Pretium Closes US$129,998,720 Common Share Offering

Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG,NYSE:PVG) announced the closure of its previously announced marketed offering of 28,384,000 common shares priced at US$4.58 each. The company raised gross proceeds of US$129,998,720; that includes the exercise of the full amount of the over-allotment option of 2,174,000 common shares.
As quoted in the press release:

The net proceeds of the Offering will be used (i) to fund development of the Brucejack Project, (ii) for working capital during start-up and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank are the lead underwriters in a syndicate that includes BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., GMP Securities L.P., Numis Securities Limited, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Canaccord Genuity Corp., Rodman & Renshaw a unit of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and Pareto Securities Ltd.

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