Month: November 2015

Net proceeds from the private placement will be used to augment the Company’s current cash of $5.1 million and for general corporate purposes. The Company’s total cash position at closing is approximately $7.6 million.

Oroco Resource Corp. announces that, further to its news release of September 28, 2015, it has agreed with Goldgroup Mining Inc. to extend until January 16, 2016 the deadline for Goldgroup to enter into a formal debt repayment agreement with the Company. Goldgroup will pay US$25,000 to the Company in consideration for the extension. Remaining in place is the $100,000 break fee payable by Goldgroup if the formal debt payment agreement is not signed by the agreed deadline. In a related transaction, the Company will sell the 3 million shares of Goldgroup that it had agreed to sell to persons introduced by Goldgroup at a price of $0.06. After completion of the sale, the Company will hold 14,125,000 Goldgroup shares.

At the Meeting, the shareholders approved all resolutions including a resolution for a proposed share consolidation. The Company may effect a consolidation of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company on the basis that no more than every four issued and outstanding common shares without par value before consolidation be consolidated into one issued and outstanding common share without par value after consolidation. The Proposed Consolidation is subject to the acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange and may be completed at any time before the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.

Evrim Resources Corp. announces a 15,000,000 unit non-brokered private placement at $0.12 per unit for gross proceeds of $1.8 million. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each Warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price $0.25 for five years from the date of closing.

Defiance Silver Corp is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Kinley to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kinley has been the President of Winslow Associates Management & Communications Inc., a private consulting firm which provides professional services to junior public companies. Mr. Kinley is a Chartered Professional Account and has served as an officer and director for several public companies over the past twenty five years. Defiance also announces the resignation of Matthew Kavanagh as Chief Financial Officer.

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement involving the issuance of 4,506,666 units at $0.75 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each Warrant allows the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $1.00 per share until November 17, 2017. Fees consisting of $44,000 in cash and warrants to purchase up to 35,200 common shares at a price of $0.77 per common share until November 17, 2017 were paid to finders on a portion of the placement.

Starcore International Mines Ltd. has completed a private placement of secured bonds in the aggregate principal amount of CDN$4.5 million. The Bonds bear interest of 8% per annum, payable on maturity, and mature November 12, 2016. The Bonds will be secured by a charge over all of the Company’s assets that ranks pari passu with the existing debt obligations of the Company. The Company has agreed that it will not incur any additional debt obligations without first obtaining the consent of the holders of the Bonds, and will set aside any proceeds received from asset sales in excess of $250,000 towards repayment of the Bonds.