St. Elias Mines Ltd. Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement
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Vancouver, B.C. October 22, 2012 St. Elias Mines Ltd. (SLI - TSX:V) ("St. Elias" or the "Company") today announced that the Company has arranged a non-brokered private placement of a minimum of 50 million units to a maximum of 100 million units at a price of $0.10 per unit. If all of the units are placed, gross proceeds raised will be $10,000,000.
Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, each warrant is exercisable into one additional common share for a period of 24 months from closing at a price of $0.125 per share.
Lori McClenahan, President and CEO of St. Elias Mines said, "Our ability to raise capital in this challenging financing environment speaks to the excellent potential of our projects. We intend to use the proceeds to advance our exploration activities in Peru on behalf of our shareholders."
In connection with the private placement, St, Elias will pay finder's fees of up to 10% of the gross proceeds raised. The finder's fees will be payable in cash or units or a combination of both.
All securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a four month and one day hold period under the applicable securities laws.
The private placement is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
For additional information on St. Elias and its projects, please visit us at www.steliasmines.com or call 1-888-895-5522 (toll free US and Canada) or contact:
U.S. Investor Relations Consultant
Herbert Haft
The Haft Group, Inc.
Tel: (212) 759-8865
Email: herbhaft@haftgroupinc.com
herbhaft@aol.com
ST. ELIAS MINES LTD.
(signed "Lori McClenahan")
Lori McClenahan, President
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This News Release may contain forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statement
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