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i-80 Gold Closes C$36.8 Million “Bought Deal” Private Placement, Including Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Option

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i-80 Gold Closes C$36.8 Million “Bought Deal” Private Placement, Including Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Option

 

 

 

 

 

i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced “bought deal” brokered private placement offering of an aggregate of 13,629,800 common shares of the Company at a price of C$2.70 per Common Share for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$36,800,460, including the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option. The Offering was led by CIBC Capital Markets, as lead underwriter, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters that included Canaccord Genuity, National Bank Financial Markets, SCP Resource Finance, Stifel GMP, BMO Capital Markets, Cormark Securities, RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank.

 

The net proceeds received from the Offering are intended to be used for the exploration, development and ramp-up (including working capital) of the Company’s mineral projects and for general corporate purposes and working capital. Specifically, it is intended that the funds raised will primarily be directed towards the upcoming milestone payment for the Ruby Hill project, drilling expenditures for Ruby Hill, Granite Creek and Cove, permitting expenses and the further development of Granite Creek project.

 

The following “insiders” of the Company have subscribed for Common Shares under the Offering:

 

Insider Insider Relationship Common
Shares
Purchased (#)
Subscription
Amount (C$)
Ewan Downie Director and Senior Officer of i-80 110,000 $297,000.00
Equinox Gold Corp. 10% securityholder of i-80 1,000,000 $2,700,000.00
Matthew Gili Senior Officer of i-80 12,194 $32,923.80
Matthew Gollat Senior Officer of i-80 18,518 $49,998.60
Christina McCarthy Director of i-80 3,704 $10,000.80
Gregory Smith Director of i-80 18,519 $50,001.30
Ryan Snow Senior Officer of i-80 21,600 $58,320.00
Totals $3,198,244.50

 

Each of the subscriptions by an “insider” is considered to be a “related party transaction” for purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The Insider Participation is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder requirements under MI 61-101 in reliance upon the exemptions contained in section 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a), respectively, of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves interested parties, is not more than the 25% of the Company’s market capitalization. The Company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing date of the Offering as the details of the Offering and the Insider Participation was not settled until shortly prior to the closing of the Offering, and the Company wished to close the Offering on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.

 

All securities issued under the Offering are subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the date hereof. The Offering is subject to final acceptance of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE American.

 

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“) or any state securities laws and, accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, unless an exemption from such registration is available.

 

About i-80 Gold Corp.

 

i-80 Gold Corp. is a Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company’s advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80’s centralized milling facilities. i-80 Gold’s common shares are listed on the TSX and the NYSE American.

 

Posted August 1, 2023

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