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Adyton Resources Corp. (TSXV: ADY,OTC:ADYRF) (FSE: 701) ("Adyton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced brokered private placement financing (the "Offering") for total gross proceeds of C$14,000,000 from the sale of 35,000,000 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.40 per Unit (the "Offering Price"). Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company (each, a "Share") and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Share at a price of $0.60 for a period of 24 months following the date of closing.
Clarus Securities Inc. ("Clarus") and PowerOne Capital Markets Limited ("PowerOne" and, together with Clarus, the "Lead Agents") acted as agents for the Offering.
In connection with the Offering, the Company paid a cash commission to the Lead Agents equal to 6.5% of the gross proceeds of the Offering and also issued to the Lead Agents an aggregate of 2,275,000 non-transferable compensation options (each, a "Compensation Option"). Each Compensation Option entitles the holder to acquire one Unit at the Offering Price for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.
Concurrent with the Offering, the Company also completed a non-brokered private placement of 15,000,000 units of the Company (the "NB Units") at the Offering Price per NB Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of C$6,000,000 (the "Non-Brokered Offering"). The NB Units have the same terms as the Units. The purpose of the Non-Brokered Offering was primarily to enable the board of directors and management of the Company, along with residents of Papua New Guinea, to participate in a financing of the Company on similar terms as the Offering and to use the net proceeds from the Non-Brokered Offering to advance the Company's exploration and development activities. No finder's fees were paid in connection with the Non-Brokered Offering.
Two insiders of the Company, Company Chairman Sinton Spence and Independent Director Michael Gray, participated in the Offering and subscribed for an aggregate of 1,225,775 Units. Such participation constitutes a "related-party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Company has relied on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements under sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, as neither the fair market value of the securities issued to the insiders nor the consideration paid by them exceeded 25% of the Company's market capitalization (as determined in accordance with MI 61-101).
The Units and NB Units were issued pursuant to applicable exemptions from the prospectus requirements under applicable securities laws. The securities issued pursuant to the Offering and the Non-Brokered Offering will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months plus one day from the date of closing, in accordance with applicable securities legislation.
The securities issued under the Offering and the Non-Brokered Offering have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction.
For further information please contact:
Tim Crossley, Chief Executive Officer
E‐mail: ir@adytonresources.com
Phone: +61 7 3854 2389
Phone: +1 778 549 6768
About Adyton Resources Corp.
Adyton Resources Corporation is focused on the development of gold and copper resources in world class mineral jurisdictions. It currently has a portfolio of highly prospective mineral exploration projects in Papua New Guinea on which it is exploring to expand its identified gold Inferred and Indicated Mineral Resources and expand on its recent significant copper drill intercepts on the 100% owned Feni Island project. The Company's mineral exploration projects are located on the Pacific Ring of Fire on easy to access island locations which hosts several globally significant copper and gold deposits including the Lihir gold mine and Panguna copper/gold mine on Bougainville Island, both neighboring projects to the Company's Feni Island project.
Adyton has a total Mineral Resource Estimate inventory within its PNG portfolio of projects comprising indicated resources of 173,000 ounces gold and inferred resources of 2,000,000 ounces gold.
The Feni Island Project currently has a mineral resource prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 dated October 14, 2021, which has outlined an initial inferred mineral resource of 60.4 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.75 g/t Au, for contained gold of 1,460,000 ounces, assuming a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t Au. See the NI 43-101 technical report entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Feni Gold-Copper Property, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea prepared for Adyton Resources by Mark Berry (MAIG), Simon Tear (MIGI PGeo), Matthew White (MAIG) and Andy Thomas (MAIG), each an independent mining consultant and "qualified person" as defined in NI 43-101,available under Adyton's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and have not demonstrated economic viability.
The Fergusson Island Project currently has a mineral resource prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 dated October 14, 2021, which outlined an indicated mineral resource of 4.0 million tonnes at an average grade of 1.33 g/t Au for contained gold of 173,000 ounces and an inferred mineral resource of 16.3 million tonnes at an average grade of 1.02 g/t Au for contained gold of 540,000 ounces. See the technical report entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Fergusson Gold Property, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea" prepared for Adyton Resources by Mark Berry (MAIG), Simon Tear (MIGI PGeo), Matthew White (MAIG) and Andy Thomas (MAIG), each an independent mining consultant and "qualified person" as defined in NI 43-101,available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and have not demonstrated economic viability.
For more information about Adyton and its projects, visit www.adytonresources.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Readers should not rely on information in this summary for any purpose other than for gaining general knowledge of the Company. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the completion and the closing of the Offering and use of proceeds raised in the Offering and Non-Brokered Offering. The words "expected", "will" and similar expressions are intended to be among the statements that identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that its expectations as reflected in any forward-looking statements, are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward- looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates, opinions or other factors should change.
This press release does not constitute an offer to buy or sell securities in the United States. The distribution of Adyton securities in connection with the Offerings and Non-Brokered Offering described herein will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act") and Adyton securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Adyton securities, nor shall there be any offer or sale of Adyton securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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