VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 14, 2016) - Tudor Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TUD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce it has received TSX Venture Exchange approval and closed the acquisition of a 60% interest in each of the Treaty Creek and Electrum properties and a 100% interest in the Eskay North property, on the terms as set out in the Company's press release dated May 11, 2016. All the properties are located in the Golden Triangle area, in the Skeena Mining Division, in British Columbia. An NI 43-101 technical report on the Treaty Creek property has been filed and is available on SEDAR.
In addition to cash consideration and work commitments, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares in its capital for the acquisition of the 60% interest in each of the Treaty Creek and Electrum properties. The shares are subject to regulatory hold periods expiring four months and a day after the issue of the shares, being October 15, 2016, and a contractual hold period expiring on May 10, 2017. A total of 980,000 shares were issued as a finder's fee which are subject to a regulatory hold period expiring October 15, 2016.
The Company also issued 250,000 shares in its capital for the 100% interest in the Eskay North property, which are subject to a regulatory hold period expiring on October 15, 2016.
The Company has closed the private placement detailed in its May 11, 2016 press release to raise proceeds of $1,300,000. All shares comprising part of the units and any shares issued on the exercise of the warrants are subject to a regulatory hold period expiring on October 15, 2016.
The $650,000 credit facility has also been implemented.
The Company is now looking forward to exploring and advancing its properties during the 2016 field season.
Early Warning
On June 14, 2016, Tudor Holdings Ltd. acquired ownership of 11,000,000 units (the "Units") of the Company, at a purchase price of $0.10 per Unit, pursuant to the terms of a private placement agreement (the "Transaction"). Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one transferable share purchase warrant (the "Warrants"), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of the Company, exercisable up to June 14, 2018, a purchase price of $0.10.
The Warrants are not exercisable until the Company's disinterested shareholders approve their issuance at a general meeting of the Company's shareholders.
After giving effect to the Transaction, Tudor Holdings Ltd. beneficially owns a total of 41,250,000 common shares and 11,000,000 Warrants of the Company. Zoe Storm, the spouse of Walter Storm, who controls Tudor Holdings Ltd., beneficially owns 2,000,000 common share of the Company. Zoe Storm is an associate of Walter Storm and, pursuant to the provisions of Multilateral Instrument 62-104, is deemed to be acting jointly or in concert with Tudor Holdings Ltd. In addition, Walter Storm, a principal of Tudor Holdings Ltd. was granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 common shares of the Company with an exercise price of $0.10 per share that expire on April 19, 2026. Collectively, these common shares, Warrants and stock options represent 75.55% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Warrants and the stock options held by Walter Storm.
Tudor Holdings Ltd. acquired the common shares for investment purposes and intends to evaluate its investment in the Company and to increase or decrease its beneficial shareholdings from time to time as it may determine appropriate for investment purposes.
An early warning report respecting the Transaction will be electronically filed with the Securities Commissions in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario and will be available for viewing at www.sedar.com. A copy of the report can be obtained by contacting Aris Morfopoulos, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Tudor Gold Corp. at 604-721-2650.
About the Company
The Company is focused on being a significant explorer in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, an area which hosts multiple past-producing mines and several large deposits that are approaching potential development. High-grade past-producing gold-silver mines include the Premier, Eskay Creek and Snip operations, while development stage projects include Seabridge Gold Inc.'s KSM Project and Pretium Resources Inc.'s Valley of the Kings deposit. There are no known resources or reserves on any of the Company's mineral properties, and the presence of mineral deposits on properties adjacent to or in close proximity to the Company's mineral properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Company's properties.
Walter Storm, President and Chief Executive Officer
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