Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 24, 2024) - Fairchild Gold Corp. (TSXV: FAIR) ("Fairchild" or the "Company") announces a final closing of its non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $1,020,000 (the "Offering").
In connection with the closing of the Offering, the Company issued 17,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.06 per Unit.
Each Unit was comprised of one common share (a "Common Share") in the capital of the Company and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"), whereby each whole Warrant shall be convertible into an additional Common Share at an exercise price of $0.15 for a period of sixty (60) months from the date of issuance. The Warrants include an acceleration clause to the effect that if the daily volume weighted average closing price of the common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange is at least $0.50 per Common Share for a period of five (5) consecutive trading days, 12 months after the closing date of the Offering (the "Triggering Event"), the Company may, within 5 days of the Triggering Event, accelerate the expiry date of the Warrants by giving notice thereof to the holders of the Warrants, by way of news release, and in such case the Warrants will expire on the first day that is 10 calendar days after the date on which such notice is given by the Company announcing the Triggering Event.
Fairchild intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fully retire the USD$500,000 debt incurred through the acquisition of Goodsprings Exploration LLC and its Copper Chief Project located in Clark County, Nevada, without any interest payments. Additionally, the funds will support exploration activities at the newly acquired Copper Chief Project in Nevada, USA, as well as general working capital purposes.
The Company paid a cash commission of $3,850.24 to Revere Securities LLC ("Revere Securities") in connection with a subscription from a subscriber introduced to the Offering by Revere Securities. In addition, the Company issued 32,085 finder's shares and 32,085 finder's warrants to Revere Securities as part of the finder's fee compensation.
The securities issued under the Offering, and any Shares that may be issuable on exercise of any such securities, will be subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day from the date of issuance or longer for certain subscribers.
The Offering remains subject to final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Early Warning Report
Immediately prior to this closing (the "Transaction"), Mr. Nikolas Perrault owned, directly and indirectly, and had control and direction over 1,718,675 Common Shares of the Company and 2,718,000 Warrants representing approximately 3.03% (7.47% on a partially diluted basis) of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company. Following the Transaction, Mr. Perrault became an insider and beneficially owns, directly and indirectly, and has control and direction over 5,788,377 Common Shares and 6,787,702 Warrants representing approximately 7.85% (15.62% on a partially diluted basis) of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company. The change in ownership arose as a result of the Transaction. Mr. Perrault will review his holdings from time to time and may, in the future, increase or decrease ownership or control over securities of the Company.
This news release is being issued pursuant to National Instrument 62-103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues, persons who wish to obtain a copy of the early warning report to be filed by Mr. Nikolas Perrault in connection with this Offering herein may obtain a copy of such reports from www.sedarplus.ca or by contacting the person named below.
About Fairchild Gold Corp.
Fairchild is engaged in the business of acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada and the United States. Its current portfolio consists of the Fairchild Lake Property in Ontario and the Copper Chief Project in Nevada.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Luis Martins
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Fairchild Gold Corp.
info@fairchildgold.com
(866) 497-0284
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain information contained in this news release constitutes "forward-looking information" or "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward- looking information"). Without limiting the foregoing, such forward-looking information includes statements regarding the process and completion of the Offering, the use of proceeds of the Offering and any statements regarding the Company's business plans, expectations and objectives. In this news release, words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "likely", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "estimate" and similar words and the negative form thereof are used to identify forward-looking information. Forward-looking information should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether, or the times at or by which, such future performance will be achieved. Forward-looking information is based on information available at the time and/or the Company management's good faith belief with respect to future events and is subject to known or unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control. For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying the forward-looking information made in this news release, see the Company's most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis and financial statements and other documents filed by the Company with the Canadian securities commissions and the discussion of risk factors set out therein. Such documents are available at www.sedarplus.ca under the Company's profile and on the Company's website, https://fairchildgold.com/. The forward-looking information set forth herein reflects the Company's expectations as at the date of this news release and is subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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SOURCE: Fairchild Gold Corp.
