Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX: CNT)
(the “
Company” or “
Century”) is
pleased to announce that on July 14, 2023, the Company closed its
previously announced rights offering which expired on July 7, 2023
(the “
Rights Offering”). At closing, the Company
issued 19,700,914 common shares of the Company (the
“
Shares”) to rights holders at a price of $0.02
per Share for total gross proceeds of $394,018.28.
The Company received subscriptions for 4,337,033
Shares pursuant to the basic subscription privilege and 30,124,319
Shares pursuant to the additional subscription privilege, resulting
in 100% of the Rights being subscribed, with an oversubscription of
75%. The additional subscriptions were pro rated within the
15,363,881 Shares remaining after the basic subscription privilege,
and the excess subscription funds were returned to subscribers. The
total number of issued and outstanding Shares upon completion of
the Rights Offering will be 118,205,485. As the Rights Offering was
oversubscribed, no Shares were purchased under the standby guaranty
agreement among the Company, Sandy Chim and Thriving Century
Limited.
To the knowledge of the Company, after
reasonable inquiry insiders of the Company subscribed for an
aggregate of 3,762,281 Shares through the exercise of their basic
subscription privilege in the Rights Offering and purchased an
additional aggregate amount of 10,671,261 Shares through their
additional subscription privilege in the Rights Offering,
representing total subscription proceeds of $288,670.84. To the
knowledge of the Company, after reasonable inquiry, no person
became a new shareholder holding more than 10% of the Shares upon
closing of the Rights Offering.
The participation in the Rights Offering by
certain “related parties” of the Company, namely, directors,
officers and 10% shareholders of Company, constitutes a “related
party transaction,” as such terms are defined by Multilateral
Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Company is
relying on an exemption from the formal valuation and minority
approval requirements of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the
participation in the Rights Offering does not exceed 25% of the
market capitalization of the Company.
There were no selling fees or commissions paid
in connection with the Rights Offering distribution. The net
proceeds of the Rights Offering will be used in the manner
disclosed in the rights offering circular of the Company dated May
31, 2023, a copy of which is available on the Company’s SEDAR
profile at www.sedar.com.
ABOUT CENTURY
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX:
CNT) is primarily a resource exploration and development company
with a large portfolio of multi-billion tonne iron ore projects in
Canada, mostly discovered by its own exploration team. It has other
non-ferrous metals properties under exploration as well as a
well-established food distribution business (Century Food) in Hong
Kong.
The Joyce Lake Direct Shipping Iron Ore
Project
Joyce Lake, our most advanced project, is an
open pit direct shipping iron ore project in Newfoundland and
Labrador, close to the town of Schefferville, Québec, which is
serviced by a rail link directly to ocean shipping iron ore ports
at Sept-Îles. The Project has completed an updated feasibility
study in 2022 and is undergoing environmental assessment. Joyce
Lake is held in a special purpose vehicle, Joyce Direct Iron Inc.
(“JDI”), in which Century owns 91.6%.
Century Food
Century Food is a subsidiary operation of the
Company which started a few years ago and is a value-adding
marketing and distribution business of quality food products
sourced from such regions as Europe and Australia and sold in the
Hong Kong and Macau markets.
For further information please
contact:
Sandy Chim, President & CEO Century Global
Commodities Corporation 416-977-3188 IR@centuryglobal.ca
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS “FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE
REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF CENTURY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS PRESS
RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT RELATES TO,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPLETION OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING AND USE
OF PROCEEDS OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING, CENTURY’S OWNERSHIP AND PLANS
FOR SPIN-0UT, LISTING, FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JOYCE LAKE
DSO IRON ORE PROJECT, INCLUDING (I) ESTIMATES AS TO RESOURCES AND
RESERVES FOR THE PROJECT, (II) ESTIMATES AS TO THE CAPITAL COSTS,
OPERATING COSTS, PRODUCTION RATES, MINE LIFE, NET PRESENT VALUE AND
RATES OF RETURN FOR THE PROJECT, (III) PROJECTIONS AS TO THE TIME
FRAME FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE
PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES; (IV) THE
ABILITY OF JDI TO CONCLUDE BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITH FIRST NATIONS
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; (V) THE TIMELINE
FOR COMPLETION OF THE EIS PROCESS BY JDI; (VI) THE ABILITY OF JDI
TO MEET ALL FEDERAL AND PROVISIONAL EIS REQUIREMENTS AND TO
ULTIMATELY SECURE THE REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING; AND (VII)
THE ABILITY OF JDI TO LIST ITS COMMON SHARES ON AN EXCHANGE, OF
WHICH THERE IS NO ASSURANCE. FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION IS BASED
ON, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OPINIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, ESTIMATES AND
ANALYSES THAT, WHILE CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY CENTURY AT THE DATE
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT
TO SIGNIFICANT RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER
FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS AND EVENTS TO BE MATERIALLY
DIFFERENT FROM THOSE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THE FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION. THE RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER
FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM
THOSE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION MAY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, RISKS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
CENTURY’S BUSINESS, AS DESCRIBED IN CENTURY’S ANNUAL INFORMATION
FORM FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2023. INVESTOR SHOULD ALSO REVIEW
THE JOYCE LAKE DSO IRON ORE PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY IN DETAIL IN
ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AFFECTING THE PROJECT AND THE
ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE
IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON
THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE CENTURY MAY ELECT TO,
IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR
TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
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