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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 11, 2024 / Storm Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:STRM) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed a first tranche of the Company's non-brokered private placement (the "Offering"), for aggregate gross proceeds of $402,500. The closing is subject to final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Offering, previously announced on September 16, 2024, consists of units (the "Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit, and flow-through units (the "FT Units") at a price of $0.06 per FT Unit. Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Company and one warrant (a "Unit Warrant") entitling the holder thereof to acquire an additional common share (the "Warrant Share") of the Company at an exercise price of $0.10 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance. The FT Units will consist of one flow-through common share of the Company and one warrant (a "FT Unit Warrant") entitling the holder thereof to acquire a (non-flow through) common share (the "Warrant Share") of the Company at an exercise price of $0.12 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.
In connection with the closing of the first tranche of the Offering, the Company has issued 8,050,000 Units at a price of $0.05 per Unit. The Company paid aggregate cash finders' fees of $14,400 to arm's length finders, representing 6% of the proceeds raised from subscriptions by certain placees introduced by the finders. The Company has also issued to the finders 288,000 non-transferable share purchase warrants (the "Finder's Warrants") entitling the purchase of an aggregate 288,000 common shares, on the same terms as the Unit Warrants.
The shares acquired by the placees under the Offering, and any shares which may be acquired upon the exercise of the Unit Warrants and the Finder's Warrants, are subject to a hold period of four months and one day, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation.
The proceeds from the Offering will be used to advance the Company's gold and base metal properties in northern Ontario and for general working capital purposes.
One related party (as such term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 61-101 -Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101")) participated in the Offering and acquired an aggregate of 250,000 Units. This portion of the Offering constituted a related party transaction for the purposes of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and MI 61-101. The Company relied on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the formal valuation requirement and Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the minority shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction insofar as the transaction involved interested parties did not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization.