Nautilus Announces Closing of Rights Offering
12 Giugno 2013 - 1:24PM
OTC Markets
Toronto Ontario,
June
12,
2013 - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX: NUS, OTCQX: NUSMF) (the
"Company" or "Nautilus") announces that it has received gross
proceeds of C$40 million before expenses as a result of the
successful closing of its rights offering through the issuance of
200,000,000 common shares at a subscription price of C$0.20 per
common share.
Under the rights offering, 125,485,507 common shares were
issued under the initial subscription with 25,136,966 common shares
issued under the additional subscription. In total 150,622,473
common shares were subscribed for under the rights offering
representing over 75% of the total shares on offer.
Mr Mike Johnston, Nautilus? CEO commented ?it is very
encouraging to see such a high level of support for the Company
from its existing shareholders.?
As previously announced, one of the Company's major
shareholders, MB Holding Company LLC, through a wholly owned
subsidiary, agreed to act as a Standby Purchaser in respect of the
rights offering and purchased the remaining 49,377,527 common
shares that were not otherwise subscribed for under the offering,
in consideration for a fee of C$2 million.
The net proceeds from the offering will be used by the
Company to continue funding its three key contracts related to the
Seafloor Production System. The key contracts include the build of
the Seafloor Production Tools by Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd, the
supply of the Subsea Slurry Lift Pump by GE Hydril and the
procurement of the rigid riser system by General Marine Contractors
LLC. The Company believes that continuing with these key contracts
will ensure the Company is in the best possible position to advance
the Solwara 1 Project following resolution of the dispute with the
State of PNG. To that end, the Company continues to meet with
senior representatives of the State, including National Executive
Council Ministers, with a view to amicably resolving the dispute as
soon as possible.
The total number of issued and outstanding shares of the
Company is now 436,772,865.
MB Holding Company LLC, directly and through its subsidiary
Mawarid Offshore Mining Ltd, now owns 28.00% of the Company's
shares, Metalloinvest owns 20.75% and Anglo American holds
5.95%.
The securities referred to in this news release have not
been, nor will they be, registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of,
U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption
from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
For more information please refer
to www.nautilusminerals.com
or contact:
Investor Relations
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Toronto)
Email: investor@nautilusminerals.com
Tel: +1 (416) 551 1100
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for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release.
Certain of the statements made in this news release
may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
law. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information
include, but are not limited to statements or information with
respect to the use of proceeds of the offering, the advancement of
the Solwara 1 Project and the resolution of the dispute with the
State of PNG. We have made numerous assumptions about the material
forward-looking statements and information contained herein. Even
though our management believes that the assumptions made and the
expectations represented by such statements or information are
reasonable, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statement or information will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking
statements and information by their nature involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results to be materially different from any future results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or
information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include,
among others, the risk of variations and management's discretion in
applying the net proceeds of the offering and that the dispute with
the State of PNG will not be resolved in a reasonable period of
time and may be resolved in a manner adverse to Nautilus. Should
one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those described in
forward-looking statements and information. Although we have
attempted to identify factors that would cause actual results to
differ materially from those described in forward-looking
statements and information, there may be other factors that cause
actual results, performances, achievements or events to not be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. Also, many of the factors are
beyond our control. Accordingly you should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements or information. Except as required by
law, we do not expect to update forward-looking statements and
information as conditions change and you are referred to the full
discussion of Nautilus's business and risk factors contained in
Nautilus's reports filed with the securities regulatory authorities
in Canada.
About Nautilus Minerals Inc.
Nautilus is the first company to explore the ocean
floor for polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide deposits. Nautilus
was granted the first mining lease for such deposits at the
prospect known as Solwara 1, in the territorial waters of Papua New
Guinea, where it is aiming to produce copper, gold and silver. The
company has also been granted its environmental permit for this
site.
Nautilus also holds more than 500,000 km2 of highly
prospective exploration acreage in the western Pacific; in PNG, the
Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga, as well as in
international waters in the eastern Pacific.
A Canadian registered company, Nautilus is listed on the TSX:NUS
stock exchange and OTCQX:NUSMF. Its corporate office is in
Brisbane, Australia. Its major shareholders include MB Holding, an
Oman based group with interests in mining, oil & gas, which
holds a 28.00% interest, Metalloinvest, the largest iron ore
producer in Europe and the CIS, which has a 20.75% holding and
global mining group Anglo American, which holds a 5.95%
interest.
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