Sparton Resources Inc. (
TSXV-SRI)
(“
Sparton” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce it has received final approval from the TMX
Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) of the non-brokered private
placement (the “
Offering”) announced on December
8th, 2023.
This financing was fully closed effective
December 31st, 2023, with conditional approval from the
Exchange.
Sparton has issued a total of 11,500,000
Flow-Through Share (“FTS”) Units of the Company
(each, a FTS Unit”) at a price of C$0.05 per
FTS Unit. Each FTS Unit consists
of one common share of the Company and a ½ (one half) non-flow
through Share Purchase Warrant (“SPW”) for a total
of 5,500,000 Full SPWs. These include the Finder
Warrants mentioned below.
Each FTS will consist of one
common share of the Company to be issued as a Critical Metals
“flow-through share” within the meaning of the Income Tax Act
(Canada).
Each full SPW issued with the
FTS Units will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common
share of the Company (each, a “Warrant Share”) at
a price of C$0.08 for a period of 24 months following the effective
issue date, or December 29th, 2025.
The Company has also issued 3,250,000 Non-Flow
Through Share Units ( NFTSUs) at a price of $0.04
for each NFTSU for proceeds of C$130,000. Each
NTFSU consists of one Common Share of the Company
and ½ (one half) SPW for a total of 1,625,000 Full
SPWs.
Each full SPW issued with the
NFTSUs will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share
of the Company (each, a “Warrant Share”) at a
price of C$0.06 for a period of 24 months following the effective
issue date, or December 29th, 2025.
For the Second Closing announced on January 2nd,
2024, a total of 1,000,000 FTSUs were issued to an Insider of the
Company, which participation constitutes a "related party
transaction" for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101,
Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions
("MI 61-101"). The Company is relying upon
exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder
approval requirements of MI 61-101 in completing the Offering with
the Insider on the basis that the fair market value of such
participation is less than 25% of Sparton's current market
capitalization.
A total of 500,000 Full Finder Warrants were
issued for this Financing in connection with the issuance of the
FTSUs. These may be exercised on or before December 29th, 2025.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the
offering for general corporate purposes and the exploration of the
Company’s Critical Metals projects in Ontario and Quebec. These
include the Pense-Montreuil polymetallic metals project east of
Englehart, Ontario, and straddling the Ontario-Quebec border where
historical work has identified zinc-copper-nickel mineralization
with minor cobalt values, and little work has been done for over 20
years. The Oakes gold and related copper mineralization project
near Matachewan, Ontario, has over 5 untested drill targets in
close proximity to the former producing Ryan Lake copper and
molybdenum mine, and the current Young Davidson gold producer. Work
will consist of airborne electromagnetic surveys, follow up ground
truthing of anomalies and diamond core drilling. The Oakes project
has a number of untested Induced Polarization zones outlined by the
Company that have never been tested and some of these are related
to rock units similar to those hosting the nearby copper and
molybdenum mineralization.
The gross proceeds from the issuance of the
FTS will be used to incur resource exploration
expenses which will constitute “Canadian exploration expenses” as
defined in subsection 66.1(6) of the Income Tax Act and "flow
through mining expenditures" as defined in subsection 127(9) of the
Income Tax Act (the “Qualifying Expenditures”),
which will be renounced with an effective date no later than
December 31st, 2023, to the purchasers of the FTS
Units in an aggregate amount not less than the gross
proceeds raised from the issue of the FT Shares.
If the Qualifying Expenditures are reduced by the Canada Revenue
Agency, the Company will indemnify each subscriber of FTS
Units for any additional taxes payable by such subscriber
as a result of the Company’s failure to renounce the Qualifying
Expenditures.
The closing of the Offering has now received all
necessary regulatory approvals including those from the TSX Venture
Exchange.
The FTS, NFTS shares and
Warrant Shares, and any common shares of the
Company that are issuable from exercising any warrants, will be
subject to a hold period ending on the date that is four months
plus one day following the issue date of December 29th, 2023, in
accordance with applicable securities laws.
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 U.S.
state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, United States
persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
U.S. state securities laws. This press release does not constitute
an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities
in the United States, nor in any other jurisdiction.
For more information, contact:A. Lee Barker,
M.A.Sc., P.Eng.President & CEOTel./Fax: 647-344-7734 or Mobile:
416-716-5762Email: info@spartonres.ca Website:
www.spartonres.ca
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 release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this news release
involves forward-looking statements under applicable securities
laws. The forward-looking statements contained herein include, but
are not limited to, financings and transactions being pursued, and
all such forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in
their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking
statements included in this news release are made as of the date
hereof and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
expressly required by applicable securities legislation. Although
the Company believes that the expectations represented in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and,
accordingly, undue reliance should not be put on such
forward-looking statements. This news release does not constitute
an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
securities described herein.We Seek Safe Harbour
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