Gran Colombia Announces CA$14 Million Investment in Caldas Gold to Fund the Juby Project Acquisition Closing on July 2, 2020
June 30 2020 - 7:07PM
Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today
that it has acquired 7,000,000 common shares of Caldas Gold Corp.
(“Caldas Gold”) in a non-brokered private placement at a price of
CA$2.00 per share for a total investment of CA$14,000,000 (the
“Private Placement”). The proceeds of the Private Placement will be
used by Caldas Gold on July 2, 2020 to complete the acquisition of
South American Resources Corp. (“SARC”). SARC has completed the
acquisition of certain mining assets in Northeastern Ontario,
including a 100% interest in the Juby Project and a 25% joint
venture interest in certain claims adjoining the Juby Project. The
common shares acquired by Gran Colombia are subject to a four-month
hold period expiring on October 31, 2020.
The Juby Project is an advanced
exploration-stage gold project located approximately 15 km
west-southwest of the town of Gowganda and 100 km south-southeast
of the Timmins gold camp within the Shining Tree area in the
southern part of the Abitibi greenstone belt. Over 14,000 acres are
controlled through the patented claims of the Juby Project covering
10 km strike length on the mineralized trend.
Prior to the completion of Private Placement,
Gran Colombia owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control
or direction over, 37,547,100 common shares and 7,500,000 share
purchase warrants of Caldas Gold (the “Warrants”), with each
Warrant entitling Gran Colombia to acquire one common share of
Caldas Gold. The 37,547,100 common shares represented
approximately 74.4% of the total number of issued and outstanding
common shares of Caldas Gold prior to the Private Placement and if
all of the Warrants were exercised, Gran Colombia would have owned,
directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over,
45,047,100 common shares, or approximately 77.7% of the total
number of issued and outstanding common shares of Caldas Gold on a
partially diluted basis prior to the Private Placement.
After the completion of the Private Placement,
Gran Colombia now owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises
control or direction over, 44,547,100 common shares of Caldas Gold,
representing approximately 77.5% of the total number of issued and
outstanding common shares, resulting in a 3.1% change to Gran
Colombia’s holdings of common shares of Caldas Gold. If all of the
Warrants were exercised, Gran Colombia would own, directly or
indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, 52,047,100
common shares, or approximately 80.1% of the total number of issued
and outstanding Common Shares, resulting in an increase of 2.4% to
Gran Colombia’s holdings of common shares of Caldas Gold on a
partially diluted basis after the completion of the Private
Placement.
In connection with the acquisition of SARC,
Caldas Gold will issue 20,000,000 common shares (the “Consideration
Shares”) to current shareholders of SARC and will have funded
SARC’s acquisition of the Juby Project and adjoining claims.
Certain shareholders of SARC have entered into voluntary lock-up
agreements with Caldas Gold pursuant to which such security
holders, holding approximately 87% of the Consideration Shares,
have agreed to voluntarily lock-up their Consideration Shares for a
period of two years from the closing date of the Transaction. No
insiders of Caldas Gold or Gran Colombia will receive any of the
Consideration Shares. Following the acquisition of SARC, Gran
Colombia will have a 57.5% equity interest in the issued and
outstanding shares of Caldas Gold.
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 77% of Caldas Gold Corp., a Canadian mining
company currently advancing a prefeasibility study for 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 21% equity interest in Gold X Mining Corp. (TSXV:
GLDX) (Guyana – Toroparu) and an approximately 20% equity interest
in Western Atlas Resources Inc. (“Western Atlas”) (TSX-V: WA)
(Nunavut – Meadowbank).
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", which may include, but is not limited to, statements
with respect to anticipated business plans or strategies. 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 the
Company'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 press
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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