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Osino Resources Corp
Symbol OSI
Shares Issued 168,293,393
Close 2024-01-30 C$ 1.43
Market Cap C$ 240,659,552
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Osino receives interim order for takeover by Dundee

2024-01-30 19:24 ET - News Release

Mr. Heye Daun reports

OSINO ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF INTERIM ORDER AND CLOSING OF SECOND AND FINAL TRANCHE OF BRIDGE PRIVATE PLACEMENT

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has issued an interim order in connection with the previously announced plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), pursuant to which Dundee Precious Metals Inc. will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Osino Resources Corp. For further information on the arrangement and the definitive arrangement agreement between Osino and Dundee Precious Metals, please refer to the joint news release of the parties dated Dec. 18, 2023.

Interim order

The interim order authorizes, among other things, the holding of a special meeting of holders of securities of the company as of the record date of Jan. 10, 2024 (the securityholders). At the special meeting, securityholders will be asked to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass a special resolution (the arrangement resolution) approving the plan of arrangement. Pursuant to the interim order, the special meeting is scheduled to be held virtually by live webcast on March 1, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. PT.

After, among other things, receiving external legal and financial advice in evaluating the arrangement, and with the advice and recommendation of the special committee of the board of directors of the company, the board unanimously determined that the arrangement is fair to securityholders (other than Dundee Precious Metals) and is in the best interests of Osino, and unanimously recommends that securityholders vote in favour of the arrangement resolution at the special meeting.

Further details regarding the arrangement, the plan of arrangement, the special meeting and applicable voting requirements will be included in the notice of meeting and management information circular to be mailed to securityholders in accordance with applicable laws and the interim order. Copies of the circular and the related special meeting materials will also be made available under the company's profile on SEDAR+.

Completion of the arrangement remains subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions customary for a transaction of this nature, including securityholder approval of the arrangement resolution at the special meeting, receipt of regulatory approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Namibian Stock Exchange and the Namibian Competition Commission, and the issuance by the court of a final order approving the plan of arrangement.

Securityholders with questions regarding the arrangement or the special meeting may contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the company's strategic adviser and shareholder communications firm, by telephone at 1-877-452-7184, or by e-mail at assistance@laurelhill.com.

Private placement

Osino is also pleased to announce that it has completed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of common shares of the company to Dundee Precious Metals. The company issued 4,424,778 Osino shares to Dundee Precious Metals at a price of $1.13 per Osino share for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of $4,999,999.14. The offering was completed in connection with the arrangement agreement. The total number of Osino shares issued pursuant to the offering, including the initial tranche, was 8,849,557 Osino shares for aggregate gross proceeds to the company of $9,999,999.41. After giving effect to the offering, Dundee Precious Metals holds an aggregate of 12,669,157 Osino shares, representing approximately 7.3 per cent of the Osino shares issued and outstanding on the date hereof, on a non-diluted basis. The offering does not affect the consideration payable to Osino shareholders under the arrangement, consisting of 77.5 cents in cash per Osino share and 0.0801 of a Dundee Precious Metals common share per Osino share, the whole as set out in the arrangement agreement and summarized in the company's joint news release dated Dec. 18, 2023.

The net proceeds of the offering will be used for project activities, including engineering, drilling and other corporate purposes in accordance with Osino's budget, as agreed with Dundee Precious Metals pursuant to the arrangement agreement.

The Osino shares were offered by way of private placement pursuant to applicable exemptions from prospectus requirements in British Columbia and Ontario. The securities issued under the offering are subject to a four-month hold period under applicable Canadian securities laws.

About Osino Resources Corp.

Osino is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused on the fast-tracked development of its wholly owned Twin Hills gold project in central Namibia. Since its grassroots discovery by Osino in August, 2019, the company has completed more than 225,000 metres of drilling and has completed a suite of specialist technical studies culminating in the recently published Twin Hills definitive feasibility study (DFS) dated effective June 12, 2023. The DFS describes a technically simple and economically robust open-pit gold operation with a 13-year mine life and average annual gold production of over 169,000 ounces per annum.

Osino has a commanding ground position of over 8,000 square kilometres located within Namibia's prospective Damara sedimentary mineral belt, mostly in proximity to and along strike of the producing Navachab and Otjikoto gold mines. The company is actively exploring a range of gold prospects and targets along the belt by utilizing a portfolio approach geared toward discovery, targeting gold mineralization that fits the broad orogenic gold model.

The company's core projects are favourably located north and northwest of Namibia's capital city Windhoek. By virtue of their location, the projects benefit significantly from Namibia's well-established infrastructure with paved highways, railway, power and water in close proximity. Namibia is mining friendly and lauded as one of the continent's most politically and socially stable jurisdictions. Osino continues to evaluate new ground with a view to expanding the company's Namibian portfolio.

David Underwood, BSc (honours), is vice-president of exploration of the company and has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this news release and is a registered professional natural scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (PrSciNat No. 400323/11) and a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

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