To: Kent C. who wrote (6 ) 3/20/1998 2:54:00 PM From: Sean Beingessner Respond to of 19
BRIMSTONE GOLD CORP. Suite 850, 1095 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2M6 Telephone: (604) 689-1428 / Fax: (604) 681-4692 March 18, 1998 SYMBOL: BSC - VSE NEWS RELEASE Brimstone Gold Corp. (the "Company") announced that it has negotiated a brokered private placement with Thomson Kernaghan & Co. Ltd. (the "Agent"), Toronto, Ontario, of up to 3,000,000 Units at $0.27 each for gross proceeds of $810,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one share purchase warrant. One share purchase warrant together with $0.40 will enable the holder to purchase one additional common share for a period of one year. The Agent will receive a commission of 7% of the gross proceeds payable in the form of Units. The Agent will also be issued compensation options entitling the Agent to purchase 10% of the total number of Units sold, at the price of $0.27 per Unit, exercisable for a period of two years from the closing date. In addition, the Company is proposing an additional non-brokered private placement of up to 1,300,000 Units at $0.27 each for gross proceeds of $351,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one share purchase warrant. One share purchase warrant together with $0.40 will enable the holder to purchase one additional common share for a period of one year. The proceeds will be used to fund further exploration at the Mayflower Gold Mine, located near Whitehall, Montana. The brokered private placement and non-brokered private placement are subject to acceptance for filing by the Vancouver Stock Exchange. - 30 - For further information, please contact: David Rovig (406) 245-9520 The Vancouver Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.