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Orosur Mining Inc - Share
Placing
London,
15th February 2024. Orosur Mining
Inc. ("Orosur" or the "Company")
(TSX-V/AIM:OMI), announces that it has raised
the sum of £500,000 (before expenses) through a placing of
16,949,152 new common shares of no par value ("Placing Shares" or
"New Common Shares") at a price of 2.95 pence per Placing Share
("Placing Price"), together with a grant of one unlisted warrant to
purchase one additional common share exercisable at US$0.0558
(approximately 4.425p) ("Investor Warrant") for every Placing Share
subscribed for (together the "Placing"). Completion of
the Placing is subject, amongst other things, to admission of the
New Common Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission").
The Company held cash of US$1.72m
(approximately £1.36m) as at 26 January 2024, but wished to raise
capital to undertake specific exploration activities. Accordingly,
the net proceeds of the Placing will be used to
progress the Company's exploration projects whilst negotiations are
concluded with the Company's partners in Colombia. Each project is
at a stage where lower sums of capital can be applied to achieve
results in a shorter timeframe. The board of directors of the
Company believes that the projects have considerable potential. The
Company has conducted this Placing to fund these exploration
activities so that value can be added relatively quickly. This new
capital will be deployed as soon as possible and we anticipate that
results will be announced over the coming weeks and
months.
Details of the
Placing
The Placing Price represents a discount of
approximately 24 per cent. to the closing mid-market price of the
common shares on 14th February 2024, being the last
trading day prior to the release of this announcement of the
Placing.
The Placing Shares will, when issued, represent
approximately 8.99 per cent of the existing common shares and will
represent approximately 8.25 per cent. of the enlarged share
capital of the Company.
The Placing was undertaken by Turner Pope
Investments (TPI) Ltd ("Turner Pope" or "TPI"), the Company's Joint
Broker.
Placing
Agreement, Admission and Total Voting Rights
The Company and Turner Pope have
entered into a placing agreement ("Placing Agreement") pursuant to
which Turner Pope agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to
procure placees pursuant to the Placing. The Placing Agreement
contains certain warranties and indemnities given by the Company in
favour of Turner Pope. It also contains provisions entitling Turner
Pope to terminate the Placing Agreement prior to Admission if,
among other things, a breach of any of the warranties
occurs.
Completion of the Placing is subject, amongst
other things, to the 16,949,152 New Common Shares
being admitted to trading on AIM and is also conditional upon the
Placing Agreement becoming unconditional in all respects and not
being terminated in accordance with its terms.
Application will be made for Admission. It is
expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00am (GMT) on or
around 21st February 2024.
Following the issue of the 16,949,152 New
Common Shares, which on Admission will rank pari passu with the
existing common shares, the total number of common shares in issue
with voting rights in the Company will be 205,509,452.
The above figure of 205,509,452 common shares
may therefore be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculation by which they may determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
The Placing is subject to approval of the
TSX-V.
Principal
Terms of the Investor Warrants
The Investor Warrants are constituted pursuant
to a Warrant Indenture by way of deed poll to be executed by the
Company.
The principal terms of the Investor Warrants
are as follows:
a) a holder of Investor Warrants will have the
right at any time prior to 21st
February 2026 upon written notice to subscribe for new common
shares of no par value on the basis of one new common
share for each Investor Warrant held, exercisable at
US$0.0558 (approximately 4.425p) per new common
share, being a premium of 50% to the Placing Price
(based on US$1.2612/£1.00 conversion rate).;
b) the Investor Warrants will not be listed or
admitted to trading on any exchange, including without limitation
AIM or TSX-V; and
c) the subscription rights under the Investor
Warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of various
corporate actions affecting the share capital of the
Company.
Broker
Warrants
In connection with the Placing, TPI will be
issued with 1,694,915 broker warrants ("Broker Warrants"), the
principal terms of which are as follows:
a) TPI will have the right at any time prior
to 21st February 2029, upon
written notice, to subscribe for new common shares on the basis of
one new common share for each Broker Warrant held, exercisable
at US$0.0372 (approximately 2.95p) per
new common share being a price equal to the Placing
Price (based on US$1.2612/£1.00 conversion rate);
b) the Broker Warrants will not be listed or
admitted to trading on any exchange, including without limitation
AIM or TSX-V; and
c) the subscription rights under the Broker
Warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of various
corporate actions affecting the share capital of the
Company.
Orosur CEO
Brad George commented:
"We are pleased with the positive response to
our Placing. Whilst we continue negotiations on the Anza project,
which remains the core asset, we will be deploying funds on our
exploration projects where we expect relatively early results and
news-flow over the coming weeks and months".
For
further information, visit www.orosur.ca, follow on X @orosurm or
please contact:
Orosur Mining Inc
Louis Castro, Chairman,
Brad George, CEO
info@orosur.ca
Tel: +1 (778) 373-0100
SP
Angel Corporate Finance LLP - Nomad & Broker
Jeff Keating / Caroline Rowe / Kasia
Brzozowska
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3 470
0470
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Ltd - Joint
Broker
Andy Thacker/James Pope
Tel: +44 (0)20 3657 0050
Flagstaff Communications
Tim Thompson
Mark Edwards
Fergus Mellon
orosur@flagstaffcomms.com
Tel: +44 (0)207 129 1474
The information contained within
this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU)
No. 596/2014 ('MAR') which has been incorporated into UK law by the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this
announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this
inside information is now considered to be in the public
domain.
Neither 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.
About Orosur Mining Inc.
Orosur Mining Inc. (TSXV: OMI; AIM:
OMI) is a minerals explorer and developer currently operating in
Colombia, Argentina, Nigeria and Brazil,
Forward Looking
Statements
All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, contained in this news release
constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of
applicable securities laws, including but not limited to the "safe
harbour" provisions of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on expectations
estimates and projections as of the date of this news
release.
Forward-looking statements and
information include, without limitation, the closing of the
Placing, the use of net proceeds of the Placing, the progression of
the Company's exploration plans in Colombia and the ability of the
Company to conclude negotiations with the Company's partners in
Colombia, as well as continuation of the business of the Company as
a going concern and other events or conditions that may occur in
the future. The Company's continuance as a going concern is
dependent upon its ability to obtain adequate financing. These
material uncertainties may cast significant doubt upon the
Company's ability to realize its assets and discharge its
liabilities in the normal course of business and accordingly the
appropriateness of the use of accounting principles applicable to a
going concern. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
statements. Such statements are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited, those as described in the
most recent MD&A's of the Company. The Company disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events
and such forward-looking statements, except to the extent required
by applicable law.