RPM-V Rye Patch Announces Cdn$40 Million Private Placement of Subscription Receipts to Fund Florida Canyon Gold Mine Acquisition
VANCOUVER, June 2, 2016 /CNW/ - Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX.V: RPM; OTCQX: RPMGF; FWB: 5TN) (the "Company" or "Rye Patch") is pleased to announce that, further to the previously announced engagement of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Lead Agents") with respect to a proposed equity financing, a syndicate of agents (the "Agents"), co-led by the Lead Agents, and including Dundee Securities Ltd. and GMP Securities L.P., will act as agents in connection with a best efforts brokered private placement of 182,000,000 subscription receipts of the Company (the "Subscription Receipts") at a price of Cdn$0.22per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of Cdn$40,040,000 (the "Offering").
The Company has also granted the Agents an option (the "Agents' Option"), exercisable in whole or in part at any time prior to the closing of the Offering, to sell as agent an additional 45,500,000 Subscription Receipts at Cdn$0.22 per Subscription Receipt for total additional aggregate gross proceeds of up to Cdn$10,010,000 on the same terms and conditions as the Offering. Potential aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of Subscription Receipts under the Offering and the Agents' Option (collectively, the "Offering") would beCdn$50,050,000.
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to finance, in part, the purchase price under the Company's agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") to acquire 100% ownership of the Florida Canyon gold mine (with the Standard gold mine) located inPershing County, Nevada and related assets (the "Acquisition") announced in its news release of May 25, 2016, as well as certain working capital and corporate requirements needed to redevelop and expand the Florida Canyon gold mine. Closing of the Acquisition is anticipated to occur on or before July 31, 2016, subject to regulatory approvals and satisfying conditions of closing under the Acquisition Agreement. Conditions in the Company's favour include completion of a credit facility for not less than US$25 million (the Company has a previously announced commitment letter for a US$27 million credit facility from Macquarie Bank Limited (the "Credit Facility")) and completion of an equity financing of not less than US$30 million (which completion of the Offering will satisfy).
Each Subscription Receipt will entitle the holder to receive one common share of Rye Patch (a "Common Share"), without additional payment or further action on the part of the holder, when all conditions precedent to the completion of the Acquisition, the Credit Facility, and the Offering are satisfied or waived by the applicable parties. The gross proceeds from the Offering will be held in escrow pending satisfaction or waiver of these conditions precedent. If the conversion of the Subscription Receipts does not occur before 5 p.m. (Vancouver time) on August 31, 2016 (except as extended with the consent of the Lead Agents) or if the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any earlier time, the holders of the Subscription Receipts will be entitled to a return of their full subscription price and their pro rata entitlement to the interest earned on the escrowed funds.
The Subscription Receipts will be offered on a private placement basis in all provinces of Canada and elsewhere pursuant to available prospectus exemptions under applicable securities laws. The Subscription Receipts and the underlying Common Shares will be subject to a customary four-month hold period under Canadian securities laws.
The securities referred to in this news release have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States, and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws of the United States or an exemption from such registration requirements is available. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities within any jurisdiction, including the United States.
In connection with the Offering, the Agents will be entitled to receive a 5% commission on the gross proceeds of the sale of the Subscription Receipts payable upon the closing of the Acquisition (other than certain amounts payable on retail selling concessions and selling dealer group member sales to be paid on closing of the Offering). In addition, upon closing of the Acquisition, the Company has agreed to issue the Agents broker warrants entitling them to acquire that number of Subscription Receipts equal to 5% of the Subscription Receipts sold pursuant to the Offering on the same terms and conditions as the Subscription Receipts at an exercise price of Cdn$0.22 per Subscription Receipt for 24 months following closing of the Acquisition.
The Offering and related transactions are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
'William Howald'
William C. (Bill) Howald, CEO & President
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