Altius Closes Private PlacementAltius closes private placement, gets ready to spend it
Altius Minerals Corp
Shares issued 14,319,284
Wednesday May 22 2002
Mr. Brian Dalton reports
FINANCING CLOSED-EXPLORATION UPDATE
Altius Minerals has closed a previously announced one-million-unit private
placement for gross proceeds of $1.05-million. Each unit, priced at $1.05, consists of
one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each
whole common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common
share at a price of $1.25 for 12 months from the date of closing and at a price of
$1.50 during the subsequent 12 months. The securities are subject to a four-month
hold period. Haywood Securities Inc., which acted as agent, has been paid a
7-per-cent cash commission and has been issued 100,000 (10 per cent) agent's
warrants that are exercisable at $1.25 for 12 months from the date of closing.
Institutional investors have subscribed for the majority of the placement. Net
proceeds of the financing will be used for project generation, advancement of the
company's wholly owned properties and general working capital.
Exploration update
The company has commenced an active 2002 field season, which will include
several drilling programs. In the Botwood basin, drilling is set to resume on the
Moosehead property with partner Sudbury Contact Mines. This phase of drilling will
involve approximately 35 holes and will target areas highlighted during the 2001 and
early 2002 drill programs. Further details of the planned drilling program will be
released shortly. Elsewhere in the Botwood basin, grassroots prospecting has
commenced with partner Barrick Gold.
Drilling is also set to commence on the Robert's Arm property with partner Inmet
Mining and will test an area near the final hole of the 2001 program, which
intersected VMS-style alteration and mineralization. Further details of the planned
drilling program will be released shortly.
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