Usha Resources Ltd (TSX-V:USHA) has said it has closed the final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement issuing an additional 4,512,007 units at a price of $0.30 per unit for total gross proceeds of $1,353,602.
In total, Usha Resources said, it raised gross proceeds of $2,895,401 in all four tranches of the private placement.
In a statement, Deepak Varshney, CEO of Usha Resources said: “Given the current market conditions, completion of this oversubscribed placement speaks to the strong demand and growing confidence in our team, our Lithium, Gold-Copper and Nickel projects, and future vision for where we intend to take this company."
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He added: "We are very pleased to welcome many new subscribers in this financing, including our latest institutional investor, and thank our existing shareholders who participated for their ongoing support. With a well-funded treasury, USHA is positioned to execute at each of our projects and we look forward to a busy and productive field season.”
Each unit in the private placement consists of one common share in the capital of the company and one-half of one transferable share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable at $0.45 per share for a period of 2 years from the date of closing.
In connection with the final tranche, the company paid finders’ fees of $7,920 cash and 26,400 non-transferable finder warrants to PI Financial Corp, $1,800 cash and 6,000 finder’s warrants to Leede Jones Gable Inc, and $4,208.02 cash and 14,027 finder’s warrants to Research Capital Corporation.
The finder’s warrants are exercisable on the same terms as the warrants issued in the private placement and were issued in accordance with applicable securities laws and exchange policy.
The proceeds raised under the private placement will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including:
- Aggressive exploration at the Jackpot Lake Lithium Brine project, where the Company intends on completing its maiden drilling program with the goal of completing a 43-101 resource estimate by Q4 of 2022;
- Exploration at the Lost Basin Gold-Copper project, where the Company intends on completing its maiden drilling program following more than a year of target development and generation; and
- Subject to a number of conditions, completion of the spinout of its Nicobat Nickel Project into its wholly-owned subsidiary, Formation Metals Corporation (FMC), giving shareholders a “20% share dividend” of one share of FMC with respect to every five shares of Usha owned on the share distribution record date.
All securities issued in the final tranche of the private placement are subject to the exchange hold period, plus a hold period of four months and one day following the closing dates expiring on October 15, 2022.
Usha Resources is a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company focused on the development of quality battery and precious metal properties that are drill-ready with high-upside and expansion potential.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Usha’s portfolio of strategic properties provides target-rich diversification and consist of Jackpot Lake, a lithium project in Nevada; Nicobat, a nickel‑copper‑cobalt project in Ontario; and Lost Basin, a gold-copper project in Arizona.
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