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TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSXV:RPX, OTCQB:RDEXF) ("Red Pine" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Haywood Securities Inc. ("Haywood"), as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner, on its own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (together with Haywood, the "Underwriters") pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a "bought deal" private placement basis, (i) 18,182,000 tranche 1 flow-through shares (the "Tranche 1 FT Shares") of the Company at a price of C$0.22 per Tranche 1 FT Share (the "Tranche 1 FT Issue Price"), and (ii) 3,704,000 tranche 2 flow-through shares (the "Tranche 2 FT Shares" and together with the Tranche 1 FT Shares, the "Offered FT Shares") of the Company at a price of C$0.27 per Tranche 2 FT Share (the "Tranche 2 FT Issue Price"), for gross proceeds to the Company of up to C$5,000,120 (the "Offering").
The Company has granted the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offering in any combination of (i) Tranche 1 FT Shares at the Tranche 1 FT Issue Price, and (ii) Tranche 2 FT Shares at the Tranche 2 FT Issue Price (the "Underwriters' Option"), exercisable in whole or in part at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing date.
The gross proceeds from the Offering will be used by the Company to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that will qualify as "flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures" as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Qualifying Expenditures") related to the Company's projects in Ontario. All Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscribers of the Offered FT Shares effective December 31, 2023.
The Offering is expected to close on or about December 7, 2023 and is subject to certain closing conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the conditional listing approval of the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") and the applicable securities regulatory authorities. The Offering is being made by way of private placement in Canada. The securities issued under the Offering will be subject to a hold period in Canada expiring four ...