CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – May 18, 2011) –BACANORA MINERALS LTD. (TSX VENTURE:BCN) (the “Corporation” or “Bacanora”) is pleased to announce the completion of its recently announced private placement financing, pursuant to which it has issued an aggregate of 14,113,760 units of the Corporation at a price of $0.50 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $7,056,880. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant being exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.80 for a period of eighteen (18) months.
It is expected that the proceeds of this offering will be applied to advance the exploration and development of Bacanora’s borate properties and, subject to feasibility studies, related activities and positive results, to bring those properties into commercial production. It is important to mention that current resource estimation on the El Cajon Borate Deposit located in Sonora, Mexico reported 11.1 million tonnes of colemanite in total indicated resources, averaging 9.9% B2O3 using a cut off of 8% B2O3 (for further details, please refer to the Corporation’s press release dated February 9, 2011).
In addition to the foregoing, the proceeds of the offering will also be used for further exploration drilling and related activities on Bacanora’s lithium properties and for general working capital purposes.
Paul Conroy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bacanora, stated, “we are extremely pleased with the tremendous support that this financing has attracted. Our expectations have been far exceeded and we view this overwhelming interest to be a further positive validation of what we consider to be very exciting mining prospects. With the funds in hand from this financing, we expect to be able to substantially expedite the development of our mining plays and the commercialization of these properties.”
Although this offering has been completed on a non-brokered basis, Bacanora has paid compensation consisting of approximately $369,413 in cash commissions and the issuance of 705,688 compensation warrants to eligible parties. Each compensation warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.80 for a period of 24 months. All of the securities issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a 4-month hold period in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulatory policies, which will expire on September 19, 2011.
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