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Oct 16, 2007 14:19 ET
Pinetree Capital Ltd. Acquires Common Shares of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 16, 2007) - Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP), announces that, through a series of transactions ending on October 16, 2007, it acquired ownership of 1,500,000 common shares ("Common Shares") of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. ("MacDonald") through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange representing approximately 1.6% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of MacDonald as of October 16, 2007. As a result of this transaction, Pinetree and its joint actors collectively held, as at October 16, 2007, an aggregate of 10,500,000 common shares of MacDonald, which represents approximately 10.9% of all issued and outstanding common shares as at October 16, 2007. Of these totals, Pinetree owns an aggregate of 4,000,000 common shares, including the Common Shares, which represents approximately 4.2% of all issued and outstanding common shares as at October 16, 2007.
These transactions were made for investment purposes and Pinetree and each of its joint actors could increase or decrease their respective investments in MacDonald depending on market conditions or any other relevant factor.
About Pinetree
Pinetree Capital Ltd. ("Pinetree" or the "Company") was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbol "PNP". Pinetree is a diversified investment and merchant banking firm focused on the small cap market. Pinetree's investments are primarily in the resources sector: Uranium, Oil & Gas, Molybdenum, Precious Metals and Base Metals. Pinetree's investment approach is to build a macro position in a sector, find the micro-cap opportunities in that sector and work with those companies to build them to commercial production and create an exit.
For more details about Pinetree and its investments, please visit our website at www.pinetreecapital.com.
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