CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Dec. 21, 2016) - Canadian Spirit Resources Inc. ("CSRI" or the
"Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:SPI)(OTCBB:CSPUF) is pleased to announce that it has closed, subject to TSX Venture
Exchange approval, its previously announced (see News Release dated December 1, 2016) private placement of units of the
Corporation at a price of $0.12 per unit.
Each unit issued pursuant to the private placement consists of one common share of the Corporation and one-half of one common
share purchase warrant ("Warrants"). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase an additional common share of the
Corporation for a period of one year at an exercise price of $0.12 per share.
The gross proceeds raised from the sale of the units were $500,000. Finders' fees of $6,000 were paid in connection with
the closing. 85.00% of the securities issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a restricted resale period under
Canadian securities laws until April 22, 2017.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used for various field activities and initiatives, and for general corporate
purposes.
The private placement was a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority
Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") as Richard Couillard, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, Jeffrey Dyck, Director and Corporate Secretary of the Corporation and Elmag Investments Inc., an insider of the
Corporation purchased 208,336, 416,666 and 2,291,666 units, respectively. Following completion of the private placement
Richard Couillard owns 1,351,686, or 0.86%, of the outstanding common shares of the Corporation, Jeffrey Dyck owns 416,666, or
0.27%, of the outstanding common shares of the Corporation and Elmag Investments Inc. owns 58,056,166, or 37.04%, of the
outstanding common shares of the Corporation.
The private placement was exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder vote requirements of MI 61-101 as the fair
market value of the insiders' participation in the private placement did not exceed 25% of the Corporation's market
capitalization. The private placement was approved by Donald Gardner and Alfred Sorensen, directors of the Corporation who
did not participate in the private placement.
CSRI is a natural resources company focusing on the identification and development of opportunities in the unconventional
natural gas sector of the energy industry.
Information regarding CSRI is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or the
Corporation's website at www.csri.ca.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
CANADIAN SPIRIT RESOURCES INC.
Richard Couillard, President and Chief Executive Officer
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 NEWS RELEASE