Titanium Corporation Inc. (the "Company" or "Titanium")
(TSX-V: TIC) announces that it is proceeding with a
private placement offering for a minimum of 15.0 million and a
maximum of 25.0 million units of the Company
("
Units") at a subscription price of $0.20 per
Unit for gross proceeds of a minimum of $3.0 million (the
"
Minimum Offering") and maximum
of $5.0 million (the "
Maximum
Offering" and, together with the Minimum Offering,
the "
Offering"). Each Unit will consist of one
common share of the Company (each a "
Common
Share") and one-half of one share purchase warrant
(each whole warrant, a "
Warrant"). Each Warrant
entitles the holder to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.30
per Common Share for a period of four years from the date of
issuance. The Company may waive the Minimum Offering in the
circumstances described below. The Common Shares and Warrants
issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four month
hold period from the closing date. The Offering is subject to the
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "
TSXV").
Investor Group
The Company has entered into definitive
subscription agreements ("Subscription
Agreements") with a group of investors (the
"Investor Group") led by Darren Morcombe and Moss
Kadey to purchase 15.0 million Units for gross proceeds of $3.0
million (the "Investor Subscription"), 50% of
which has been funded into escrow with the balance to be funded on
or prior to the issuance of such Units to the Investor Group and
their substituted purchasers (if any). The Company may, if the
Investor Subscription is not fully funded and completed by January
12, 2022, access the escrow proceeds to complete the available
amount of the Investor Subscription and close on the subscriptions
with the other insiders (subject to the conditions set out in such
subscriptions) and investors and pursue its other remedies for the
balance of the Investor Subscription.
Proposed New and Continuing
Board
Messrs. David Macdonald, John Stevens and Scott
Nelson will, conditional on the Investor Group and their
substituted purchasers completing the Investor Subscription by no
later than January 12, 2022, retire from the Board of Directors of
the Company, and Messrs. Darren Morcombe, John Brussa and John
Kowal will be appointed in their place. Mr. Brant Sangster retired
from the Board of Directors of the Company on December 19, 2021 in
advance of the meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the
Offering and transactions disclosed in this news release.
On completion of the Investor Subscription, the
Company's Board of Directors will be led by Darren Morcombe as
Chair and be comprised of the following individuals:
Darren Morcombe (Chair) |
Mr. Morcombe has more than 30 years of international experience in
a variety of roles in in the natural resource and finance sectors.
This includes over 10 years in senior roles with Normandy Mining
and Newmont Mining Corporation in the areas of financing, treasury,
mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Morcombe is the founder of Springtide
Capital Pty. Ltd., a private investment company specializing in
micro-cap listed companies, venture capital and resource-oriented
companies. He was Founder, Chairman and a major shareholder of the
largest gold refinery, distribution and finance company in the
world. Morcombe is shareholder of several private and public
companies. |
Moss Kadey |
Mr. Kadey is the Founder and CEO of Mossco Capital Inc., a Toronto
based strategic investor specializing in consumer goods, real
estate and technology companies. He is the Chairman and Founder of
Luxury Brand Partners, a Miami based creator and owner of branded
consumer products in the beauty and hair care industries. Some of
the brands he has been involved with from start up to eventual sale
have been Bumble and Bumble, sold to Estee Lauder, Becca Cosmetics
sold to Estee Lauder, Oribe Hair Care sold to Kao Industries and
the North and South American owner of the Brita Water Filter rights
sold to The Clorox Company. He is on the boards of numerous
privately held corporations and is currently the Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Hanvest Holdings, the parent company of Brita
GmbH in Germany, the world leader in household pour through water
filtration systems. Mr. Kadey obtained his Chartered Accountant
designation in South Africa. |
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John Brussa |
Mr Brussa is currently a Partner and Chairman of Burnet, Duckworth
& Palmer LLP, a Calgary based law firm, where he has
specialized in taxation. In addition, he is Chair of the Board of
Directors of Crew Energy, a natural gas exploration and production
company operating in the Montney fairway of NE British Columbia. He
also currently serves as a director of several public and private
energy producers operating in Canada, and a public financial
services corporation. Mr Brussa has had extensive experience in
corporations across varying businesses, including those operating
in mineral and oil sands mining respectively. He recently served as
the Jarislowsky Fellow at the Haskayne School of Business and is a
mentor at the Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership. |
Bruce Griffin |
Mr. Griffin is the owner of Fairview Solutions Limited, a company
providing consulting and advisory services to the mineral sands,
titanium pigment and industrial minerals industries. Mr. Griffin
has previously held senior management positions in several mining
and minerals companies, including as Senior Vice President
Strategic Development of Lomon Billions Group, the world's third
largest producer of titanium dioxide pigments, Chief Executive
Officer and a director of TZ Minerals International Pty. Ltd., the
leading independent consultant on the global mineral sands
industry, World Titanium Resources Ltd., a development stage
titanium project in Africa and as Vice President Titanium for BHP
Billiton, then one of the world's leaders in the industry. In April
2021 Mr. Griffin was appointed Executive Chairman of Sheffield
Resources Limited. |
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John Kowal |
Mr. Kowal's background consists of 36 years of experience in a
variety of senior financial and treasury positions in several
multinational companies during which Mr. Kowal has executed
numerous debt and equity financings, completed several
multibillion-dollar M&A transactions and has taken several
companies public, including the first primary listing by a Canadian
company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Kowal has served as
Co-CEO at Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. and Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer of Total E&P Canada Ltd. Mr. Kowal also
served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of
Deer Creek Energy Limited and Treasurer of Canadian Hunter
Exploration Ltd. Additionally, Mr. Kowal’s diversified experience
includes positions at Noranda Inc., John Labatt Limited, Celestica
Inc., and IBM Canada Limited. Mr. Kowal holds a Bachelor of
Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration from
McMaster University. He is currently a member of the Board of
Directors of Magnetic North Acquisition Corp. and serves on the
advisory board for Pegasus Imagery Ltd. |
Titanium intends to use the net proceeds of the
Offering to pay the costs of the Offering, to fund costs associated
with the commercialization of the CVWTM process, including
engineering and design costs, to settle all deferred compensation
owing to its directors, officers and a former officer in the amount
of approximately $1.1 million (as at the date of this news
release), and for general corporate purposes.
In connection with the Offering, Canaccord
Genuity Corp. will receive a finder's fee payable on the closing
date, consisting of: (i) a cash amount equal to six percent (6%) of
the aggregate gross proceeds of the Offering; and (ii)
non-transferrable broker warrants, equal to six percent (6%) of the
aggregate number of Units issued pursuant to the Offering, which
shall entitle the holder to acquire, subject to the approval of the
TSXV, one Common Share per warrant at an exercise price of $0.30
per Common Share up until the date that is one year from the
issuance thereof.
Related Party Disclosures
Insiders of the Company have signed definitive
subscription agreements for a total of 7,200,000 Units. The
participation of insiders in the Offering constitutes "related
party transactions" within the meaning of TSX-V Policy 5.9 and
Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The
Company intends to rely on the exemptions from the formal valuation
and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101
contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in respect
of the related party participation in the Offering as neither the
fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of the subject
matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the
Offering, insofar as they involve interested parties (as defined
under MI 61-101), does not exceed 25% of the Company's market
capitalization (as determined under MI 61-101). The material change
report in relation to the transactions described in this news
release will be filed less than 21 days before the closing date of
the Minimum Offering in order to complete the Offering as soon as
practicable to enable the Company to use the funds from the
Offering.
Cancellation of AGM
Titanium has cancelled its annual general and
special meeting of the shareholders to be held on December 21, 2021
and has been granted an extension by the Court of Queen's Bench of
Alberta pursuant to Section 133(3) of the Canada Business
Corporations Act to hold its annual general and special meeting at
any time on or before March 15, 2022. The extension will allow the
Company time to complete the Offering, prepare the required updated
information circular, distribute the related proxies and
communicate with shareholders in time for shareholders to vote on
the reconstituted Board of Directors. The Company will set a date
for the new annual general and special meeting of shareholders of
Titanium and file a notice of meeting and record date on the
Company's website, as well as under Titanium's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com.
About Titanium Corporation
Inc.
Titanium is a clean technology innovator focused
on providing solutions to the mining sector of Canada’s oil sands
industry. Titanium Corporation’s CVW™ technology provides
sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of the
oil sands industry. Our technology reduces the environmental impact
of oil sands froth treatment tailings, while economically
recovering valuable products that would otherwise be lost. CVW™
recovers bitumen, solvents, heavy minerals and water from tailings,
preventing these commodities from entering tailings ponds and the
atmosphere: volatile organic compound and greenhouse gas emissions
are materially reduced; hot tailings water is improved in quality
for recycling; and residual tailings can be thickened more readily.
A new minerals industry would be created with the production and
export of zircon and titanium, essential ingredients in the
ceramics and pigment industries.
Disclosure regarding forward-looking
information
This news release includes forward-looking
statements about expected future events. Titanium cautions that
future events may be affected by a number of factors, many of which
are beyond its control and results may vary substantially from what
Titanium currently foresees.
Forward-looking statements typically use words
such as "anticipate", "believe", "project", "expect", "plan",
"intend" or similar words suggesting future outcomes, statements
that actions, events or conditions "may", "would", "could" or
"will" be taken or occur in the future. These forward-looking
statements are based on various assumptions including expectations
regarding satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions to the
Offering; the size of the Offering; use of proceeds of the
Offering; the anticipated closing time of the Offering, if at all;
the receipt of TSXV approval for the Offering and related
transactions; the re-constitution of the Company's board of
directors; the anticipated timing of holding Titanium's annual
meeting and potential changes to the matters coming before the
annual and special meeting of the shareholders, including the
election of directors; the state of the economy; results of
operations; performance; business prospects and opportunities;
future exchange and interest rates; impact of increasing
competition; the ability of Titanium to access capital;
availability of potential transactions and interests from third
parties in pursuing potential transactions with Titanium. While the
Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on
information currently available to it, they may prove to be
incorrect.
By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and other factors that contribute to the possibility
that the predicted outcome will not occur, including, without
limitation: the ability of the various parties, including the
Company and the Investor Group, to satisfy the applicable
conditions to closing of the Offering; the ability of the Company
to obtain all required approvals to complete the Offering and
re-constitute the board of directors of Titanium; and the risk that
Offering and related transaction do not result in any changes to
matters to be considered at the annual meeting. Readers are
cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Although Titanium 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. As a consequence, actual results may differ materially
from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements and you
should not unduly rely on forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made
as the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake
any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable
securities law.
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 release.
For further information, contact:
Scott Nelson |
President & CEO |
Tel: (403) 561-0439 |
Email: snelson@titaniumcorporation.com |
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