GCC - Golden Cariboo Private Placement Summary and Option Grant
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March 22, 2024 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, Canada – Golden Cariboo ResourcesLtd. (the “ Company ”) (CSE- GCC/OTC-GCCFF/WKN-A0RLEP) announcesthat, further to its news release of March 12, 2024, the final trancheof the non-brokered private placement was issued. The summary of thetwo tranche private placement follows. The private placement was fullysubscribed with total gross proceeds of $2,000,000. A total of20,000,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit,were issued. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one-halfshare purchase warrant; each full warrant is exercisable for a periodof 5 years from the closing at exercise pricesas follows: $0.12 in year one, $0.14 in yeartwo, $0.16 in year three, $0.18 in year four, and $0.20 in year five.A total of 10,000,000 warrants were issued, with 6,455,000 expiring onMarch 8, 2029 and 3,545,000 expiring on March 21, 2029.
Finder's fees were paid in connection with theOffering. Total cash commissions of $89,440 ($76,480 in tranche one and $12,960 in tranche two). Total brokerwarrants issued were 894,400 (764,800 in tranche one and 129,600 intranche two). The broker warrants have the same terms as theparticipant warrants. The proceeds of the private placement will be used forproperty exploration and for general working capital .
Multilateral Instrument 61-101
Insider participation totaled 350,000 Units for $35,000($10,000 in tranche one and $25,000 in tranche two). The issuance ofUnits to insiders is considered a related party transaction subject toMultilateral Instrument 61-101 -- Protection of Minority SecurityHolders in Special Transactions. The Company relied on exemptions fromthe formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirementsprovided under sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(a) of Multilateral Instrument61-101 on the basis that the participation in the Offering by theinsiders did not exceed 25 per cent of the fair market value of theCompany's market capitalization.
Golden Cariboo Resources Ltd. announces the granting of 3,200,000 incentive stock optionspursuant to its stock option plan to directors and officers of theCompany, as well as employees and consultants of the Company. Eachoption is exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company at aprice of $0.22 per share for a term of 5 years. The options vestimmediately. Options, and the shares issuable upon exercise, aresubject to a four month hold period from the date of grant.
AboutGolden Cariboo Resources Ltd.
Golden Cariboo Resources Ltd. is rediscovering theCariboo Gold Rush by proceeding with high-grade targeted drilling andtrenching programs on its Quesnelle Gold Quartz Mine Project which isalmost fully encircled on 3 of 4 sides by Osisko Development(NSE-ODV/TSXV-ODV). Historically, over 101 placer gold creeks on the90 km trend from the Cariboo Hudson mine north to the Quesnelle GoldQuartz mine have recorded production and successful placer miningcontinues to this day.
Golden Cariboo’s Quesnelle Gold Quartz Mine property is 4 kmnortheast of, and road accessible from, Hixon in central BritishColumbia. The property includes the Quesnelle Quartz gold-silverdeposit, which was discovered in 1865 in conjunction with placermining activities. Hixon Creek, which dissects the Quesnelle GoldQuartz Mine property, is a placer creek which has seen small-scaleplacer production since the mid 1860's.
GOLDEN CARIBOO RESOURCES LTD.
“J. Frank Callaghan”
J. Frank Callaghan, President &CEO
Neither the “CSE” Canadian Securities Exchange norits Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in thepolicies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibilityfor the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release containsstatements which constitute “forward-looking information” withinthe meaning of applicable securities laws, including statementsregarding the plans, intentions, beliefs and current expectations ofthe Company with respect to future business activities and plans ofthe Company. Forward-looking information is often identified by thewords “may”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “will”,“intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”,“estimate”, “expect” or similar expressions and includesinformation regarding; the expectation that the Company will receiveall necessary exemptions and approvals to complete the Offering; theexpectation that the Company will complete the Offering on the termsdisclosed, or at all; the expectation that the proceeds will be usedfor property exploration and for general working capital; theCompany’s exploration plans with respect to its Quesnelle GoldQuartz Mine property; and the anticipated participation of the insiderin the Offering.
Such forward-looking statements arebased on a number of assumptions of management, including, withoutlimitation, that the Company will receive all necessary exemptions and approvals tocomplete the Offering ; that the Company willcomplete the Offering on the terms disclosed, or at all; that theproceeds will be used for property exploration and for general workingcapital ; that the Companywill have the resources required to proceed with its explorationplans ; that the Company will not run intoregulatory or other barriers in carrying out its business plans; thatthe insider will participate in the Offering, on the terms andconditions and in the amount currently expected by management; andthat the Company will be able to rely on the exemption from the formalvaluation and minority shareholder approval requirements on the basisanticipated.
Additionally, forward-looking information involve a variety of knownand unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause theactual plans, intentions, activities, results, performance orachievements of the Company to be materially different from any futureplans, intentions, activities, results, performance or achievementsexpressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risksinclude, without limitation :that the Company will not receive the necessary exemptions andapprovals to complete the Offering; that the Company will not complete the Offeringon the terms disclosed, or at all; that the Company will be unable to usethe proceeds for property exploration and for general working capital;that the Company may incur unanticipated costs; that the Company maynot have the resources required to pursue its exploration plans; thatthe Company’s operations could be adversely affected by possiblefuture government legislation policies and controls or by changes inapplicable laws and regulations; that the insider may not participatein the Offering on the terms and conditions and in the amountcurrently expected by management, or at all; and that the Company maynot be able to rely on the exemption from the formal valuation andminority shareholder approval requirements on the basis currentlyexpected. Such forward-looking information represents management'sbest judgment based on information currently available. Noforward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future resultsmay vary materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to placeundue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. Neitherthe Company nor any of its representatives make any representation orwarranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, sufficiency orcompleteness of the information in this news release. Neither theCompany nor any of its representatives shall have any liabilitywhatsoever, under contract,tort, trust or otherwise, to you or any person resulting from the useof the information in this news release by you or any of yourrepresentatives or for omissions from the information in this newsrelease.
The forward-looking statementsherein speak only as of the date they were originally made. TheCompany has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update orrevise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of newinformation, future events or otherwise, except as required bylaw.
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