VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 23, 2016) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") announced that it has entered into an underwriting agreement today with a syndicate of underwriters, in connection with its previously announced marketed offering of common shares (the "Offering"). CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank are the lead underwriters in a syndicate that includes BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., GMP Securities L.P., Numis Securities Limited, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Canaccord Genuity Corp., Rodman & Renshaw a unit of H.C. Wainwright & Co. LLC and Pareto Securities Ltd.
The underwriters have agreed to purchase 26,210,000 common shares at a price of US$4.58 per common share (the "Offering Price") for gross proceeds of approximately US$120 million. The Offering will be made under a prospectus supplement dated February 23, 2016 (the "Supplement") to the Company's short form base shelf prospectus dated July 16, 2014, to be filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada except Quebec. The Supplement will also be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as part of a registration statement on Form F-10 in accordance with the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System established between Canada and the United States.
The Company has also granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 2,174,000 common shares at the Offering Price, exercisable for a period of 30 days following closing.
The net proceeds of the Offering will be used (i) to fund development of the Brucejack Project, (ii) for working capital during start-up and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
Closing of the Offering will be subject to a number of conditions, including approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
A copy of the Supplement and the short form base shelf prospectus may be obtained in Canada from Michelene Dougherty, michelene.dougherty@cibc.ca; or in the United States, attention: Hector Cruz, tel: 212-667-6001.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is constructing a high-grade underground gold mine at its Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia with commercial production targeted for 2017.
(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)
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