Fission Uranium Announces Receipt for Final Prospectus for Qualification of Common Shares Underlying Previously Issued Special Warrants
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2014) - FISSION URANIUM CORP. ("Fission" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FCU)(OTCQX:FCUUF)(FRANKFURT:2FU) is pleased to announce that it has obtained a receipt dated April 25, 2014 (the "Receipt") for its final short form prospectus (the "Prospectus") filed in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick (the "Selling Provinces").
The Prospectus qualifies the distribution of 17,968,750 common shares (the "Common Shares") of the Company issuable upon the automatic exercise of 17,968,750 special warrants (the "Special Warrants") previously issued by the Company on April 1, 2014. The Special Warrants were issued on a private placement basis (the "Offering") through a syndicate of underwriters led by Dundee Securities Ltd. and included Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., Raymond James Ltd., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., TD Securities Inc., Clarus Securities Inc. and Cormark Securities Inc. The Offering closed on April 1, 2014 for total gross proceeds to the Company of $28,750,000. The Special Warrants will be deemed to be exercised at 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on April 28, 2014, being the first business day following the date upon which the Receipt was obtained by the Company in each of the Selling Provinces and the Common Shares will be issued to the holders of the Special Warrants as soon as practicable thereafter. A copy of the Prospectus and the Receipt are available on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
This news release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.
About Fission Uranium Corp.
Fission Uranium Corp. is a Canadian based resource company specializing in the strategic acquisition, exploration and development of uranium properties and is headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia. Common Shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "FCU" and trade on the OTCQX marketplace in the United States under the symbol "FCUUF".
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF FISSION
Dev Randhawa, Chairman & CEO
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Contact
Fission Uranium Corp.
Rich Matthews
Investor Relations
TF: 877-868-8140
ir@fissionuranium.com
www.fissionuranium.com