Generation Mining Limited (TSX:GENM) ("
Gen Mining"
or the "
Company") is pleased to announce that it
has entered into an agreement with Haywood Securities Inc.
(“
Haywood”) sole underwriter and bookrunner,
pursuant to which Haywood has agreed to purchase, on a bought deal
basis, (i) 42,858,000 units (the “
Units”) in the
capital of the Company at a price of C$0.28 per Unit (the
“
Issue Price”), and (ii) 9,678,000 flow-through
units (the “
FT Units” and together with the Units,
the “
Offered Securities”) in the capital of the
Company at a price of $0.32 per FT Unit (the “
FT Issue
Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of
$15,000,420 (the “
Offering”).
Each Unit will consist of one common share (a
“Common Share”) in the capital of the Company and
one-fifth (1/5) of one common share purchase warrant (each whole
common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”) of the
Company. Each FT Unit will consist of one Common Share that will
qualify as a “flow-through share” and one-fifth (1/5) of one
Warrant. Each whole Warrant shall be exercisable to acquire one
Common Share (a “Warrant Share”) at a price per
Warrant Share of C$0.50 for a period of 36 months from the closing
date of the Offering.
The Company has agreed to grant Haywood an
over-allotment option, exercisable at any time and from time to
time on or prior to the date that is 30 days following the closing
of the Offering, in whole or in part, to purchase up to an
additional $2,250,063 in Units at the Issue Price to cover
over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes.
The Company plans to use the net proceeds from
the sale of the Units for development of the Company’s Marathon
Project and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The
gross proceeds from the sale of the FT Units will be used by the
Company to incur eligible “Canadian Exploration Expenses” on the
Marathon Project that will qualify as “flow-through mining
expenditures” as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act
(Canada).
The Offered Securities will be offered by way of
a short form prospectus to be filed in all provinces of Canada,
except Québec. The Units may also be sold to U.S. buyers on a
private placement basis pursuant to available exemptions from the
registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), and
other jurisdictions outside of Canada provided that no prospectus
filing or comparable obligation arises.
The Offering is scheduled to close on or about
November 21, 2023 and is subject to certain conditions including,
but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals
including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the
securities regulatory authorities, as applicable.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be
any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities being
offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the U.S.
Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, and
application state securities laws.
About Generation Mining
Limited
Gen Mining’s focus is the development of the
Marathon Project, a large undeveloped palladium-copper deposit in
Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Company released the results of
the Feasibility Study Update on March 31, 2023.
The Feasibility Study Update estimated a Net
Present Value (using a 6% discount rate) of C$1.16 billion, an
Internal Rate of Return of 25.8%, and a 2.3-year payback. The mine
is expected to produce an average of 166,000 ounces of payable
palladium and 41 million pounds of payable copper per year over a
13-year mine life (“LOM”). Over the LOM, the Marathon Project is
anticipated to produce 2,122,000 ounces of palladium, 517 million
lbs of copper, 485,000 ounces of platinum, 158,000 ounces of gold
and 3,156,000 ounces of silver in payable metals. For more
information, please review the Feasibility Study Update dated March
31, 2023, filed under the Company’s profile at SEDAR.com or on the
Company’s website at
https://genmining.com/projects/feasibility-study/.
The Marathon Property covers a land package of
approximately 22,000 hectares, or 220 square kilometres. Gen Mining
owns a 100% interest in the Marathon Project.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical content of this
news release was reviewed, verified, and approved by Drew Anwyll,
P.Eng., M.Eng, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and a
Qualified Person as defined by Canadian Securities Administrators
National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects.
For further information please contact:Jamie
LevyPresident and Chief Executive Officer(416) 640-2934 (O)(416)
567-2440 (M)jlevy@genmining.com
Ann WilkinsonVice President, Investor
Relations(416) 640-3954 (O)(416) 357-5511
(M)awilkinson@genmining.com
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains certain
forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, as
defined in applicable securities laws (collectively referred to
herein as "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements
reflect current expectations or beliefs regarding future events or
the Company’s future performance. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements.
Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified
by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected",
"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "continues", "forecasts",
"Projects", "predicts", "intends", "anticipates", "targets" or
"believes", or variations of, or the negatives of, such words and
phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may",
"could", "would", "should", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved, including statements related to the anticipated timing
for government approvals and permitting, and the life of mine,
mineral production estimates, payback period, and financial returns
from the Marathon Project. All forward-looking statements,
including those herein, are qualified by this cautionary
statement.
Although the Company believes that the
expectations expressed in such statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the statements. There are certain factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking information. These include the timing for a
construction decision; the progress of development at the Marathon
Project, including progress of project expenditures and contracting
processes, the Company's plans and expectations with respect to
liquidity management, continued availability of capital and
financing, the future price of palladium and other commodities,
permitting timelines, exchange rates and currency fluctuations,
increases in costs, requirements for additional capital, and the
Company's decisions with respect to capital allocation, and the
impact of COVID-19, inflation, global supply chain disruptions,
global conflicts, including the wars in Ukraine and Israel, the
project schedule for the Marathon Project, key inputs, staffing and
contractors, commodity price volatility, continued availability of
capital and financing, uncertainties involved in interpreting
geological data, environmental compliance and changes in
environmental legislation and regulation, the Company’s
relationships with First Nations communities, exploration
successes, and general economic, market or business conditions, as
well as those risk factors set out in the Company’s annual
information form for the year ended December 31, 2022, and in the
continuous disclosure documents filed by the Company on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of
factors is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect
forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this
news release or as of the date or dates specified in such
statements.
The progress of development at the Marathon
Project, including progress of project expenditures and contracting
processes, is contingent on the continued availability of capital
and financing, permitting timelines, requirements for additional
capital, and the Company's decisions with respect to capital
allocation.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number
of assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, including, but not
limited to, assumptions relating to: the availability of financing
for the Company’s operations; operating and capital costs; results
of operations; the mine development and production schedule and
related costs; the supply and demand for, and the level and
volatility of commodity prices; timing of the receipt of regulatory
and governmental approvals for development Projects and other
operations; the accuracy of Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource
Estimates, production estimates and capital and operating cost
estimates; and general business and economic conditions.
Investors are cautioned that any such statements
are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or
developments may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking information. For more information on the Company,
investors are encouraged to review the Company’s public filings on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com. 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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