Appia Announces Final Closing of Non-Brokered Offering
Toronto, September 23, 2020 - Appia Energy Corp. (CSE: API) (OTCQB: APAAF) (FSE: A0I.F) (FSE: A0I.MU) (FSE: A0I.BE) (the "Company" or "Appia") is pleased to announce it will be closing the final tranche of its non-brokered private placement, announced on September 3, 2020, on September 24, 2020 with the issuance of 660,000 flow-through units (the "FT Units") for gross proceeds of $165,000 and 200,000 working capital units ("WC Units") (collectively the "Offering") for proceeds of $40,000 for total gross proceeds of $205,000. The Company raised a total of $965,000
Each FT Unit is priced at $0.25 and consists of one (1) common share and one-half (0.5) of a share purchase warrant. Each full warrant ("Warrant") entitles the holder to purchase one (1) common share (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.35 per Warrant Share until March 24, 2022.
Each WC Unit is priced at $0.20 and consists of one (1) common share and one-half (0.5) of a share purchase warrant. Each full warrant ("Warrant") entitles the holder to purchase one (1) common share (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.30 per Warrant Share until March 24, 2022.
Proceeds from the Offering are expected to be used for exploration of the Company's uranium and rare earth element properties in Saskatchewan.
All securities to be issued under the Offering will be subject to a statutory four month hold period expiring on January 25, 2021.
Three (3) insiders of the Company and an associate of one insider will subscribe for a total of 660,000 FT Units for $165,000 of the Offering and 200,000 WC Units for $40,000. The insider private placements are exempt from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 ("MI 61-101") by virtue of the exemptions contained in section 5.5(a) and 5.7(1) (a) of MI 61-101 in that the fair market value of the consideration for the securities of the Company to be issue to the insiders does not exceed 25% of its market capitalization.
About Appia
Appia is a Canadian publicly-listed company in the uranium and rare earth element sectors. The Company is currently focusing on delineating high-grade critical rare earth elements ("REE") and uranium on the Alces Lake property, as well as prospecting for high-grade uranium in the prolific Athabasca Basin on its Loranger, North Wollaston, and Eastside properties. The Company holds the surface rights to exploration for 65,601 hectares (162,104 acres) in Saskatchewan.
The Company also has a 100% interest (subject to a 1% Uranium Production Payment Royalty and a 1% Net Smelter Return Royalty on any precious or base metals payable, provided that the price of uranium is greater than US$130 per pound) in 12,545 hectares (31,000 acres), with rare earth element and uranium deposits over five mineralized zones in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario. The Camp historically produced over 300 million pounds of U3O8 and is the only Canadian camp that has had significant rare earth element (yttrium) production. The deposits are largely unconstrained along strike and down dip.
Appia's technical team is directed by James Sykes, who has had direct and indirect involvement with over 550 million lbs. U3O8 being discovered in five deposits in the Athabasca Basin.
Appia has 77 million common shares outstanding, 96.5 million shares fully diluted.
For more information, visit the Appia website at www.appiaenergy.ca.
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For further information, please contact:
Tom Drivas, President, CEO and Director: (tel) 416-546-2707, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email) appia@appiaenergy.ca
James Sykes, VP Exploration & Development, (tel) 306-221-8717, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email) jsykes@uraniumgeologist.com
Frank van de Water, Chief Financial Officer and Director, (tel) 416-546-2707, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email) fvandewater@rogers.com
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