Highbank Resources Arranges $900,000 Financing and $250,000 Bridge Loan

Highbank Resources Ltd. (TSXV:HBK) reported a $900,000 financing, and a $250,000 bridge loan, without interest, to be repaid when the $900,000 financing is approved. $675,000 is being arranged from a non-related third party and $225,000 from Melsar Management Inc. Highbank also reported that TransCanada Corp’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. confirmed a project agreement with the Kitselas First Nation, to design, build, own and operate a 900 km natural gas pipeline to deliver natural gas from a point near Hudson’s Hope to the proposed LNG facilities near Prince Rupert.

As quoted in the press release:

Financing:
Highbank Resources Ltd. (“Highbank”) is arranging a $900,000 financing. As a result of additional expenditures incurred during pre-production; commissioning of the production equipment; further site and roadway upgrades; changes required to the aggregate wash plant in order to maximize output; and costs incurred in the preparation of the Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”); Highbank requires additional financing before product sales and cash inflows.

The Company has arranged a $250,000 bridge loan, without interest, to be repaid when the $900,000 financing is approved. The financing will not result in any further dilution of the share capital, no share loan bonuses will be issued, and is expected to be repaid from production sales. General terms are repayment of $1.00 per ton from sales until the $900,000 financing is repaid and $0.50 per ton interest royalty for the life of operations.

$675,000 is being arranged from a non-related third party and $225,000 from Melsar Management Inc. (a company controlled by William Loucks, Director).

The financing is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission announces project agreement with Kitselas First Nation

TransCanada Corp’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (“PRGT”) has confirmed a project agreement with the Kitselas First Nation (“Kitselas”) of Northern B.C. that provides the Kitselas with financial and other benefits related to the pipeline project.

Kitselas Chief Joe Bevan expressed support for the project by saying, “The pipeline project and the activity surrounding it are going to impact Kitselas and PRGT recognizes this. They have been very good to work with and this agreement not only provides us with economic benefits and employment training, but it ensures that all environmental concerns have been adequately addressed.”

The Kitselas Project Agreement joins previously-announced PRGT agreements with the Nisga’a Nation and Gitanyow First Nation.

PRGT is proposing to design, build, own and operate (subject to regulatory and commercial approvals) a 900 km natural gas pipeline to deliver natural gas from a point near Hudson’s Hope to the proposed LNG facilities near Prince Rupert. Project details can be found at www.princerupertgas.com

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