Marathon Announces Closing of $8 Million Bought Deal Offering of Flow-Through Shares

Marathon Gold Corporation ( TSX: MOZ) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced bought deal prospectus offering of 8,880,000 flow-through shares (“Flow-Through Shares“) in the capital of the Company at a price of $0.90 per Flow-Through Share (the “Issue Price“) for gross proceeds to the Company of $7,992,000 (the “Offering“). The Offering was conducted by a syndicate of underwriters led by Haywood Securities Inc. and including Beacon Securities Limited, Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Paradigm Capital Inc.
The gross proceeds raised by the Company from the sale of the Flow-Through Shares will be used to incur “Canadian exploration expenses” that qualify as “flow-through mining expenditures” (as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)) on the Company’s Valentine Lake Gold Property in Newfoundland (the “Qualifying Expenditures“). The Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced to the subscribers with an effective date no later than December 31, 2016.
The securities offered have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any U.S. state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, United States persons absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States, nor in any other jurisdiction.
About Marathon Gold Corporation
Marathon is a Toronto based gold resource company focused on its 100% owned Valentine Gold Camp located in central Newfoundland. The Valentine Gold Camp currently hosts four near-surface, mainly pit-shell constrained, gold resources totaling 1,060,100 oz. gold at 2.20 g/t (Measured & Indicated) and 200,000 oz. gold at 2.85 g/t (Inferred), (April 2015). These resources, open along strike and to depth, cover less than 10% of the total length of the highly prospective Valentine Lake Thrust Fault and associated splay faults which host the majority of the gold mineralization within the property. For more information please visit www.marathon-gold.com.
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