MAG Silver Corp. (TSX / NYSE American: MAG)
(“
MAG” or the “
Company”)
announced today that it is has entered into an agreement with a
syndicate of underwriters (the “
Underwriters”) led
by
BMO Capital Markets and Raymond James Ltd.
under which the Underwriters have agreed to buy on a bought deal
basis 2,735,000 common shares (the “
Common
Shares”) at a price of US$14.65 per Common Share for
gross proceeds of approximately US$40 million (the “
Public
Offering”). The Company has granted the Underwriters an
option, exercisable at the offering price for a period of 30 days
following the closing of the Public Offering, to purchase up to an
additional 15% of the Public Offering to cover over-allotments, if
any.
The Company concurrently announced that it is
undertaking a bought deal private placement of 843,000 common
shares to be issued on a flow-through basis under the Income Tax
Act (Canada) (the “Flow-Through Shares”) at a
price of C$23.75 per Flow-Through Share for aggregate gross
proceeds of C$20 million (the “Flow-Through Private
Placement”). The Company has granted the Underwriters an
option exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time up to 48 hours
prior to the closing of the Flow-Through Private Placement, to
purchase an additional 15% of the Flow-Through Private Placement to
cover over-allotments, if any.
Public Offering
The Common Shares will be offered by way of a
short form prospectus in all provinces and territories of Canada,
other than Quebec, and will be offered in the United States
pursuant to a prospectus filed as part of a registration statement
under the Canada/U.S. multi-jurisdictional disclosure system. A
registration statement on Form F-10, including the U.S. preliminary
prospectus (together with any amendments thereto, the
“Registration Statement”), registering the Common
Shares under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“U.S. Securities Act”) has been filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) but has not yet become effective. The
preliminary short form prospectus and Registration Statement are
subject to completion and amendment. Such documents contain
important information about the Public Offering. This news release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the Common Shares in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of that jurisdiction.
The net proceeds of the Public Offering will be
used to fund exploration on Juanicipio and MAG’s other projects
including Deer Trail, certain sustaining and development capital
requirements at the Juanicipio Project not included in the initial
project capital estimates, and for working capital and general
corporate purposes.
The Public Offering is expected to close on or
about February 7, 2023 and is subject to the Company receiving all
necessary regulatory approvals, including conditional acceptance of
the Toronto Stock Exchange and approval by the NYSE American. The
completion of the Public Offering is not conditional upon the
completion of the Flow-Through Private Placement. The preliminary
short form prospectus is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The
Registration Statement is available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. The Common Shares to be sold in the Public Offering
described in this document may not be sold nor may offers to buy be
accepted prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes
effective. Before readers invest, they should read the prospectus
in the Registration Statement and other documents the Company has
filed with Canadian regulatory authorities and the SEC for more
complete information about the Company and the Public Offering.
Potential investors may get any of these documents for free by
visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or, when such
documents become available, via SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Copies of
the prospectus relating to the Public Offering may be obtained for
free upon request in Canada by contacting BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
(“BMO Capital Markets”), Brampton Distribution Centre C/O The Data
Group of Companies, 9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario, L6S 6H2
by telephone at 905-791-3151 Ext 4312 or by email at
torbramwarehouse@datagroup.ca, and in the United States by
contacting BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate
Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036, or
by telephone at (800) 414-3627 or by email at
bmoprospectus@bmo.com.
Flow-Through Private
Placement
The total gross proceeds from the Flow-Through
Private Placement will be used to incur expenses that are eligible
“Canadian exploration expenses” that will qualify as “flow-through
mining expenditures”, as such terms are defined in the Income Tax
Act (Canada) (the “Qualifying Expenditures”),
related to the Company’s Larder Project located in Ontario, Canada.
The Company will have until December 31, 2024 to incur and renounce
the Qualifying Expenditures using the proceeds of the Flow-Through
Private Placement.
The Flow-Through Private Placement is expected
to close on or about February 16, 2023 and will be subject to
customary conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of
all necessary regulatory approvals, including conditional
acceptance of the Toronto Stock Exchange and approval by the NYSE
American. The completion of the Flow-Through Private Placement is
not conditional upon the completion of the Public Offering.
The Flow-Through Shares issued pursuant to the
Flow-Through Private Placement will be subject to a hold period
expiring four months and one day from the date of issuance in
accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws. The
Flow-Through Shares have not been, and will not be, registered
under the U.S. Securities Act and are not permitted to be offered
or sold within the United States absent such registration or an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements
therein.
About MAG Silver Corp.
MAG Silver Corp. is a growth-oriented Canadian
development and exploration company focused on becoming a top-tier
primary silver mining company by exploring and advancing
high-grade, district scale, precious metals projects in the
Americas. Its principal focus and asset is the Juanicipio Project
(44%), being developed with Fresnillo Plc (56%), the operator. The
project is located in the Fresnillo Silver Trend in Mexico, the
world's premier silver mining camp, where the operator is currently
advancing underground mine development and commissioning a 4,000
tonnes per day processing plant. Underground mine production of
mineralized development material commenced in Q3 2020, and an
expanded exploration program is in place targeting multiple highly
prospective targets at Juanicipio. MAG is also executing
multi-phase exploration programs at the Deer Trail 100% earn-in
Project in Utah and the recently acquired Larder Project, located
in the historically prolific Abitibi region of Canada.
For further information on behalf of MAG Silver
Corp.Contact Michael J. Curlook, VP Investor Relations and
Communications
Phone: (604) 630-1399Website:
www.magsilver.comToll Free: (866) 630-1399Email:
info@magsilver.com
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor the NYSE
American has reviewed or accepted responsibility for the accuracy
or adequacy of this press release, which has been prepared by
management.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain statements
that may be deemed to be “forward-looking information” within the
meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation or
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the US Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”). All statements in this release,
other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking
statements, including statements regarding the anticipated
financial and other impacts of the Public Offering and Flow-Through
Private Placement, the anticipated completion and expected timing
for closing of the Public Offering and Flow-Through Private
Placement, expected use of proceeds and receipt of regulatory
approvals. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always,
identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate",
"plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project",
"predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might",
"should", "believe" and similar expressions. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from
those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and
assumptions, which are inherently subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of
which are beyond the Company’s control and many of which, regarding
future business decisions, are subject to change. Assumptions
underlying the Company’s expectations regarding forward-looking
statements contained in this news release include, amongst other
things, that the Company will be able to raise sufficient equity
under the Public Offering and/or Flow-Through Private Placement to
support its intended use of proceeds and future growth; that the
global financial markets and general economic conditions will be
stable and conducive to equity financings of this nature and the
business of the Company generally; and that the Company’s mineral
projects will not experience any significant disruptions that would
materially affect operations. Although MAG believes the
expectations expressed in such forward-looking 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 forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: risks
related to the Company’s ability to arrange financing under the
Public Offering and/or Flow-Through Private Placement on favourable
terms, if at all; general economic, market or business conditions;
political risk, currency risk and capital cost inflation;
volatility of the common shares in the capital of the Company and
risks related to a change in the intended use of proceeds from the
Public Offering and/or Flow-Through Private Placement. The reader
is referred to the Company’s filings with the SEC and Canadian
securities regulators for disclosure regarding these and other risk
factors. There is no certainty that any forward-looking statement
will come to pass, and investors should not place undue reliance
upon forward-looking statements. Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosures in MAG's annual and quarterly reports and
other public filings, accessible through the Internet at
www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.
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