Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today
that it has acquired 7,555,556 Subscription Receipts (“Subscription
Receipts”) of Caldas Gold Corp. (“Caldas Gold”) pursuant to a
non-brokered private placement at a price of CA$2.25 per
Subscription Receipt for a total investment of CA$17 million. Gran
Colombia’s investment was part of a larger offering of 37,777,778
Subscription Receipts for aggregate gross proceeds to Caldas Gold
of CA$85 million (the “Offering”).
Upon the satisfaction or waiver of certain
release conditions, each Subscription Receipt will be automatically
converted, without payment of any additional consideration or
further action on the part of the holder thereof, into one unit of
Caldas Gold comprising one common share of Caldas Gold (a “Common
Share”) and one Common Share purchase warrant of Caldas Gold (a
“Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire
one additional Common Share, at a price of CA$2.75 per Common
Share, until July 29, 2025, subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances.
Prior to the completion of the Offering, Gran
Colombia owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or
direction over, 53,435,989 Common Shares representing approximately
53.5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares prior to the
Offering on an undiluted basis. Gran Colombia also owned, directly
or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over 18,388,889
Common Share purchase warrants (“GCM Warrants”) entitling Gran
Colombia to acquire one Common Shares at either CA$2.75 or CA$3.00,
and, if all of the GCM Warrants were exercised, Gran Colombia would
have owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or
direction over, 71,824,878 Common Shares or approximately 60.8% of
the total number of issued and outstanding Common Shares on a
partially diluted basis prior to the Offering. Since no
Common Shares were issued pursuant to the Offering, after the
completion of the Offering, Gran Colombia continues to own,
directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, the
same number of Common Shares of Caldas Gold, representing the same
percentage of the total number of issued and outstanding Common
Shares.
However, upon the conversion to Common Shares
and Warrants of all 37,777,778 Subscription Receipts issued in
connection with the Offering, Caldas Gold will have 137,577,940
Common Shares issued and outstanding, of which Gran Colombia will
hold 60,991,545 or 44.3%, on an undiluted basis, resulting in a
decrease of 9.2% to Gran Colombia’s holdings of Common Shares on an
undiluted basis. Gran Colombia will also hold an aggregate of
25,944,445 Warrants or GCM Warrants. Assuming the exercise of all
Warrants and GCM Warrants held by Gran Colombia and assuming that
no other investors who participated in the Offering exercise their
respective Warrants, Caldas Gold will have an aggregate of
163,522,385 Common Shares issued and outstanding, of which Gran
Colombia will hold 86,935,990 or 53.2% on a partially diluted basis
at the time of such exercise, resulting in a decrease of 7.6% to
Gran Colombia’s holdings of Common Shares on a partially diluted
basis.
The securities of Caldas Gold acquired by Gran
Colombia are presently being held only for investment purposes.
Gran Colombia may from time to time in the future increase or
decrease its ownership, control or direction over securities of
Caldas Gold held by it, through market transactions, private
agreements or otherwise, the whole depending on market conditions,
the business and prospects of Caldas Gold and other relevant
factors.
Gran Colombia has filed an early warning report
(the “Early Warning Report”) pursuant to applicable securities laws
in connection with the completion of the Offering. A copy of the
Early Warning Report to which this news release relates will be
available under Caldas Gold’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. To
obtain a copy of the Early Warning Report, please contact Amanda
Fullerton, Corporate Secretary, at Caldas Gold’s office at 401 Bay
Street, Suite 2400, PO Box 15, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4 or by
calling (416) 360-4653.
About Gran Colombia Gold
Corp.
Gran Colombia is a Canadian-based mid-tier gold
producer with its primary focus in Colombia where it is currently
the largest underground gold and silver producer with several mines
in operation at its high-grade Segovia Operations. Gran Colombia
owns approximately 53.5% of Caldas Gold (TSX-V: CGC; OTCQX: ALLXF),
a Canadian mining company currently advancing a major expansion and
modernization of its underground mining operations at its Marmato
Project in Colombia. Gran Colombia’s project pipeline includes its
Zancudo Project in Colombia together with an approximately 18%
equity interest in Gold X Mining Corp. (TSXV: GLDX) (Guyana –
Toroparu Project) and an approximately 26% equity interest in
Western Atlas Resources Inc. (“Western Atlas”) (TSXV: WA) (Nunavut
– Meadowbank Project).
Additional information on Gran Colombia can be
found on its website at www.grancolombiagold.com and by reviewing
its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Information:
This news release contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation. Forward-looking statements in this news release, which
are all statements other than statements of historical fact,
include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the
satisfaction of the release conditions relating to the Offering;
the conversion of the Subscription Receipts and issuances of the
underlying Common Shares and Warrants; and the anticipated security
holdings of Gran Colombia. Often, but not always, forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans",
"expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations
(including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state
that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of Gran Colombia to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements are described under the caption "Risk
Factors" in Gran Colombia’s Annual Information Form dated as of
March 30, 2020 which is available for view on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made
as of the date of this news release and Gran Colombia disclaims,
other than as required by law, any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
results, future events, circumstances, or if management's estimates
or opinions should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance
that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
For Further Information,
contact:Mike DaviesChief
Financial Officer(416)
360-4653investorrelations@grancolombiagold.com
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