is pleased to announce that it has closed its previouslyannounced private placement financing (the “Offering”) of subscription receipts (the “Subscription
Receipts”) in connection with its transition to a mining investment company. The total offering was for
75,000,000 Subscription Receipts at a price of
.80 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of $60
million. Aberdeen intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to become a publicly traded global
resource investment vehicle that can capitalize on the track record of success of its management in the
resources industry and for general corporate purposes.
The gross proceeds of the Offering will be held in escrow (the “Escrowed Proceeds”) and will be released
upon satisfaction of the following conditions (together, the “Escrow Release Conditions”):
(a) (i) the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSVE”) shall have approved the change of business
focus proposed by the Company and the listing of the Company as a Tier 1 issuer; (ii) the
Company shall have obtained the requisite shareholder approval for the change of business
focus; and (iii) the TSVE shall have conditionally accepted the Offering;
(b) the Company shall have satisfied all of the conditions imposed by the TSVE other than the
release of the Escrowed Proceeds; and
(c) the Company shall have complied with all of its covenants and/or obligations under the
agency agreement entered into in respect of the Offering and the subscription receipt
agreement pursuant to which the Subscription Receipts were issued, except those breaches or
defaults that have been waived by the Agents.
Upon satisfaction of the Escrow Release Conditions, each Subscription Receipt will be automatically
converted into one unit (a “Unit”), each Unit being comprised of one common share in the capital of the
Company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”). Each Warrant will be
exercisable for one common share of the Company at a price of $1.00 per common share until June 6,
2012. If the Escrow Release Conditions are not satisfied by August 15, 2007, the Escrowed Proceeds will
be returned to the holders of the Subscription Receipts and the Subscription Receipts will be cancelled.