Talon Metals Announces $27.5 Million Bought Deal Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement
January 20 2022 - 4:49PM
Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO) (“
Talon” or the
“
Corporation”) is pleased to announce that the
Corporation has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of
underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. (the “
Lead
Underwriter” and collectively the
“
Underwriters”) pursuant to which the Underwriters
have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis, 38,200,000
common shares of the Corporation (the “
Shares”) at
a price of $0.72 per Share (the “
Issue Price”) for
aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $27.5 million (the
“
Offering”).
The Corporation has granted the Underwriters an
over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment
Option”) to purchase up to an additional 5,730,000 Shares
at the Issue Price, exercisable in whole or in part at any time up
to 30 days after the closing of the Offering.
Concurrently with the closing of the Offering,
the Corporation intends to complete a non-brokered private
placement of approximately $6.4 million of Shares at the Issue
Price (the "Private Placement") with Pallinghurst
Nickel International Ltd. (“Pallinghurst”). Upon
closing of the Private Placement, Pallinghurst, will maintain its
ownership of approximately 19% in the Corporation. Should the
Over-Allotment Option be exercised, Pallinghurst shall have the
option to purchase such additional Shares under the Private
Placement as to allow Pallinghurst to maintain approximate 19%
ownership of Shares of the Corporation following the exercise of
the Over-Allotment Option.
The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds
from the Offering and the Private Placement for advancing work
related to its planned exploration and development program at the
Tamarack North Project in Minnesota, and for general working
capital purposes.
The Offering and the Private Placement are
expected to close on or about January 31, 2022 and are subject to
certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of
all necessary approvals, including the approval of the Toronto
Stock Exchange (the “TSX”). Closing of the
Offering is not conditional upon the concurrent closing of the
Private Placement.
The securities to be issued under the Offering
will be offered by way of a prospectus supplement that will be
filed in each of the provinces of Canada other than Quebec under
the Corporation's base shelf prospectus dated December 7, 2021 and
may be offered for sale in the United States to Qualified
Institutional Buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act") by way of private placement pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
The securities have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. 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
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful.
ABOUT
TALON
Talon is a TSX-listed base metals company in a
joint venture with Rio Tinto on the high-grade Tamarack
Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project located in central Minnesota. Talon’s
shares are also traded in the US on the OTC market under the symbol
TLOFF. The Tamarack Nickel Project comprises a large land position
(18km of strike length) with high-grade intercepts outside the
current resource area. Talon has an earn-in right to acquire up to
60% of the Tamarack Nickel Project, and currently owns
51%. Talon is focused on (i) expanding and infilling its
current high-grade nickel mineralization resource prepared in
accordance with NI 43-101 to shape a mine plan for submission to
Minnesota regulators, (ii) following up on additional high-grade
nickel mineralization in the Tamarack Intrusive Complex, and (iii)
exploring the prospects for significant carbon storage in the
ultra-mafic rocks that comprise the Tamarack Intrusive Complex
through carbon mineralization. Talon has an agreement with Tesla
Inc. to supply it with 75,000 metric tonnes (165 million lbs) of
nickel in concentrate (and certain by-products, including cobalt
and iron) from the Tamarack Nickel Project over an estimated
six-year period once commercial production is achieved. Talon
has well-qualified experienced exploration, mine development,
external affairs and mine permitting teams.
For additional information on Talon, please
visit the Corporation’s website at www.talonmetals.com/
Media Contact:
Todd Malan1 (202) 714-8187malan@talonmetals.com
Investor Contact:
Sean Werger1 (416) 500-9891werger@talonmetals.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain
“forward-looking statements”. All statements, other than statements
of historical fact that address activities, events or developments
that the Corporation believes, expects or anticipates will or may
occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or
beliefs of the Corporation based on information currently available
to the Corporation. Such forward-looking statements include
statements relating to the anticipated closing of the Offering and
the Private Placement, the anticipated use of the net proceeds from
the Offering and the Private Placement, the entering into of the
Underwriting Agreement and the receipt of all necessary approvals,
including the approval of the TSX. Forward-looking statements are
subject to significant risks and uncertainties and other factors
that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements, and even if such
actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be
no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or
effects on the Corporation.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of
the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by
applicable securities laws, the Corporation disclaims any intent or
obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.
Although the Corporation believes that the assumptions inherent in
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly
undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the
inherent uncertainty therein.
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