VR Closes Financing for Gross Proceeds of Approximately $1.9 Million. NR-23-08
VR RESOURCES LTD.
1500 - 409 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 1T2
Tel: 778-731-9292; [email protected]
TSX.V: VRR; www.vrr.ca
VR Closes Financing for Gross Proceeds of Approximately $1.9 Million.
NR-23-08
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May 09, 2023, Vancouver, B.C.: VR Resources Ltd . (TSX.V: VRR; FSE: 5VR; OTCQ B: VRRCF), the (Company ), or
(VR), is pleased to announce it has Closed the recently announced , non-brokered private placement (the
“Financing”) for gross proceeds of $1.88M. Plans are now underway to commence drilling next month at the
Company’s REE critical metals project at Hecla-Kilmer and the kimberlite discovery nearby at Northway, located
in northern Ontario.
The First Tranche of the Financing was recently closed for gross proceeds of approximately $1.7M as described
in NR-23-07 dated April 19, 2023. Today the Company issued today an additional 1,270,743 Units, as defined
below, for gross proceeds of $177,904 (“Final Tranche”) to Close the Financing.
The completed Financing in its entirety breaks down as follows:
▪ Flow Through private placement, consisting of 7,971,250 units at a price of $0.16 per Unit for
total gross proceeds of $1,275,400.
▪ Hard dollar private placement, consisting of 4,300,743 units at a price of $0.14 per Unit for total
gross proceeds of $602,104.
Use of Proceeds Going Forward
VR will use the net proceeds of the Financing for its mineral exploration business, including active exploration on
various mineral properties held in Ontario, Canada, and Nevada, USA.
Ontario. T he successful Close of the Financing allows the Company to commence its spring drill program in
northern Ontario. The camp was re-opened last week and is ready for the start-up of drilling planned for next
week on the kimberlite breccia pipe at Northway, followed by drilling at the nearby Hecla-Kilmer REE critical
metal project. Drilling is expected to take approximately one month to complete.
Nevada. The Company will also use funds from the Financing to execute two, state -of-the-art geophysical
surveys this spring on the large-footprint, polymetallic copper-moly-silver porphyry alteration and sheeted vein
system on its New Boston property in west-central Nevada.
Supporting Information on Financings
The Financing was described in full in news release NR-23-06 dated April 4, 2023. The units for both financings
consist of one common share and one -half of a common share purchase warrant with each whole warrant
entitling the holder to purchase an addition al common share at $0.23 for a period of eighteen months, until
October 19 and November 9, 2025, respectively for the First and Second Tranche.
The Company paid cash fees totaling $2,394 in connection with the Final Tranche for total aggregate of $53,644
of cash fees for certain placements into the Financing.
The securities that were issued today for the Final Tranche are subject to a statutory four month and one day
hold period expiring on September 10, 2023.
The securities have not been 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 “U.S. persons” (as such terms are defined in Reg ulation S
VR RESOURCES LTD.
1500 - 409 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 1T2
Tel: 778-731-9292; [email protected]
TSX.V: VRR; www.vrr.ca
under the U.S. Securities Act) without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicabl e state securities laws or compliance
with an exemption from such registration. This press 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 state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About VR Resources
VR is an established junior exploration company focused on unique, greenfield opportunities on large-footprint
mineral systems for critical metals, copper and gold in the western United States and Canada (TSX.V: VRR;
Frankfurt: 5VR; OTCQB: VRRCF). VR is the continuance of 4 years of active exploration in Nevada by a
Vancouver-based private company. The foundation of VR is the diverse experience and proven track record of
its Board in early-stage exploration, discovery and M&A. The Company is well financed for its exploration
strategies and corporate obligations. VR owns its properties outright and evaluates new opportunities on an
ongoing basis, whether by direct staking or acquisition.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
“Michael H. Gunning”
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Dr. Michael H. Gunning, PhD, PGeo
President & CEO
For general information please use the following:
Website: www.vrr.ca
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mike Gunning, 604-374-3708; e-mail: [email protected]
Forward Looking Statements
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words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions or are those which,
by their nature, refer to future events. Forward looking statements in this release, for example include but are
not limited to: the general use of proceeds; that the Company will complete the financing; that the Company will
carry out exploration on its properties in Nevada and Ontario.
Although the Company believes that the use of such statements is reasonable, there can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. The Company cautions investors that any forward -looking statements by the
Company are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative.
The Company’s public disclosure filings can be accessed via www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review
the materials.
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