States” (as such term is defined in Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S.
state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. This news release shall
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Meridian:
Meridian Mining UK S is focused on the acquisition, exploration , and development activities in
Brazil. The Company is currently focused on resource developmen t of the advanced Cabaçal
VMS gold-copper project, the regional scale exploration of the Cabaçal VMS belt, the exploration
in the Jaurú & Araputanga Greenstone belts all located in the state of Mato Grosso and exploring
the Espigão polymetallic project in the State of Rondônia Brazil.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Meridian Mining UK S
Mr. Gilbert Clark
Executive Chairman
Meridian Mining UK S
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Forward-Looking Statements:
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking in formation or forward-looking
statements for the purposes of applicable securities laws, incl uding the anticipated use of
proceeds, anticipated advancement of mineral properties or prog rams, future operations, and
future development plans. In making the forward-looking stateme nts, the Company has made
several assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions concerning: production costs; that
there is no material deterioration in general business and econ omic conditions; that the political
environment in which the Company operates will continue to supp ort the development and
operation of mining projects; financial position; and results o f operations and/or cash flows.
Although management of the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on
information currently available to it, they may prove to be inc orrect. These statements address
future events and conditions and so involve inherent risks, unc ertainties and other factors that
could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or
results implied or expressed in such forward-looking statements . Such risks include, but are not
limited to, risks related to the speculative nature of the Comp any’s business, the Company’s
formative stage of development, and other risks and uncertainti es disclosed under the headings
"Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information" and "Ri sk Factors" in the Prospectus
Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus, and other disclosure doc uments available on the
Company’s profile at www.sedar.com. There is some risk that the forward-looking statements will
not prove to be accurate, that the management's assumptions may not be correct or that actual
results may differ materially from such forward-looking stateme nts. Accordingly, readers should
not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may
be required by applicable securities laws, Meridian disclaims a ny intent or obligation to update
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new infor mation, future events, or results
or otherwise.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined
in policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.