High Desert Gold Corporation Announces Proposed $2,500,000 Financing
January 26 2012 - 7:33PM
Marketwired Canada
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High Desert Gold Corporation ("HDG" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:HDG)(OTCQX:HDGCF) announces that it proposes to issue, on a brokered
private placement basis, up to 11,111,000 units ("Units") at $0.225 per Unit for
gross cash proceeds up to approximately $2.5 million (the "Private Placement").
Each Unit will consist of one common share and one-half of a common share
purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle
the holder to purchase one common share for a period of 18 months from the
closing of the Private Placement upon payment of $0.35 per share.
The Company has engaged Haywood Securities Inc. (the "Agent") as the sole agent
to proceed with the Private Placement on a commercially reasonable effort basis.
The Agent's compensation will include a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross
proceeds from the Private Placement and to issue compensation warrants entitling
the holder to acquire such number of common shares as is equal to 7% of the
aggregate number of Units sold in the Private Placement, exercisable for a
period of 18 months from the closing of the Private Placement upon payment of
$0.35 per share.
The Private Placement is conditional upon regulatory review and approval, and
other closing conditions.
The securities offered have not been, and will not be, registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or
any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States of
America (the "United States") or to or for the benefit of U.S. Persons (as such
term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) except in
transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release does not constitute
an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any
jurisdiction.
ABOUT HIGH DESERT GOLD CORPORATION
The Company is a mineral exploration company that acquires and explores mineral
properties, primarily gold, copper and silver, in North America. The major
properties held by HDG are a 60% interest in the Gold Springs gold project
situated along the border between Utah and Nevada and the San Antonio project in
Sonora, Mexico. The Company also has a 34.8% interest in the Canasta Dorada
property in Sonora, Mexico, through its equity interest in Highvista Gold Inc.
The expected proceeds from this financing will be used for the exploration
programs at Gold Springs and at San Antonio in 2012 and for general corporate
purposes.
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking
statements". These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the possibility of closing the Private Placement.
Forward-looking statements express, as at the date of this press release, the
Company's plans, estimates, forecasts, projections, expectations, or beliefs as
to future events or results. Forward-looking statements are based on certain
assumptions, including the key assumptions and parameters on which such
estimates are based, involve risks and uncertainties and there can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Therefore, actual
results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Factors that could cause results or events to differ materially from
current expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements,
include, but are not limited to, the effect of capital market conditions and
other factors on capital availability and the ability to complete any closing up
to the maximum offering, or at all. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
Except as required by law, HDG assumes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events
or any other reason.
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