Osisko Development Announces Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Participation Agreement with Williams Lake First Nation
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OSISKO DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES ISSUANCE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMS LAKE FIRST NATION
Montreal, Québec, February 24, 2023 – Osisko Development Corp. (NYSE: ODV, TSXV: ODV)
("Osisko Development" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has agreed to issue
10,000 common shares of the Company (the " Common Shares ") in accordance with the terms of a
participation agreement dated June 10, 2022 (the "Participation Agreement") with the Williams Lake First
Nation (see news release dated July 5, 2022), relating to the Company's 100%-owned Cariboo Gold Project
located in central British Columbia.
Pursuant to the Participation Agreement, the Company has also agreed to make certain cash payme nts
and issue up to 50,000 additional Common Shares, subject to the achievement of certain future milestones.
All Common Shares issuable under the Participation Agreement will be subject to a statutory hold period
expiring four months and one day from the date of issuance in accordance with applicable securities
legislation.
About Osisko Development Corp.
Osisko Development Corp. is a premier North American gold development company focused on high-quality
past-producing properties located in mining friendly jurisdictions with district scale potential. The Company's
objective is to become an intermediate gold producer by advancing its 100%-owned Cariboo Gold Project,
located in central B.C., Canada, the recently acquired Tintic Project in the historic East Tintic mining district
in Utah, U.S.A., and the San Antonio Gold Project in Sonora, Mexico. In addition to considerable brownfield
exploration potential of these properties, that benefit from significant historical mining data, existing
infrastructure and access to skilled labour, the Company's project pipeline is complemented by other
prospective exploration properties. The Company's strategy is to develop attractive, long-life, socially and
environmentally sustainable mining assets, while minimizing exposure to development risk and growing
mineral resources.
For further information, please contact Osisko Development Corp.:
Sean Roosen Philip Rabenok
Chairman and CEO Director, Investor Relations
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 (514) 940-0685 Tel: +1 (437) 423-3644
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this news release may be deemed "forward -looking statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian
securities legislation. These forward‐looking statements, by their nature, require Osisko Development to make certain assumptions
and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in these forward ‐looking statements. Forward ‐looking statements are not guarantees of performance. Words
such as "may", "will", "would", "could", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "continue", or the negative or
comparable terminology, as well as terms usually used in the future and the conditional, are intended to identify forward ‐looking
statements. Information contained in forward ‐looking statements is based upon certain material assumptions that were applied in
drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection, including management's perceptions of historical trends, current conditions
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and expected future developments, results of further exploration work to define and expand mineral resources, the ability of
exploration work (including drilling) to accurately predict mineralization, and any other information herein that is not a hi storical fact
may be "forward looking information". Material assumptions also include, managemen t's perceptions of historical trends, the ability
of exploration (including drilling) to accurately predict mineralization, budget constraints and access to capital on terms a cceptable
to the Company, current conditions and expected future developments, the ability to satisfy all conditions precedent to the issuance
of additional Common Shares, the Company's ability to achieve the milestones outlined in the Participation Agreement, the
Company's ability to bring the Cariboo Project to commercial production, results of further exploration work to define or expand any
mineral resources, as well as other considerations that are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. Osisko Developme nt
considers its assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, but cautions the reader that their assumptions
regarding future events, many of which are beyond the control of Osisko Development, may ultimately prove to be incorrect sin ce
they are subject to risks and uncertainties that affect Osisko Development and its business. Such risks and uncertainties include,
among others, risks relating to capital market conditions and the Company's ability to access capital on terms acceptable to the
Company; regulatory framework; the ability of exploration activities (including drill results) to accurately predict mineralization; errors
in management's geological modelling; the ability of to complete further exploration activities, including drilling; the abil ity of the
Company to obtain required approvals; t he results of exploration activities; risks relating to exploration, development and mining
activities; the global economic climate; metal prices; dilution; environmental risks; and community and non-governmental actions and
the responses of relevant gover nments to the COVID -19 outbreak and the effectiveness of such responses. Readers are urged to
consult the disclosure provided under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form for the year ended
December 31, 2021, as amended, which has been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under Osisko Development's issuer profile and
on the SEC's EDGAR website (www.sec.gov), for further information regarding the risks and other factors applicable to the
exploration results. Although the Company's believes the expectations conveyed by the forward-looking statements are reasonable
based on information available at the date of preparation, no assurances can be given as to future results, levels of activit y and
achievements. The Company disclaims any oblig ation to update any forward -looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or otherwise, except as required by law. There can be no assurance that these forward -looking
statements will prove to be accurate, as actual r esults and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that t erm is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange, securities
commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.