Mawson Finland Limited (“
Mawson” or the
“
Company”) (TSXV: MFL) is pleased to announce the
closing of its previously announced initial public offering (the
“
IPO”) of common shares in the capital of the
Company (each, an “
IPO Share”). Pursuant to the
IPO, Mawson issued 2,875,000 IPO Shares at a price of $1.00 per IPO
Share, including 375,000 IPO Shares following the exercise in full
by the agent of its over-allotment option, for aggregate gross
proceeds to the Company of $2,875,000.
As a result of the closing of the IPO, the
Company now has 3,625,000 common shares issued and outstanding.
Additionally, 15,424,735 previously-issued and outstanding special
warrants of the Company (the “Special Warrants”)
will be deemed to be exercised (without any further action or
additional consideration) at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date
hereof. Following this exercise, there will be 19,050,235 common
shares in the capital of the Company issued and outstanding.
The Company has also received final approval to
list its common shares, including the IPO Shares and all shares
resulting from exercise of the Special Warrants, on the TSX Venture
Exchange (“TSXV”). The Company’s common shares
will commence trading on the TSXV under the symbol “MFL” on Monday,
August 19, 2024.
The net proceeds from the IPO will be expended
on the remainder of the work program recommended in the revised
preliminary economic assessment on the Company’s wholly-owned
Rajapalot property, entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on a
Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Rajapalot Gold-Cobalt
Project, Finland”, with an effective date of December 19, 2023,
which the Company has filed and which is available on SEDAR+ (the
“PEA”), and on general and administrative
expenses, as well as for general working capital purposes, all as
more particularly described in the final prospectus of the Company
dated July 19, 2024, which the Company has filed and which is
available on SEDAR+. The Corporation may reallocate the use of
funds from the IPO for sound business reasons.
The Rajapalot property is an exploration and
development project that is highly prospective for orogenic-style
gold mineralizing systems and that currently comprises an inferred
gold-cobalt resource with contained metal of 867 koz of gold and
4,310 t of cobalt (9.78 Mt @ 2.8 g/t Au and 441 ppm Co). The PEA
has demonstrated potential for strong development economics,
including a US$211 million post-tax NPV5 using metal prices of
US$1,700/Oz gold and US$60,000/t cobalt. The PEA shows a 9-year
mine life producing an approximate average of 78 koz of gold and
311 tonnes of cobalt per year, for total production of
approximately 700 koz of gold and 2,800 t cobalt over the life of
mine, with an All-In Sustaining Cost (“AISC”) of
US$824/ounce of gold.
The PEA is preliminary in nature and includes
inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative
geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them
that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have
demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty that the PEA
will be realized.
Eight Capital (“Eight”)
acted as the agent (the “Agent”) for the IPO. The
Agent received commission equal to 6% of the gross proceeds
received by the Corporation from the Offering, excluding proceeds
that resulted from subscriptions for 1,700,000 IPO Shares by select
persons designated by the Corporation on its President’s List.
The common shares have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or the
securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be
offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the “United
States” (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act), except pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws. This news release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall
there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Mawson Finland
Limited
Mawson Finland is an exploration stage mining
development company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of
precious and base metal properties in Finland. The Company is
primarily focused on gold and cobalt. The Corporation currently
holds a 100% interest in the Rajapalot Gold-Cobalt Project located
in Finland. The Rompas-Rajapalot Property consists of 11 granted
exploration permits for 10,204 hectares and 2 exploration permit
applications and a reservation notification area for a combined
total of 40,496 hectares. In Finland, all operations are carried
out through the company’s fully owned subsidiary, Mawson Oy. The
Company maintains an active local presence of Finnish staff with
close ties to the communities of Rajapalot.
Additional disclosure including the Company’s
financial statements, technical reports, news releases and other
information can be obtained at mawsonfinland.com or on SEDAR+
at www.sedarplus.ca.
Media and Investor Relations
Inquiries
Please contact: Neil MacRae Executive Chairman
at neil@mawsonfinland.com or +1 (778) 999-4653, or Noora Ahola
Chief Executive Officer at nahola@mawson.fi or +358 (505)
213-515.
Neither 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. No securities regulatory authority
has reviewed or approved of the contents of this news release.
Qualified Person and Technical
Information
Technical and scientific information contained
herein relating to the Rajapalot project located in Finland is
derived from the PEA, which was prepared for the Company by
Christopher Bray, BEng (Mining), MAusIMM(CP), of SRK Consulting
(UK) Limited, Ove Klavér, MSc (Geology), Eur.Geol., FAMMP, of
GeoPool Oy, Eemeli Rantala, MSc (Geology), P.Geo., of AFRY Finland
Oy, Craig Brown, B.E. (Chem), GradDipGeosci, FAusIMM, of Resources
Engineering & Management Pty Ltd, and Mathieu Gosselin, P.Eng.,
of Gosselin Mining AB. The PEA was prepared in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects (“NI 43-101”).
The technical and scientific information in this
news release was reviewed and approved by Dr. Thomas Fromhold, an
employee of Fromhold Geoconsult AB, and Member of The Australian
Institute of Geosciences (MAIG, Membership No. 8838). Mr. Fromhold
is a “qualified person” as defined under NI 43-101.
The PEA is based on technical data, documents,
reports and information supplied by Mawson Oy, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, including copies of concession
application and award documents, historical reports on exploration
and drilling, and internal reports by Mawson Oy staff and
consultants/contractors. The specific reports which form the basis
for the PEA are listed in Section 27 of the PEA. Please see the PEA
for discussion of, among other things, data verification and
additional exploration information applicable to the technical
disclosure herein provided.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
The Company has included in this news release a
reference to All-In Sustaining Cost, which is not a measure
recognized under IFRS. AISC does not have a standardized meaning
prescribed by IFRS. As a result, this measure may not be comparable
to similar measures reported by other corporations. The AISC
measure is intended to provide additional information to the user
and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
measures prepared in accordance with IFRS.
In this news release, AISC is reflective of all
the expenditures that are required to produce an ounce of gold from
operations. AISC reported in the PEA includes total cash costs,
sustaining capital and closure costs, but excludes corporate
general and administrative costs and salvage. AISC per Ounce is
calculated as AISC divided by payable gold ounces.
For a discussion of the use of this and other
non-IFRS measures in the PEA see Section 22 thereof.
Forward-looking Information
This news release includes certain
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively,
“forward-looking information”) which are not comprised of
historical facts. Forward-looking information includes, without
limitation, estimates and statements that describe the Company’s
future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect
that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result
to occur. Forward-looking information may be identified by such
terms as “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “estimates”, “may”,
“could”, “would”, “will”, “must” or “plan”. Since forward-looking
information is based on assumptions and address future events and
conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information
currently available to the Company, the Company provides no
assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations.
Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with
forward-looking information could cause actual events, results,
performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is
not limited to, listing of the Company’s common shares on the TSXV
or any other exchange, the Company’s intended use of proceeds from
the IPO, the Company’s objectives, goals or future plans,
statements, exploration results, potential mineralization, the
estimation of mineral resources, exploration and mine development
plans, all values, estimates and expectations drawn from or based
upon the PEA, and estimates of market conditions. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking information include, but are not limited to: the
TSXV withdrawing from the Company final approval to list its common
shares, any change in industry or wider economic conditions which
could cause the Company to use proceeds from the IPO otherwise than
as heretofore disclosed, failure to identify mineral resources,
failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves, the
inability to complete a feasibility study which recommends a
production decision, the preliminary and uncertain nature of the
PEA, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays
in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental,
environmental or other project approvals, political risks,
uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes
in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the
development of projects, capital and operating costs varying
significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the
mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set
out in the Company’s public documents filed on SEDAR+. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing
the forward-looking information in this news release are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such
information, which only applies as of the date of this news
release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur
in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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