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Banyan Gold Corp
Symbol BYN
Shares Issued 168,083,604
Close 2020-12-30 C$ 0.265
Market Cap C$ 44,542,155
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Banyan Gold closes $2.5M private placement

2020-12-30 16:48 ET - News Release

Ms. Tara Christie reports

BANYAN ANNOUNCES CLOSING $2.5 M FINANCING

Subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange, Banyan Gold Corp. is closing the private placement announced on Dec. 21, 2020.

The company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to expand its exploration activities in 2021 on its Yukon-based properties.

The financing includes 5,357,143 flow-through shares at 28 cents and 3,076,924 charity flow-through shares priced at 32.5 cents for gross proceeds of $2.5-million.

"With a strong treasury and a project located adjacent to mines of our two largest shareholders, Victoria Gold and Alexco Resources, we are now well positioned to strategically advance this project to the next level in 2021 with an increase in planned exploration activities," stated Tara Christie, president and chief executive officer.

The flow-through gross proceeds received from the sale to subscribers of the charity flow-through shares and flow-through shares will be used to incur Canadian exploration expenses as defined in Subsection 66.1(6) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) on the company's properties in Yukon and renounced to such subscribers effective not later than Dec. 31, 2020. Such Canadian exploration expenses will also qualify as flow-through mining expenditures as defined in Subsection 127(9) of the Tax Act. In connection with the closing of the private placement, the company will pay a cash finder's fee in the amount of $33,860 on the first tranche of the financing.

Certain insiders of the company participated in the private placement for $280,380, comprising 1,001,359 flow-through shares. Such participation represents a related-party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions), but the transaction is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of the subject matter of the transaction, nor the consideration paid, exceed 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization.

Under applicable Canadian securities laws, all securities issued pursuant to the first tranche of the private placement are subject to, among other things, a statutory hold period of four months and one day. A total of $38,660 in finders' fees will be paid. The private placement remains subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Upcoming events:

  • AME Roundup 2021 -- virtual presentation on Jan. 21, 2021.

Qualified person

Paul D. Gray, professional geoscientist, vice-president of exploration for the company, is a qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.

COVID-19 update

Banyan has taken pro-active measures to protect the health and safety of its employees and communities from COVID 19 and exploration activities in 2020 have additional safety measures in place, following and exceeding all the recommendations made by Yukon's chief medical officer.

About Banyan Gold Corp.

Banyan's primary asset, AurMac, is adjacent to Victoria Gold's new Eagle gold mine, in Canada's Yukon, which announced commercial production on July 1, 2020. The AurMac initial resource of 903,945 ounces gold was announced in May, 2020. Its major strategic shareholders include Osisko Gold Royalties, Sprott Funds, Alexco Resource Corp. and Victoria Gold Corp. Banyan is focused on gold exploration projects that have the geological potential, size of land package and proximity to infrastructure that is advantageous for a mineral project to have potential to become a mine. Its Yukon-based projects fit this model and its objective is to gain shareholder value by advancing projects in its pipeline.

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