BECKER GOLD MINES LTD. (TSXV : BDF) (the “Company”) announces that it is proposing to sell by way of a non-brokered private placement up to 1.2 million units (“Units”) at a price of $0.25 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $300,000 (the “Offering”). Each Unit will comprise one common share (a “Share”) of the Company and one common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one additional Share at a price of $0.35 per Share for a period of one year from the closing.
To assist in placing the Offering, Company management plans to pay certain arm’s length persons who will introduce subscribers to the Offering to pay to such persons finder’s fees of 7% of the gross proceeds of the Offering payable in cash or, at the option of the Company and if acceptable to TSXV finders, in Units (having the same terms as the Units issued to subscribers under the Offering), at closing.
Company management expects that the net proceeds of the Offering will be used to finance an exploration program on the Chipriona property and for general working capital.
The Offering, including the finder’s fees arrangement, is subject to the acceptance of TSXV. All Shares and Warrants issued under the Offering will be subject to a standard four-month hold period.
The Company has also granted, under its Share Option Plan, incentive stock options to certain directors, and officers of the Company, to purchase 1,500,000 common shares. The options will be exercisable for a period of up to five years from the date of grant at a price of $0.30.
BECKER GOLD MINES LTD.
Stephen Kenwood, President
Forward-Looking Statement Cautions:
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation, including statements regarding the completion of a proposed Offering and the use of the Offering proceeds to further explore the Company’s Cerro Caliche project. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “aims,” “potential,” “goal,” “objective,” “prospective,” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will,” “would,” “may,” “can,” “could” or “should” occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include the inability of the Company to secure sufficient subscriptions to complete the Offering, the risk of accidents and other risks associated with mineral exploration operations, the risk that the Company will encounter unanticipated geological factors, or the possibility that the Company may not be able to secure permitting and other governmental clearances, necessary to carry out the Company’s exploration plans, and the risk of political uncertainties and regulatory or legal changes in the jurisdictions where the Company carries on its business that might interfere with the Company’s business and prospects. The reader is urged to refer to the Company’s reports, publicly available through the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects
THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
