To: Arnie who wrote (8218 ) 1/2/1998 5:44:00 AM From: Kerm Yerman Respond to of 15196
FINANCING / Consolidation Beacon Resources Completes Offering CONSOLIDATED BEACON RESOURCES LTD. ANNOUNCES THAT ITS OFFERING OF FLOW-THROUGH SPECIAL WARRANT WAS FULLY SUBSCRIBED 1997-12-31 CALGARY, ALBERTA Consolidated Beacon Resources Ltd. announced today that it has completed an offering of 1.667 million flow-through special warrants, at a sale price of $0.60 per special warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000,000. The special warrants were sold, on a private placement basis, to purchasers resident in the Province of Alberta. Each special warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Corporation, at no additional cost to the holder. The net proceeds from the sale of the special warrants are to be used by the Corporation to fund exploration and development activities associated with the Corporation's 1998 drilling program. In the subscription agreement entered into with purchasers of special warrants, the Corporation agreed that it would incur Canadian exploration expenses and Canadian development expenses and renounce those expenses to purchasers of special warrants effective on or before December 31, 1997. The Corporation has also agreed to use reasonable commercial efforts to file a final prospectus with the Alberta Securities Commission, on or prior to April 30, 1998, to quality the distribution of the common shares issuable upon the exercise of the special warrants. In connection with the sale of the special warrants, the Corporation paid commissions to two registered dealers, in the aggregate amount of $80,000, representing 8% of the total gross proceeds generated through the sale of the special warrants. Consolidated Beacon Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based corporation engaged in the business of exploring for oil and natural gas in Western Canada and Nova Scotia. In addition, the Corporation manufactures and sells specialty lubricant products for the oil and gas and trucking industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elliott Industrial Petroleum Ltd. The issued and outstanding common shares of Consolidated Beacon are listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "KBC".