almost 2 year anniversary March 2, 2012, Petroamerica Oil Corp. (TSX-V: PTA) ("Petroamerica" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, in connection with its previously announced private placement, the Company and Raymond James Ltd. ("Raymond James") have agreed to increase the size of the offering to 3,500 units ("Units") of the Company at a price of $10,000 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $35,000,000 (the "Offering").
Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, Deans Knight Capital Management Ltd. (“Deans Knight”), on behalf of its clients, has committed to a minimum of $20,000,000 of the Offering.
Each Unit shall consist of a senior secured note of the Company with a par value of $10,000 and bearing interest at a rate of 11.5% per annum, payable quarterly with interest in arrears, with the first payment expected to be due on June 30, 2012 (the "Notes") and one common share purchase warrant (the "Warrant"). The Notes will mature 36 months from the closing date of the Offering. The Notes will be secured by the Company’s property and will be senior to all other indebtedness and liabilities of the Company. Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire 10,000 common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") at a price of $0.20 per Common Share for a period of 36 months from the closing date of the Offering.
The Company anticipates that it will use the proceeds raised to support the appraisal and development programs for the Las Maracas and Balay discoveries where capital spending is expected to be approximately $24 million as well as to support additional development, appraisal and other costs that arise from the 2012 exploration program. Exploration spending for the year is projected to be approximately $34 million and will be funded from a combination of the Company’s cash on hand as well as revenues generated from the production operations on the Balay and Los Ocarros blocks. The exploration program for 2012 includes the drilling a total of six exploration wells on six different blocks.