Telson Resources Inc. (TSX.V: TSN, OTCBB: SOHFF) Shares Issued: 32,236,616 TELSON RESOURCES INC. NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – May 02, 2013 – Telson Resources Inc. (TSX Venture – TSN) (“Telson” or the “Company“) announces that it intends to conduct a non-brokered private placement of up to 7,000,000 units of the Company. The placement is expected to close in two or more tranches. Each unit is priced at $0.05 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of up to $350,000 when fully closed. Each unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one full share purchase warrant. Each share purchase warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of the Company at $0.10 within one year of its date of issuance.
All securities issued under the non-brokered private placement are subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day after the closing date. Closing of the Private Placement is subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Use of ProceedsProceeds will be used to fund its Mexican operations supporting its flagship Tahuehueto Project in Durango, Mexico and for
working capital.
The Company also announces that it intends to re-price a total of 1,515,625 employee, officers and directors incentive stock options to purchase common shares (“Options”) to an amended exercise price of $0.10 per Option (the “Re-Pricing”). The closing price of the Company’s common shares on the TSX.V on May 01, 2013 prior to the approval of the Re-Pricing was
$0.045. 1,031,250 Re-priced stock options are held by insiders of the Company, and are subject to disinterested shareholder approval to be voted on at the Company’s next annual general meeting.
Telson Resources Inc. is an exploration and development company strategically focused on gold, silver and base metals in the prolific Sierra Madre Belt of Mexico. The Company holds 99.4% of the outstanding shares of its Mexican subsidiary company that maintains 100% ownership in 9,081 hectare Tahuehueto Property, an advanced stage gold and base metal exploration and development project.
Telson also holds an option to purchase 100% interest in the 4,332 hectare Jocuixtita Silver Project in Sinaloa, Mexico where the company has conducted a first stage exploration drilling program, and has recently signed a Letter of Intent for an initial
51% interest in the El Realito Project, a very near term gold and silver production opportunity located in Sinaloa State,
Mexico.
At its flagship Tahuehueto Project in Durango State, Mexico the Company has embarked on a program of pre-feasibility data collection. Past exploration efforts Tahuehueto lead to the delivery, on October 4, 2010, of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) completed by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc. Key findings from the report included:
Summary of PEA Estimates | |
Net cash flow | $US 184.2 million |
Net present value (NPV) 5% discount | $US 109.6 million |
Internal rate of return % | 31% |
T e l s o n R e s o u r c e s I n c . N e w s R e l e a s e – M a y 0 2 , 2 0 1 3 P a g e 1
Payback period | 27 months |
Mine life | 11 years |
Maximum processing rate | 1,000,000 tonnes/annum |
Capital and start-up costs | $US 89.1 million |
Note: Calculations based on a 3 year rolling average of metal prices at the end of Auguts 2010
Currency US$ Gold: 965.81, Silver: 15.38, Copper: 2.92, Lead: 0.95, Zinc: 0.88
The Tahuehueto Project is a classic epithermal system hosting multiple structures traced for up to six kilometers of strike length. Considerable upside exploration potential remains on the existing explored resource structures both down dip and along strike, as well as on numerous other unexplored mineralized structures known to occur on the property.
Qualified PersonsThis press release was prepared under the supervision and review of Ralph Shearing, President and CEO of Telson
Resources Inc., a Licensed Geologist, and Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
(signed) “Ralph Shearing”
Ralph Shearing, Chief Executive Officer
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release
WARNING: The Company relies upon litigation protection for “forward-looking” statements. This News Release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of up-coming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Telson Resources Inc. relies upon litigation protection for forward-looking statements.
Contact:Glen Sandwell, IR Manager
Tel: (604) 684-8071
Email: [email protected]
Toll Free: 1-800-685-0576