
ValOre Metals Corp. (TSX‐V: VO) (OTCQB: KVLQF) (Frankfurt: KEQ0) announced the closing of a first tranche, in the amount of $2.918 million for 14,590,000 Units, of the previously announced (See ValOre news on April 5, 2023) non-brokered private placement of up to 17,500,000 at a price of CDN$0.20 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to CAD$3,500,000.
Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company and one-half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each whole Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Share at an exercise price of CDN$0.30 per Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.
With the Closing of this tranche of the Offering, ValOre’s Chairman & CEO, James Paterson has acquired 14,590,000 Units in the Offering and an aggregate shareholding of 31,296,333 (18.59%). Mr. Paterson shall not be entitled to exercise any Warrants of ValOre if this exercise would cause his aggregate shareholdings to exceed 20% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities following the exercise of such Warrants, unless the shareholders of the Company have approved of Mr. Paterson becoming a Control Person (as defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange).
Participation of Mr. Paterson in the Offering would constitute a “related party transaction” as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. However, such participation is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of the Units subscribed for, nor the consideration paid for the Units, exceeds 25% of the Company’s market capitalization.
No finder’s fees are payable on the Offering.
Closing of the Offering is subject to approval of the final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The securities issued under the Offering, and any Shares that may be issuable on exercise of any such securities, will be subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day from the date of issuance of such securities.
About ValOre
ValOre Metals Corp. is a Canadian company with a portfolio of high‐quality exploration projects. ValOre’s team aims to deploy capital and knowledge on projects which benefit from substantial prior investment by previous owners, existence of high-value mineralization on a large scale, and the possibility of adding tangible value through exploration, process improvement, and innovation.
The Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (PGE) Project comprises 52 exploration licenses covering a total area of 56,852 hectares (140,484 acres) in northeastern Brazil. At Pedra Branca, 7 distinct PGE+Au deposit areas host, in aggregate, a 2022 NI 43-101 inferred resource of 2.198 Moz 2PGE+Au contained in 63.6 Mt grading 1.08 g/t 2PGE+Au (CLICK HERE for news release dated March 24, 2022). All the currently known Pedra Branca inferred PGE resources are potentially open pittable.
ValOre’s Angilak Property in Nunavut Territory, Canada, hosts the Lac 50 Trend – a 2013 NI 43-101 inferred resource of 2,831,000 tonnes grading 0.69% U3O8, totaling 43.3 million pounds U3O8. For disclosure related to the inferred resource for the Lac 50 Trend uranium deposits, please CLICK HERE for ValOre’s news release dated March 1, 2013.
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