Plato Commences Trading on OTCQB Venture Market in The United States
For Immediate Release
Plato Commences Trading on OTCQB
Venture Market in The United States
Toronto, December 20, 2021 – Plato Gold Corp. (TSX-V: PGC) (OTCQB: NIOVF) (Frankfurt:
4Y7 or WKN: A0M2QX) (“Plato” or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce that, effective
December 20 , 2021, the Company’s common shares (the “Shares”) have been approved to
commence trading on the OTCQB® Venture market (“OTCQB”) under the symbol, NIOVF. The
Company’s Shares will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol, PGC.
The Company has chosen to trade on this US marketplace to provide current and future US-based
investors with greater access, ease of trading, home country disclosure, current financial
disclosures and Real-Time Level 2 quotes on www.otcmarkets.com.
“I am pleased that Plato has qualified to trade on the OTCQB market in the U.S., thereby increasing
the Company’s exposure as well as liquidity for Plato shareholders. With Plato’s focus on critical
metals, in particular niobium, at our Good Hope Project, we plan on making U.S. investors more
aware of the importance of niobium in a large number of important industries. As we further
develop this project, its unique location nea r Marathon, Ontario and proximity to major
infrastructure will help to differentiate it from other projects,” said Anthony Cohen, President &
CEO of the Company.
The OTCQB® is a leading market for early-stage and developing U.S. and international companies
operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc. To be eligible for quotation on the OTCQB®, companies
must be current in their reporting and undergo an annual verification and management certification
process. C ompanies must also meet a minimum bid price test and other financial conditions.
Recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an established public market, the
OTCQB® market will provide investors who cannot access trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
with alternative access to Plato’s Shares through regulated U.S. broker-dealers.
About Plato Gold Corp.
Plato Gold Corp. is a Canadian exploration company traded on the TSX Venture Exchange, OTC
Markets, and Frankfurt Exchange with projects in Timmins, Ontario, Marathon, Ontario and Santa
Cruz, Argentina.
The Timmins, Ontario project includes 4 properties: Guibord, Harker, Holloway and Marriott in
the Harker/Holloway gold camp located east of Timmins, Ontario with a focus on gold.
In Argentina, Plato owns a 95% interest in Winnipeg Minerals S.A. (“WMSA”), an Argentina
incorporated company that holds a number of contiguous mineral rights totalling 9,672 hectares
with potential for gold and silver.
The Good Hope Niobium Project consists of approximately 5,146 hectares in Killala Lake Area
and Cairngorm Lake Area Townships, near Marathon, Ontario with the primary target being
niobium.
The Pic River Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Project consists of 2,247 hec tares in Foxtrap Lake
and Grain Township, near Marathon, Ontario of which 19 claims are contiguous to the western
boundary of Generation Mining’s Marathon PGM project and is located on strike to Generation
Mining’s Sally deposit.
For additional company information, please visit: www.platogold.com.
NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION PROVIDER (AS THAT
TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OF THIS RELEASE.
For further information, please contact:
Anthony Cohen
President and CEO
Plato Gold Corp.
T: 416-968-0608
F: 416-968-3339
www.platogold.com
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward -looking statements”, within the meaning of applicable
securities laws. These statements include, but are not limited to, completion of the Offering,
statements regarding the potential mineralization and resources, exploration results,
concentrations of pay minerals may offset operating costs and future plans and objectives.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as “believes”, “anticipates”,
“expects”, “estimates”, “ may”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or “plan”. Since forward -looking
statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very
nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on
information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual
results will meet management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to a
variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause act ual events or results to
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Risks that could change
or prevent these statements from coming to fruition include but are not limited to: changing costs
for mining and processing; increa sed capital costs; the timing and content of upcoming work
programs; geological interpretations based on drilling that may change with more detailed
information; potential process methods and mineral recoveries assumption based on limited test
work and by comparison to what are considered analogous deposits that with further test work
may not be comparable; testing of our process may not prove successful and even it tests are
successful, the economic and other outcomes may not be as expected; the availabili ty of labour,
equipment and markets for the products produced; conditions changing such that the minerals on
our property cannot be economically mined, or that the required permits cannot be obtained; and
an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company,
including but not limited to the effects of COVID -19 on the price of commodities, capital market
conditions, restrictions on labour and international travel and supply chains . Although
management of Plato has att empted to identify important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors
that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward -looking statements. The forward -looking information contained herein is
given as of the date hereof and the Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise such
information to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.