Denarius Metals Corp. (“Denarius Metals” or “the Company”) (TSXV:
DSLV; OTCQB: DNRSF) announced today that it will be making a rights
offering (the “Rights Offering”) to eligible holders of its common
shares (the “Eligible Holders”) of record at the close of business
on January 24, 2023. Pursuant to the Rights Offering, each Eligible
Holder will receive one right (a “Right”) for each common share
held to purchase one unit (a “Unit”) of the Company at a price of
CA$0.40. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one
transferrable common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”). Each
Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at a
price of CA$0.60 per share for a period of three years from the
date of issuance.
The Rights Offering includes an additional
subscription privilege under which Eligible Holders who fully
exercise their Rights will be entitled to subscribe for additional
Units, if available, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the
Rights Offering. The Rights and the Warrants will not be listed for
trading.
The Rights Offering is not subject to any
minimum subscription level. If the Rights Offering is fully
subscribed, the Company will issue up to 20,762,188 common shares
and Warrants to purchase up to an additional 20,762,188 common
shares, for total gross proceeds of approximately CA$8,304,875. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds raised from the Rights
Offering (i) to complete the second phase of its exploration
drilling campaign at its flagship Lomero Project followed by an
updated Mineral Resource estimate, scoping study and a preliminary
economic assessment, (ii) to meet its obligations under the
Definitive Option Agreement executed on November 22, 2022 related
to the Toral Project in Northern Spain, (iii) to prepare a Mineral
Resource estimate and metallurgical testing at its Zancudo Project
in Colombia and (iv) for working capital and general corporate
purposes.
The Company believes its directors and senior
officers who own common shares intend to exercise all of their
Rights to purchase Units. However, the Company can give no
assurance that any insiders will participate in the Rights Offering
other than Mr. Serafino Iacono (Executive Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer), Mr. Michael Davies (Chief Financial Officer),
Mr. Federico Restrepo-Solano (Director) and Mr. Hernan Juan Jose
Martinez Torres (Director), all of whom have entered into standby
commitment agreements with the Company to purchase up to a total of
9,922,414 Units, in addition to Units available pursuant to the
Rights associated with their common share holdings.
A Notice of Rights Offering and a Rights
certificate will be mailed to each Eligible Holder of the Company
resident in Canada as at the record date, January 24, 2023.
Eligible Holders who wish to exercise their Rights must complete
the Rights certificate and deliver the certificate, together with
the applicable purchase funds, to the rights agent, TSX Trust
Company, before 4:30 p.m. (Toronto time) on February 24, 2023.
Eligible Holders who own their shares of the Company through an
intermediary, such as a bank, trust company, securities dealer or
broker, will receive materials and instructions from their
intermediary.
The terms of the Rights Offering and the
procedures for exercising Rights will be explained in the Rights
Offering Circular. The Rights Offering Circular will be available
under the Company’s profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com
on January 16, 2023.
The Rights Offering will be made only in
applicable jurisdictions in Canada, and is not, and under no
circumstances is to be construed as, an offering of any securities
for sale in, or to a resident of any jurisdiction, other than
Canada, or a solicitation therein or an offer to buy or sell
securities. However, certain holders of common shares of the
Company in jurisdictions outside of Canada may be able to
participate in the Rights Offering where they can establish that
the transaction is exempt under applicable laws. If you are a
holder of shares of the Company and reside outside of Canada,
please review the Notice of Rights Offering and Rights Offering
Circular to determine your eligibility and the process and timing
requirements to receive or exercise your Rights. The Company
requests any ineligible holder interested in exercising their
Rights to contact the Company at their earliest convenience.
The Rights Offering is subject to regulatory
approval, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The
Company has obtained conditional approval from the TSX Venture
Exchange.
Standby Guarantees
On January 13, 2023, the Company entered into
standby commitment agreements with certain persons to act as
standby guarantors (“Standby Guarantors”) to purchase up to a total
of 15,871,539 Units that may be available as a result of any
unexercised Rights under the Rights Offering. The standby
guarantees, when combined with the exercise of the Rights
associated with the common shares held by the Standby Guarantors,
ensures the Company will receive, at a minimum, total gross
proceeds of CA$6,679,650 pursuant to the Rights Offering.
Mr. Serafino Iacono (Executive Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Michael Davies (Chief Financial
Officer), Mr. Federico Restrepo-Solano (Director) and Mr. Hernan
Juan Jose Martinez Torres (Director) have all indicated that they
will exercise their Rights and have agreed to act as standby
guarantors to purchase up to an additional 7,180,986 Units, 230,000
Units, 2,132,075 Units and 379,353 Units, respectively. In
addition, four arm’s length third parties have agreed to act as
standby guarantors to purchase up to a total of 5,949,125 Units. As
consideration for their standby commitments, the Company will issue
non-transferable bonus warrants entitling them to purchase up to a
total of 3,967,883 Common Shares, being 25% of the total number of
Units the Standby Guarantors have committed to purchase, at a price
of CA$0.60 per Common Share for three years after the date on which
performance under the guarantees could be required. Standby
Guarantors who receive Rights as a shareholder on the Record Date
will not receive bonus warrants for exercising their Basic
Subscription Privilege or, if applicable, Additional Subscription
Privilege. If a standby guarantor exercises none of their Rights or
exercises only a portion of their Rights, then the number of bonus
warrants that will be issued to the Standby Guarantor will be
reduced in accordance with the TSX Venture Exchange's policy.
No U.S. Offering or
Registration
This news release does not constitute an offer
to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any
jurisdiction, including the United States, other than the provinces
and territories of Canada. The securities offered under the Rights
Offering will not be or have not been registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US
Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state of
the United States. Such securities may not be offered or sold in
the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S.
Person (as defined in Regulation S of the US Securities Act) or
person in the United States except in a transaction exempt from or
not subject to the registration requirements of the US Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws.
Toral Project, Spain
As previously disclosed, the Company entered
into a definitive option agreement with Europa Metals Ltd.
(“Europa”) (AIM: EUZ) dated November 22, 2022 (the “Definitive
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has been granted options
to acquire, in two stages, up to an 80% ownership interest in
Europa Metals Iberia S.L. (“EMI”), a wholly owned Spanish
subsidiary of Europa which holds the Toral Zn-Pb-Ag Project (the
“Toral Project”), Leon Province, Northern Spain. On December 30,
2022, shareholders of Europa approved the transaction and on
January 6, 2023, the Company made its initial US$100,000 payment to
EMI pursuant to the Definitive Agreement.
The Company also agreed to pay a finder’s fee
(the “Finder’s Fee”) to Querlec Gestion S.L. (“Querlec Gestion”)
with regards to services provided in connection with its
acquisition of an interest in the Toral Project. Querlec Gestion is
arm’s length to the Company. The Finder’s Fee, which has been
revised to US$215,000, will be satisfied by the issuance of 457,165
common shares by the Company (the “Finder’s Fee Shares”) at an
issue price of CA$0.63 per share, being the closing price of the
shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) on November 22,
2022. The Finder’s Fee Shares, the issuance of which has been
approved by the TSXV, will be issued in stages as the Company
reaches certain milestones in connection with the Definitive
Agreement and shall be subject to a four-month-and-one-day
statutory hold period in accordance with applicable securities
laws. The Company also granted Querlec Gestion a 1% NSR on any
future production of minerals from the Toral Project.
About Denarius Metals
Denarius Metals is a Canadian junior company
engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and eventual
operation of polymetallic mining projects in high-grade districts,
with its principal focus on the Lomero Project in Spain. The
Company signed a definitive option agreement with Europa Metals
Ltd. in November 2022 pursuant to which Europa has granted Denarius
Metals two options to acquire up to an 80% ownership interest in
the Toral Zn-Pb-Ag Project, Leon Province, Northern Spain. The
Company also owns the Zancudo and Guia Antigua Projects in
Colombia.
Additional information on Denarius can be found
on its website at www.denariusmetals.com and by reviewing its
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Information
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains "forward-looking
information", which may include, but is not limited to, statements
with respect to the Rights Offering, the ability to obtain TSX
Venture Exchange approval of the Rights Offering and the successful
closing of the Rights Offering and insider participation. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the
use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or
"believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such
words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Denarius to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements are described under
the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form
dated November 23, 2022 which is available for view on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made
as of the date of this press release and Denarius disclaims, other
than as required by law, any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
results, future events, circumstances, or if management's estimates
or opinions should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance
that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
For Further Information,
Contact:
Michael DaviesChief Financial Officer(416)
360-4653investors@denariusmetals.com
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