Stonegate Agricom Receives Subscription Agreements from Existing Shareholders Totalling $2.185 Million for Private Placement Financing

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TORONTO, March 19, 2015 /CNW/ - Stonegate Agricom Ltd. ("Stonegate" or the "Company") (TSX: ST, ST.WT.A) today announced that its previously announced proposed private placement equity financing (the "Offering") with existing shareholders is fully subscribed. The Company has received a total of 154 subscription agreements from existing shareholders, subscribing for an aggregate of $2,185,200 of Units (as defined below), which was the maximum of the targeted financing range that had been previously announced on February 27, 2015. The Offering is subject, among other things, to approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange and shareholder approval at the Company's annual and special meeting scheduled to be held on April 24, 2015.

The Offering consists of the sale of 145,680,000 Units of the Company at a price of $0.015 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share (a "Unit Share") of the Company and a third of a common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share (a "Warrant Share") of the Company at an exercise price of $0.02 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months following closing, which is expected immediately after shareholder approval.

Ian McDonald, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Acting Chief Executive of Stonegate, subscribed for $514,467, or 23.5% of the Units. Other insiders subscribed for an additional 7.0%.

Sprott Resource Corp. (TSX: SCP), which currently owns 36.5% of Stonegate's 194,242,704 common shares outstanding, is not participating in the Offering but has informed the Company that it will vote in favour of the Offering.

The securities offered have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, a "U.S. Person" (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, a "U.S. Person," nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Stonegate Agricom Ltd.

Stonegate Agricom, which is actively engaged in acquiring and developing agricultural nutrient projects, is currently focused on the development of the potentially world-class, long-life Paris Hills Phosphate Project located in Idaho. The Company is confident that the deposit has sufficient size and grade to become a strategic, cost-effective source of phosphate supply for major fertilizer producers. More information is available at www.stonegateagricom.com.

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SOURCE Stonegate Agricom Ltd.