Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - December 30, 2022) - Fathom Nickel Inc. (CSE: FNI) (FSE: 6Q5) (OTCQB: FNICF) (the "Company" or "Fathom"), is pleased to announce that it has closed its non-brokered offering of flow-through shares (the "Offering"), previously announced on November 29, 2022. Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 27,411,667 flow-through common shares (the "FT Shares") at a price per FT Share of $0.06 (the "FT Price") for gross proceeds of $1,644,700.
Of the total FT Shares issued, 26,245,000 were issued under the listed issuer financing exemption set forth under section 5A.2 of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions ("Listed Issuer Exemption") and contain no resale restrictions. The remaining 1,166,667 FT shares were issued to directors and officers of the Company in accordance with the accredited investor exemption under National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions and are subject to a resale restriction of four months and one day from the date of distribution.
The gross proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that will qualify as "flow-through mining expenditures" as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Qualifying Expenditures") related to the Company's Albert Lake Project and the Gochager Lake Project which are located in Saskatchewan, Canada on or before December 31, 2023. All Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscribers effective December 31, 2022.
As consideration for services in connection with the Offering, the Company has paid to certain qualified ("Finders") a cash commission of $107,784.60 and 1,778,910 broker warrants ("Broker Warrants"). Each Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company at the offering price for a period of 36 months from the Closing Date.
There is an offering document related to the Listed Issuer Exemption that can be accessed under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and at www.fathomnickel.com.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
About Fathom Nickel Inc.
Fathom is an exploration company that is targeting magmatic nickel sulphide discoveries to support the rapidly growing global electric vehicle market.
The Company has two high-quality exploration projects, Albert Lake and Gochager Lake, located in the prolific Trans Hudson Corridor in Saskatchewan. The Albert Lake Project is a 90,000+ hectare land position that was host to the historic Rottenstone deposit (produced high-grade Ni-Cu+PGE, 1965-1969). The Gochager Lake Project has a 4,696-hectare land position that is host to a historic NI43-101 non-compliant open pitable resource consisting of 4.3M tons at 0.295% Ni and 0.081% Cu.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Doug Porter"
President and CFO, Director
For further information, please contact:
Doug Porter, President and CFO
1-403-870-4349
Email: dporter@fathomnickel.com
Or
Manish Grigo, Director of Corporate Development
+1-416-569-3292
Email: mgrigo@fathomnickel.com
Forward-Looking Statements:
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