Josemaria Resources Inc. Announces C$25 Million Financing
VANCOUVER, July 28, 2020 - Josemaria Resources Inc. (TSX: JOSE) (OMX: JOSE) (“Josemaria Resources,” “Josemaria,” or the “Company”) has announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets (the “Underwriters”), under which the Underwriters have agreed to buy on bought deal basis 15,000,000 common shares (the “Common Shares”), at a price of C$0.67 per Common Share for gross proceeds of approximately C$10 million (the “Public Offering”). The Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable at the offering price for a period of 30 days following the closing of the Public Offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offering to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has agreed to a concurrent private placement of approximately C$15 million on the same terms as the Public Offering (the “Private Placement”) to a Lundin Family related trust, and to certain other investors on a private placement basis. Any common shares issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada for a period of 4 months and one day. Finders fees of up to 5% may be payable on sales made pursuant to the Private Placement, other than with respect to sales made to the Lundin Family related trust. The minimum subscription and allocation per participant in the Private Placement is a number of Common Shares corresponding to no less than the equivalent of EUR 100,000. The application period for participation in the Private Placement is expected to be from July 28, 2020 to August 14, 2020. The Private Placement is also expected to close on or about August 18, 2020.
The net proceeds of the Public Offering and Private Placement will be used for advancement of the feasibility study, environmental and social impact assessment, basic engineering, repayment of certain outstanding debentures of the Company and general corporate purposes.
In respect of the Public Offering, Common Shares will be offered by way of a short form prospectus in all of the provinces and territories of Canada, other than Quebec. The Public Offering and Private Placement is expected to close on or about August 18, 2020 and is subject to Josemaria receiving all necessary regulatory approvals.
This news release is not a prospectus under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “EU Prospectus Regulation”). The Company has not authorized any offer of securities to the public (as defined in the EU Prospectus Regulation) in any EEA member state and no such prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the Public Offering or Private Placement.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of 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 unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
The issuance of Common Shares to Zebra Holdings and Investments S.?.r.l and Lorito Holdings S.?.r.l, entities owned by the Lundin Family trust, will constitute a “related party transaction”, as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (“MI 61-101”) as such entities are insiders of the Company. The transactions will be exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of any Common Shares issued to nor the consideration paid by such persons would exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization.
ABOUT JOSEMARIA:
Josemaria Resources Inc. is a Canadian natural resources company focused on advancing the development of its wholly-owned Josemaria copper-gold project in San Juan Province, Argentina. The Company is a reporting issuer in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and its corporate head office is in Vancouver, B.C. The Company's shares are listed on the TSX and on Nasdaq Stockholm under the trading symbol "JOSE".
On behalf of Josemaria Resources,
Adam Lundin,
President and CEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This is information that the Company is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below on July 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm Eastern Time.
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Strong, Investor Relations, Canada
+1 604 808 9887 or amandas@namdo.com
Robert Eriksson, Investor Relations, Sweden
+46 701 112 615; or reriksson@rive6.ch
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