Marksmen Energy Inc. (“
Marksmen” or the
“
Company”) announces that it has completed the
closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement
of units (the “
Units”) of Marksmen (the
“
Offering”). The Company issued 19,325,000 Units
at a price of $0.01 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of
$193,250. Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share
(“
Common Share”) and one (1) share purchase
warrant (“
Warrant”) of Marksmen. Each whole
Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at
a price of $0.05 per share expiring two (2) years from the date of
issuance, subject to acceleration provisions (see news release
dated May 10, 2024).
Marksmen paid no cash commissions pursuant to
the Offering and intends to use the gross proceeds of $193,250 in
the following order to: (i) undertake projects as recommended by a
consultant to optimize production of all wells in Pickaway County,
Ohio ($50,000 (26%)); (ii) undertake a technical review and due
diligence on oil and gas opportunities in Alberta ($60,000 (31%));
and (iii) the remainder for working capital ($83,250 (43%)).
The technical review and due diligence on oil
and gas opportunities in Alberta is close to complete and the
Company is pleased with the progress being made to determine the
best path forward for Marksmen. One project that the Company is
focusing on is a low-risk project in partnership with an energy
company in Alberta. Marksmen would be a non-operator, working
interest partner. The project involves restarting or recompleting
existing wells with no drilling required. It includes a number of
wells, existing pipeline infrastructure and a gas processing
facility.
Completion of the Offering is subject to
regulatory approval including, but not limited to, the approval of
the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. The securities issued are subject to
a four month and one day hold period from the date of issuance.
Related Party Participation in the Private
Placement
Insiders subscribed for an aggregate of
14,650,000 Units in the Offering for a total of 75.81%. As insiders
of Marksmen participated in the Offering, it is deemed to be a
“related party transaction” as defined under Multilateral
Instrument 61-101-Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”).
Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the
Company after reasonable inquiry, a related party, has knowledge of
any material information concerning the Company or its securities
that has not been generally disclosed.
The Offering is exempt from the formal valuation
and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101
(pursuant to subsections 5.5(c) and 5.7(1)(b)) as it was a
distribution of securities for cash and neither the fair market
value of the Units distributed to, nor the consideration received
from, interested parties exceeded $2,500,000.
The Company did not file a material change
report more than 21 days before the expected closing of the
Offering because the details of the participation therein by
related parties of the Company were not settled until shortly prior
to the closing of the Offering and the Company wished to close on
an expedited basis for business reasons.
Early Warning Report
In connection with the closing of the Offering,
the Company issued 5,750,000 Units to Conex Services Inc., a
company wholly owned by Mr. Glenn Walsh, for total consideration of
$57,500.
As at the date of Mr. Walsh's previously filed
early warning report of February 10, 2023, Mr. Walsh held, directly
and indirectly, 33,112,881 Common Shares representing 17.66% of the
issued and outstanding Common Shares on an undiluted and diluted
basis. Immediately before the Closing of the Offering, Mr. Walsh
held, directly and indirectly, 33,112,881 Common Shares
representing 17.24% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares and
1,500,000 Warrants (34,612,881 Common Shares representing 18.02% of
the issued and outstanding Commons Shares assuming the exercise of
the Warrants).
Immediately after the closing of the Offering,
Mr. Walsh held, directly and indirectly, 38,862,881 Common Shares
representing 18.38% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares and
7,250,000 Warrants (46,112,881 Common Shares representing 21.09% of
the issued and outstanding Common Shares assuming the exercise of
the Warrants). The increase in Mr. Walsh's diluted shareholdings
triggered the requirement to file the early warning report.
Mr. Walsh intends to increase or decrease his
holdings in the Issuer depending on market conditions and as
circumstances warrant.
A report respecting this acquisition will be
filed with the applicable securities commissions using the Canadian
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR+) and
will be available for viewing on the Company's profile at
www.sedarplus.ca.
For additional information regarding this news
release please contact Archie Nesbitt, Director and CEO of the
Company at (403) 265-7270 or e-mail
ajnesbitt@marksmenenergy.com.
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 news release.
This news release may contain certain
forward-looking information and statements, including without
limitation, statements pertaining to the use of proceeds, the
outcome of the technical review and due diligence on oil and gas
opportunities in Alberta, the Company's ability to obtain necessary
approvals from the TSX Venture Exchange and Mr. Walsh's intentions
regarding his holdings of securities of the Company. All statements
included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are
forward-looking information and such information involves various
risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such
information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such
forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that
may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking
information can be found in Marksmen’s disclosure documents on the
SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca. Marksmen does not undertake to
update any forward-looking information except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
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