C3 Metals Inc (TSX-V:CCCM, OTC:CUAUF), a Canadian mineral exploration company, has closed a C$28 million bought deal private placement to finance development of its copper and gold projects in Peru and Jamaica.
The company issued 25.45 million common shares at C$1.10 each, including the exercise of an over-allotment option, underwritten by Paradigm Capital Inc., ATB Cormark Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Corp., and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. The underwriters received a 6% fee for their services.
C3 Metals said the net proceeds will be used for exploration and development at its 100%-owned Khaleesi Copper-Gold project, its 50%-owned Super Block project, and for general working capital purposes.
The company’s Peruvian assets include approximately 31,000 hectares in the Andahuaylas-Yauri Porphyry-Skarn belt in southern Peru, which hosts the Khaleesi and Jasperoide projects. At Jasperoide, C3 Metals has reported a maiden resource estimate of 52 million tonnes at 0.5% copper and 0.2 grams per tonne gold for one skarn target, while identifying more than a dozen other skarn and porphyry prospects.
In Jamaica, C3 Metals holds a 100% interest in 17,855 hectares of exploration licenses, of which Freeport-McMoRan has the option to earn up to a 75% interest by funding exploration expenditures up to US$75 million.
The company also holds a 50% interest in nearly 10,000 hectares through a joint venture with Geophsyx Jamaica Ltd. Several of these licenses are near projects where Barrick Mining Corp. has recently signed an earn-in agreement.