Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. (TSX:ME) (OTC:MPUCF) (XETRA:MOP) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement financing with Eric Sprott of (a) 4,545,455 common shares at a price of $0.11 per share and (b) 15,625,000 common shares at a price of $0.16 per share, issued on a flow-through basis, for an aggregate amount of $3,000,000 and 20,170,455 shares. The placement will increase Mr. Sprott’s shareholding to 27,870,455 shares, equivalent to 9.0% of the total shares outstanding.

The proceeds of the Flow Through Shares will be used to incur Canadian exploration expenditures that are “flow-through mining expenditures” (as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)) on the Company’s Golden Highway project, which will be renounced to the subscribers with an effective date no later than December 31, 2019, in the aggregate amount of not less than the gross proceeds raised for the Flow Through Shares portion of this Placement. A total of one hundred and thirty three thousand dollars was paid in cash finder’s fees. Closing of the Placement is expected to close shortly. The Placement is subject to a standard four month hold period and final regulatory approval. 

About Moneta

The Company holds a 100% interest in 6 core gold projects strategically located along the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone in the Timmins Gold Camp with over 85 million ounces of past gold production. The projects consist of the Golden Highway, North Tisdale, Nighthawk Lake, DeSantis East, Kayorum and Denton projects. The Golden Highway Project covers 12 kilometres of prospective ground along the DPFZ of which 4 km hosts the current NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate comprised of an indicated resource of 383,400 ounces gold contained within 2.59 Mt @ 4.61 g/t Au and a total of 873,200 ounces gold contained within 6.46 Mt @ 4.21 g/t Au in the inferred category at a 3.00 g/t Au cut-off.