Paleo Resources, Inc. (“Paleo” or the “Corporation”) (TSX-V: PRE,
OTCQB: PRIEF) announced today that, further to its news releases
dated May 13, 2019 and June 5, 2019, it has completed the closing
of the second and final tranche of the private placement of
debentures for gross proceeds of CDN$646,554 (US$482,000 at an
assumed exchange rate of CDN$0.7455 to US$1.00), subject to final
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Pursuant to this final
tranche, Paleo settled a portion of the debt owed to Energy Reserve
Capital, LLC (“Energy Reserve”), subject to final approval of the
TSX Venture Exchange. Paleo issued debentures in the aggregate
principal amount of CDN$646,554 (US$482,000 at an assumed exchange
rate of CDN$0.7455 to US$1.00) to shareholders of Paleo Oil
Company, LLC, the parent company of Energy Reserve, namely Roger S.
Braugh, Jr., a director of Paleo and Chris Pettit & Associates
PC, controlled by Christopher J. Pettit, a director of Paleo, as
trustee of a Trust.
The debentures bear interest at a rate of seven
and a half percent (7.5%) per annum, payable monthly in arrears on
the 15th day of the following month, and will mature on the date
that is three years from the closing date. The debentures are
secured by a subordinated (second-charge) security interest against
the Corporation’s working interest in the Joffre, Alberta property
and convertible at any time at the holder’s option into common
shares of the Corporation (“Common Shares”) at a conversion price
of CDN$0.12 per Common Share. The holders of the debentures
have the right, upon at least 30 days written notice prior to the
date that is two (2) years following the closing date, to require
the Corporation to repurchase all amounts outstanding under the
debentures on the date that is two (2) years following the closing
date, at a repurchase price equal to 115% of the outstanding
principal amount of the debenture, together with payment of the
interest on the principal amount accrued and unpaid to the
repurchase date.
All securities issued in connection with this
tranche of the offering are subject to a hold period that expires
on November 26, 2019. The net proceeds from the offering will
be used for expenditures in developing the Corporation’s properties
in Joffre, Alberta and Polk County, Texas, and for general working
capital purposes.
Roger S. Braugh, Jr. and Christopher J. Pettit,
directors of Paleo, are a shareholder and trustee of a
shareholder, respectively, of Paleo Oil Company, LLC, the parent
company of Energy Reserve. Paleo has determined that exemptions
from the various requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange Policy
5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 are available in connection
with the debt settlement (Formal Valuation - Issuer Not Listed on
Specified Markets; Minority Approval - Fair Market Value Not More
Than 25% of Market Capitalization).
Roger S. Braugh, Jr., a director of Paleo,
acquired a debenture in the principal amount of CDN$323,277.
Assuming the conversion of the debenture, Mr. Braugh would own or
control 71,434,689 Common Shares, representing approximately 30.02%
of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of Paleo. Prior
to the offering, Mr. Braugh held 68,740,714 Common Shares, or
approximately 29.22% of the total issued and outstanding Common
Shares. In addition, Chris Pettit & Associates PC, controlled
by Mr. Pettit, a director of Paleo, as trustee of a Trust,
acquired a debenture in the principal amount of CDN$323,277.
Assuming the conversion of the debenture, Chris Pettit &
Associates PC would control 57,919,689 Common Shares, representing
approximately 24.34% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares
of Paleo. Prior to the offering, Chris Pettit &
Associates PC controlled 55,225,714 Common Shares, or
approximately 23.47% of the total issued and outstanding Common
Shares. The acquisition of the debentures by Mr. Braugh and the
Trust were made for investment purposes. Each of Mr. Braugh
and the Trust may increase or decrease their investment in Paleo
depending on market conditions or any other relevant factors. The
head office address for Paleo is Sun Life Plaza West Tower, 144-4
Avenue SW, Suite 1600, Calgary, AB T2P 3N4. The address for Mr.
Braugh is 802 N. Carancahua Street, Suite 2250, Corpus Christi,
Texas 78401. The address for Chris Pettit & Associates PC is
11902 Rustic Lane, San Antonio, Texas 78230
Neither the TSX Venture
Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as the term is
defined in the policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Paleo Resources, Inc. is an oil and natural gas
and mineral exploration company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta,
with executive offices in Houston, Texas.
For further information please contact:
Marc Rhoades |
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Thomas M. Crain, Jr. |
Chief Executive Officer |
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President |
Email: mrhoades@paleoresources.com |
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Email: tom@paleoresources.com |
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Paleo Resources, Inc. |
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1980 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1500 |
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Houston, Texas 77056 |
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Telephone: 713-360-4847 |
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Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
forward-looking information. All statements included herein, other
than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information
and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. In
particular, this news release contains forward-looking information
in respect of: the private placement, including the use of proceeds
of the private placement. 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. This forward-looking information reflects Paleo's
current beliefs and is based on information currently available to
Paleo and on assumptions Paleo believes are reasonable. These
assumptions include, but are not limited to: the current share
price of Paleo's common shares; TSX Venture acceptance and market
acceptance of the private placement; Paleo’s understanding of
current federal and provincial income tax legislation; Paleo’s
current and initial understanding and analysis of its projects and
the exploration required for such projects; the costs of
exploration and drilling on Paleo’s projects; Paleo's general and
administrative costs remaining constant; and the market acceptance
of Paleo's business strategy. Forward-looking information is
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance
or achievements of Paleo to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to:
volatility in market prices for oil and natural gas; liabilities
inherent in oil and natural gas operations; uncertainties
associated with estimating oil and natural gas reserves;
geological, technical, drilling and processing problems; general
business, economic, competitive, political and social
uncertainties; general capital market conditions and market prices
for securities; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory
approvals; the actual results of future operations; competition;
changes in legislation, including environmental legislation,
affecting Paleo; the timing and availability of external financing
on acceptable terms; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss
of key individuals. A description of additional assumptions
used to develop such forward-looking information and a description
of additional risk factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially from forward-looking information can be found in Paleo’s
disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Although Paleo has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in forward-looking information, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of
factors is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking information as there can
be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon
which they are placed will occur. Forward-looking information
contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this
cautionary statement. The forward-looking information
contained in this news release represents the expectations of Paleo
as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to
change after such date. However, Paleo expressly disclaims
any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities
law.
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