Aldebaran Resources Inc. (“
Aldebaran” or the
“
Company”)
(TSX-V: ALDE, OTCQX:
ADBRF), is pleased to announce that its non-brokered
private placement (the “
Private Placement”),
previously announced on July 20, 2022, has been upsized to
18,500,000 common shares (the “
Common Shares”) at
a price of $0.78 per Common Share for total gross proceeds of
$14,430,000.
On July 20, 2022, the Company announced a
strategic investment by a wholly-owned subsidiary of South32
Limited (“South32”) to acquire a 9.9% interest in
Aldebaran. Current shareholders of the Company, Route One
Investment Company LLC (“Route One”) and
Stillwater Canada LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibanye
Stillwater Limited (“Sibanye-Stillwater”) both
hold participation rights to avoid dilution.
Route One, Aldebaran’s largest shareholder, has
elected to partially exercise its participation right and purchase
4,800,000 Common Shares at a price of $0.78 per Common Share for
total proceeds of $3,744,000. Sibanye-Stillwater has elected not to
exercise its participation right.
With the upsizing of the Private Placement,
South32 has agreed to increase its share purchase to 13,700,000
Common Shares at a price of $0.78 for total proceeds of
$10,686,000.
Upon closing the Private Placement, South32 will
own approximately 9.9%, Route One will own approximately 44%, and
Sibanye-Stillwater will own approximately 17.6% of the Company on a
non-diluted basis. The Company will use the proceeds of the Private
Placement to fund exploration activities at Altar.
Closing of this financing is expected to occur
by mid-August and is subject to various conditions, including
approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. No finder’s fee is payable in
connection with this Private Placement.
Route One is a control person of the Company.
Accordingly, the participation of Route One in the Private
Placement constitutes a related party transaction under
Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The
Company is exempt from the formal valuation and minority approval
requirement under MI 61-101 as the fair market value of Route One’s
participation in the Private Placement does not exceed more than
25% of the market capitalization of the Company, as set forth in
Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101.
The Company will not file a material change
report more than twenty-one (21) days before the expected closing
date of the Private Placement, as the details of the Private
Placement were not finalized until August 5, 2022, and the Company
wishes to close the Private Placement as soon as practicable.
The securities referred to in this news release
have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of,
U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption
from the U.S. registration requirements. This release does not
constitute an offer for sale of, nor a solicitation for offers to
buy, any securities in the United States. Any public offering of
securities in the United States must be made by means of a
prospectus containing detailed information about the issuer and its
management, as well as financial statements.
For further information, please consult
our website at
www.aldebaranresources.com or
contact:
John Black, CEO / DirectorPhone: +1 604 685-6800
Email: info@aldebaranresources.com
About Aldebaran Resources Inc.
Aldebaran is a mineral exploration company that
was spun out of Regulus Resources Inc. in 2018 and has the same
core management team. Aldebaran has the right to earn up to an 80%
interest in the Altar copper-gold project in San Juan Province,
Argentina from Sibanye Stillwater Limited. The Altar project hosts
multiple porphyry copper-gold deposits with potential for
additional discoveries. Altar forms part of a cluster of
world-class porphyry copper deposits which includes Los Pelambres
(Antofagasta Minerals), El Pachón (Glencore), and Los Azules
(McEwen Copper). In March 2021 the Company announced an updated
mineral resource estimate for Altar, prepared by Independent Mining
Consultants Inc. and based on the drilling completed up to and
including 2020.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements regarding Aldebaran,
including management's assessment of future-plans and operations,
may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable
securities laws and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, most of which are beyond Aldebaran's control. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be
identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does
not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or
"believes" or variations of such words and phrases or statements
that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Specifically, and without limitation, all
statements included in this press release that address activities,
events or developments that Aldebaran expects or anticipates will
or may occur in the future, including the expected closing and use
of proceeds of the Private Placement, the proposed exploration and
development of the Altar project described herein, and management's
assessment of future plans and operations and statements with
respect to the completion of the anticipated exploration and
development programs, may constitute forward-looking statements
under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties, most of which are beyond
Aldebaran's control. These risks may cause actual financial and
operating results, performance, levels of activity and achievements
to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such
forward-looking statements. Although Aldebaran believes that the
expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are
reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are made as of the date hereof and Aldebaran
does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by
applicable securities law.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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