Pacific North West Capital Corp. Closes 1st Tranche Of Private Placement
VANCOUVER, July 13, 2011 /CNW/ --
TSX: PFN OTCQX: PAWEF Frankfurt: P7J
VANCOUVER, July 13, 2011 /CNW/ - Pacific North West Capital Corp. (TSX: PFN) (OTCQX: PAWEF) (Frankfurt:
P7J) (the 'Company') is pleased to report that further to its previously announced
$2,545,000 non-brokered private placement, the Company has completed
the first tranche consisting of 2,538,888 Non-Flow-Through Units ('NFT
Units') at $0.30 per NFT Unit and 4,332,141 Flow-Through Units ('FT
Units') at $0.35 per FT Unit for gross proceeds $2,291,249.90, under
the same terms and conditions as set out in the July 5, 2011 news
release.
The private placement and any finder's fees that may be payable are
subject to regulatory approval.
The proceeds from the flow-through portion of the private placement will
be used for the further development of the River Valley PGM Project
located in the Sudbury region of Ontario (see news releases dated May
17, 2011, May 31, 2011 and June 15, 2011); the Destiny Gold Project,
located approximately 75 km north of Val d'Or in the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec (see news release dated March 7,
2011); and the Rock and Roll project located in the Liard Mining
District approximately 9 km west of the Bronson airstrip and
exploration camp in northern British Columbia (see press release dated
April 27, 2010). The Rock and Roll project hosts precious metals rich,
volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization in a volcano-sedimentary
host rock package. The mineralization shows similarities to the gold
and silver rich mineralization of Barrick Gold's past-producing Eskay
Creek mine. Proceeds from the non-flow-through portion of the financing
will be used for the above; for the advancement of the Company's Alaska
property, and for the acquisition of additional platinum group metals,
precious metals and base metals projects in Canada, the United States
and Africa.
About Pacific North West Capital Corp.
Pacific North West Capital Corp. (TSX: PFN; OTCQX: PAWEF; Frankfurt:
P7J.F) is a mineral exploration company whose corporate philosophy is
to be a project generator, explorer and project operator with the
objective of option / joint venturing its projects through to
production. In January 2011, Pacific North West Capital successfully
negotiated the 100% acquisition of the River Valley PGM Project from
Anglo Platinum Limited, making Anglo Platinum the largest shareholder
of PFN holding approximately 10.5% of the Company (as of January,
2011). In special situations, like our 100% owned River Valley PGM
Project, the Company is prepared to fund the project through to
feasibility and on to production. The River Valley PGM project is one
of North Americaʹs newest and largest primary platinum group metals
(PGM) deposits. The project has an excellent infrastructure and is
located 60 mile from Sudbury, Ontario, one of Canada's largest mining
centres with 2 large capacity mineral processing facilities that have
extra capacity
On January 24, 2011, PFN announced a new NI43-101 mineral resource
estimate on the Destiny Gold Project which is situated 75 km near
Val-d'Or, Québec (see news release dated January 24, 2011). The Destiny
Project is under option from Alto Ventures Ltd. ('Alto'). Under the
terms of the option agreement, PFN can earn a 60% interest in the
property over a four-year period by completing $3.5 million in
exploration expenditures, paying $200,000 and providing a total of
250,000 PFN shares to Alto. The Company also has PGM, gold and base
metal projects in BC, Québec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alaska and
continues to aggressively acquire new acquisition of additional
platinum group metals, precious metals and base metals projects on an
international scale.
On April 20, 2011, PFN announced that it has commenced the Phase I of
the $5 million, 15,500 metre drill program for its 100% owned River
Valley PGM Project and results are expected in May 2011. Work to date
at River Valley suggests that the best potential for economic
accumulations of PGM-Cu-Ni sulphide mineralization is within the
Breccia Zone, which includes the main mineralized breccia zone The Main
Zone occurs within about 20 metres of the intrusive contact with
Archean gneisses. This contact zone extends for over 9 km of
prospective strike length, holds the current defined resource and is
the main target of the Company's renewed exploration efforts.
In addition, PFN is a significant shareholder of Fire River Gold Corp
(FAU:TSX.V) which company is developing the Nixon Fork Gold Mine in
Alaska, with production slated to commence in summer of 2011. (click
here to view Fire River Gold's 2011 President's Message)
Pacific North West Capital Corp. is well funded with an experienced
management team and the ability to take advantage of its growing asset
base in Platinum Group Metals, gold and base metals. To that end, the
Company is in the process of adding key technical and financial people
to our management, advisory team and our board of directors. PFN has
approximately $6.5 million in working capital and securities and no
debt.
Pacific North West Capital Corp. is an International Metals Group
Company.
(www.internationalmetalsgroup.com).
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Harry Barr
President and CEO
The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release
Disclaimer: This news release may contain certain 'Forward-Looking
Statements' within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking
statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. 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. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are
disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time with The
Toronto Stock Exchange, British Columbia Securities Commission and the
United States Securities & Exchange Commission.
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