VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 23, 2016) -
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Rathdowney Resources Ltd. ("Rathdowney" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RTH) announces that it plans to complete a brokered
private placement of up to approximately 31,579,000 units ("Units") of the Company at a price of $0.19 per Unit (the "Issue
Price") for proceeds of up to approximately $6 million (the "Offering"). This Offering will be conducted through a syndicate of
agents (the "Agents") led by Dundee Securities Ltd. on a best efforts basis.
Each Unit shall consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (a "Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a
"Warrant"). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder to purchase one additional Share (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.24
per Warrant Share for a period of two years from the date of closing of the Offering, which is expected to be by mid July
2016.
The Company has also granted the Agents an option to offer for sale up to an additional 15% of the Units, at the Issue
Price.
In consideration for their services, the Company agreed to pay the Agents a cash commission equal to 6% of gross proceeds
raised under the Offering and broker warrants ("Broker Warrants") equal to 6% of the number of Units issued under the Offering,
in each case excluding Units issued as part of a Company President's List. The Agents will also be compensated for their
reasonable expenses in connection with the Offering.
The Units, Shares and Warrant Shares, and the Broker Warrants will be subject to applicable resale restrictions, including a
four month hold period from date of closing of the Offering under applicable Canadian securities laws.
Proceeds will be used to advance Polish permitting activities and further refine mining engineering work to progress the
Company's Olza zinc-lead-silver project towards feasibility and completion of permit licensing, as well as for general corporate
working capital purposes.
About Rathdowney and Project Olza
Rathdowney Resources Ltd. is focused on advancing Project Olza through permitting and into production.
Project Olza is located in the Upper Silesian Mining District of southwestern Poland, a world-class region of Mississippi
Valley-type zinc-lead deposits with well-developed mining infrastructure. A railway line through the Olza project-area
provides direct access to smelters in Europe and to tidewater to reach off-shore facilities.
Strong potential financial returns are indicated for a 6,000 tpd low-cost, bulk-tonnage underground operation and conventional
treatment facility, producing two clean, low-iron, marketable concentrates (Preliminary Economic
Assessment)(1). In addition, extensive property-wide historic drilling by the Polish State as well as recent
drilling by Rathdowney have shown excellent potential to expand mineral resources(2) to support a long-life
mine.
David Copeland, PEng., Chairman of Rathdowney and a qualified person as defined under NI43-101, has reviewed the technical
information in this release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
David Copeland, Chairman
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release,
other than statements of historical facts, that address exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments
that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and
actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Assumptions used by the
Company to develop forward-looking statements include the following: the Olza project will obtain all required environmental and
other permits and all land use and other licenses, studies and development of the Olza project will continue to be positive, and
no geological or technical problems will occur. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, potential
environmental issues and liabilities associated with exploration, development and mining activities, uncertainties related to the
ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies
regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, continued availability of capital and financing, and general
economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For
more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at
www.sedar.com.
Information Concerning Estimates of Inferred Resources
This news release uses the term "inferred mineral resources". Rathdowney Resources Ltd. advises investors that although these
terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations (under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any
part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. In addition, "inferred
resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed
that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates
of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, or economic studies except for
Preliminary Economic Assessment as defined under 43-101. Investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred
resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.
(1) For additional details, see Rathdowney's April 20, 2015 news release and December 31, 2014
Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report which is filed at http://www.sedar.com/.
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(2) Current mineral resources: 24.4 million tonnes of inferred @ 7.02% Zn+Pb (5.53% Zn, 1.49% Pb)
estimated at a 2.0% Zn cutoff; Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic
viability. |
Historical estimate (1990) Zawiercie I & II: 77 Mt @ 6.15% Zn+Pb by the Polish State Geological Institute
(PSGI) from PSGI 1992 report based on the Polish resource classification system, which is very similar to the Soviet
classification system. A QP has not done sufficient work to classify the estimate as current mineral resources and the
Company is not treating it as current. |