NEWS: Lithium-X Energy's neighbor in Argentina
Millennial Lithium Enters into Agreement to Purchase Argentina Lithium Project and Announces Concurrent Financing
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 19, 2016) - Millennial Lithium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ML), ("Millennial" or the "Company") wishes to announce that it has entered into a binding property purchase agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire 100% of a Lithium Project (the "Project") in Salta Province Argentina from an Argentinean vendor (the "Vendor"), subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval and other customary conditions described therein. The Project is strategically located within the "Lithium Triangle", which is host to some of the world's largest lithium resources.
Concurrent Private Placement Financing
The Company currently has sufficient working capital to cover its operating expenses and planned expenditures on other properties for the next 12 months but will require additional capital to finance its commitments under the Agreement.
As a result, the Company is engaging in a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Financing"), the proceeds of which will finance its financial obligations resulting from the Agreement. The Financing will see the Company issue a total of two and half million units at a price of $0.65 cents per unit. Each unit comprises one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of two years at an exercise price of $0.90. A finder's fee equal to 6% will be payable on a portion of the financing.