P2 Gold Inc. (TSX-V:PGLD) (OTCQB:PGLDF) reports that it intends to increase the size of its non-brokered private placement of non-flow-through units of the Company, at $0.27/Unit, from 4,000,000 Units to 5,771,689 Units, previously announced on October 25, 2022, November 25, 2022 and December 8, 2022. The Company also reports that it has closed the remaining tranche of the Offering consisting of 3,058,760 Units for gross proceeds of approximately $825,865. The Offering consisted of a total of 5,771,689 Units for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,558,356.

Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company and one common share purchase warrant. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.40 per common share for a period of two years from the date of issue (the “Expiry Time”), provided that, if after four months from the date of issue, the closing price of the common shares of the Company on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) is equal to or greater than $0.80 for a period of 10 consecutive trading days at any time prior to the Expiry Time, the Company will have the right to accelerate the Expiry Time by giving notice to the holders of the Warrants by news release or other form of notice permitted by the certificate representing the Warrants that the Warrants will expire at 4:30 p.m. (Vancouver time) on a date that is not less than 15 days from the date notice is given.

The proceeds of the Offering will be used to fund exploration and engineering expenditures and for general corporate purposes. In connection with the Offering, the Company paid finder’s fees of an aggregate of $67,580 and issued an aggregate of 250,298 warrants to arm’s length finders, representing 6% of the proceeds raised from subscriptions by, and 6% of the Units issued to, certain placees. All securities issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four-month hold period expiring between April 9, 2023 and April 20, 2023. The securities offered pursuant to the Offering have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of such Act.

Insiders of the Company subscribed for 800,000 Units of the Offering. The issuance of Units to insiders is considered a related party transaction subject to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The Company relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 on the basis that the participation in the Offering by the insiders did not exceed 25% of the fair market value of the company’s market capitalization.

About P2 Gold Inc.

P2 is a mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing precious metals and copper discoveries and acquisitions in the western United States and British Columbia.