Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 29, 2015) - Jemi Fibre Corp. (TSXV: JFI) ("Jemi Fibre" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Palmer Bar Holdings Inc. ("Palmer Bar") in consideration for the issuance to the vendor of 150,000 common shares of Jemi Fibre.
Palmer Bar operates a pole processing plant on 14 acres of its own land in Cranbrook, B.C. Its equipment includes log peelers, pointers and domers. Palmer Bar is currently an integral part of the Company's Kootenay Wood preserving operations providing fence posts and rails for wood treatment and sale to the agricultural industry.
The Palmer Bar acquisition is subject to acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") and other customary conditions of closing. The vendor is dealing at arm's length with Jemi Fibre and intends to continue his involvement with the Company and the Palmer Bar operations.
The Company is also pleased to report EBITDA for December 2014 of approximately $1.5 million which continues to be consistent with the Company's expectations.
The Company further announces that Rodney Quiring has resigned as a director of the Company in connection with his recent new accounting partnership. The board of Jemi Fibre would like to extend its gratitude and appreciation of Rodney's contribution to the Company.
In Rodney's place, Cornelius (Corny) O'Connell has been appointed Director of the Company and will be a member of the Audit Committee. Corny has been involved in the financial industry for nearly 50 years. Following a stint working for UK and Canadian banks, he worked for a crown corporation providing low cost loans to BC manufacturers. In 1984 he became an investment advisor and since then has built a team handling $200 million of clients investments. Over the years he has become a Portfolio Manager allowing for discretionary trading. He is a Certified Professional Accountant, CGA since 1984, a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Industry, a Certified Financial Planner, a Chartered Life Underwriter and a Certified Professional Consultant on Aging. The appointment of Mr. O'Connell is subject to the approval of the Exchange.
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JEMI FIBRE CORP.
"Mike Jenks"
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Mike Jenks
CEO
For further information, please contact:
Brent Lokash, President
Tel: 1 604 428-1075
Email: brent.lokash@jemifibre.com
About Jemi Fibre
Jemi Fibre is a British Columbia based forest products company which trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol JFI. Jemi Fibre's operations consist of a full service contract logging division, with operations in Mackenzie and
Cranbrook, a sawmill located in Edgewater producing high value lumber products, a manufacturing facility in Cranbrook producing pressure treated posts, rails and lumber for agricultural and industrial use, and private timberlands located in the
Kootenay region.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements included herein constitute forward-looking statements. The words "expect", "intend", "anticipate", "propose" and "may" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other
things, such risks, uncertainties and other factors set forth under "Risk Factors" in the Company's current MD&A filed with the British Columbia Securities Commission. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a
number of estimates and assumptions. While such estimates and assumptions are considered reasonable by the management teams of Jemi, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and regulatory uncertainties and risks
and accordingly may not occur as described herein or at all. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and, accordingly are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements due to the inherent uncertainty of such statements.
The financial information included in this release also contains certain data that are not measures of performance under IFRS. For example, "EBITDA" and "EBITDA excluding specific items" are measures used by management to assess the operating and financial performance of the Company. We believe that EBITDA is a measure often used by investors to assess a company's operating performance. EBITDA has limitations and you should not consider this item in isolation, or as a substitute for an analysis of our results as reported under IFRS. Because of these limitations, EBITDA should not be used as a substitute for net loss or cash flows from operating activities as determined in accordance with IFRS, nor is it necessarily indicative of whether or not cash flow will be sufficient to fund our cash requirements. In addition, our definitions of EBITDA may differ from those of other companies. Additional information relating to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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