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Callinex Closes Oversubscribed $8,888,888
Financing
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VANCOUVER, BC
,
Feb. 25, 2021
/CNW/ -
Callinex Mines Inc.
(TSX-V: CNX) ("
Callinex
" or the
"
Company
") is pleased to announce that the Company has closed its oversubscribed private
placement financing by raising a total of
$8,888,888
(the "
Offering
"). Under the Offering, the
Company issued (i) 625,002 hard dollar units (the "
HD Units
") at a price of
C$4.00
per HD Unit (the
"
HD Offering Price
") for gross proceeds of
C$2,500,008
; (ii) 125,000
New Brunswick
flow-through
units (the "
NB FT Units
") at a price of
$5.52
per NB FT Unit (the "
NB FT Offering Price
") for gross
proceeds of
$690,000
; and (iii) 890,450
Manitoba
flow-through units (the "
MB
FT Units
") at a price
of
C$6.40
per MB FT Unit (the "
MB
FT Offering Price
") for gross proceeds of
C$5,698,880
.
Max Porterfield
, President and CEO stated, "The Company is now fully funded and focused on
expanding the high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc rich Rainbow Discovery at the Company's
Pine Bay Project in
Manitoba
. Two drill rigs have commenced the budgeted 30,000-meter drilling
campaign in
Manitoba
and plans are underway to expand the two near surface silver discoveries in
New Brunswick
with a drilling campaign in the coming months. We're grateful for the support from
new and existing shareholders in this financing which allows us to continue our mission of driving
shareholder value through discovery."
Each HD Unit consists of one common share and one-half of one transferable common share
purchase warrant (each whole such common share purchase warrant, a "
Warrant
"). Each NB FT
Unit consists of one flow-through common share and one-half of one transferable Warrant to be
issued on a non-flow-through basis. Each MB FT Unit consists of one flow-through common share
and one-half of one transferrable Warrant to be issued on a non-flow-through basis. Each Warrant
shall be exercisable into one additional common share (a "
Warrant Share
") at an exercise price of
C$6.00
per Warrant Share until
February 25, 2024
.
The Warrants will be subject to an acceleration clause whereby if at any time four months after the
date of issuance and prior to the expiry of the Warrants the volume-weighted average trading price
of the common shares exceeds
C$8.00
for a period of 15 consecutive trading days, the Company is
entitled, as its option, to accelerate the expiry date of the Warrants by delivering written notice to
the holders of the Warrants, to a date that is not less than 30 days after such notice is given.
Clarus Securities Inc. acted as lead agent and bookrunner, on behalf of a syndicate of agents that
included PI Financial Corp. and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. The Company paid the syndicate of
agents a cash commission of
$276,268
and issued a total of 31,506 share purchase warrants
("
Compensation Options
"), with each Compensation Option exercisable at
$6.00
per share
expiring on
February 25, 2023
.
The securities issued under the Offering will be subject to restrictions on resale expiring on
June 26,
2021
.
The gross proceeds from the sale of NB FT Units and the MB FT Units will be used by the Company
to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that will qualify as "flow-through mining
expenditures" as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (
Canada
) (the "
Qualifying
Expenditures
") related to the Company's projects in
Canada
. All Qualifying Expenditures will be
renounced in favour of the subscribers of the Flow-Through Shares effective
December 31, 2021
.
The net proceeds from the sale of the HD Units will be used by the Company for working capital and
general corporate purposes.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
securities in
the United States
. The securities 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 state securities
laws and may not be offered or sold within
the United States
or to U.S. Persons unless registered
under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such
registration is available.
About Callinex Mines Inc.
Callinex Mines is advancing its portfolio of base and precious metals rich deposits located in
established Canadian mining jurisdictions. The portfolio is highlighted by the rapidly expanding
Rainbow discovery at its Pine Bay project located near existing infrastructure in the
Flin Flon
mining
district. Additionally, Callinex has emerging near-surface silver discoveries at its
Nash Creek
project
located in the
Bathurst
mining district of
New Brunswick
. A 2018 preliminary economic assessment
on the company's
Bathurst
projects outlined a mine plan that generates a strong economic return
with a pretax internal rate of return of 34.1 per cent (25.2 per cent post-tax) and a net present value
8 per cent of
$230-million
(
$128-million
post-tax).
Callinex trades on the TSX.V under the symbol "CNX".
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 release.
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information. These statements
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future expenditures. These statements
address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the statements. Such factors include, among others, the ability to complete the
proposed drill program and the timing and amount of expenditures. Except as required under
applicable securities laws, Callinex does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking
statement
.
SOURCE
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For further information:
Please Contact Callinex Mines Inc.: Max Porterfield, President and Chief
Executive Officer, 1555-555 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 4N6,
[email protected], (604) 605-0885
CO: Callinex Mines Inc.
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