Mining
Thursday, June 13th, 2024 3:45 pm EDT
Key Points
- Power Nickel Inc. plans to conduct a $20 million flow-through offering, issuing up to 16 million units at $1.25 each, comprising one flow-through common share and a half share purchase warrant.
- Industry legend Rob McEwen and other leading mining investors are participating in the financing, which will support increased exploration efforts on the Nisk property in Quebec over the next 12 to 18 months.
- The company will use the proceeds for exploration activities on the Nisk property, qualifying for a 30% critical mineral exploration tax credit, and aims to close the financing by the end of June, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
Power Nickel Inc. plans to conduct a flow-through offering for gross proceeds of up to $20-million, through the issuance of up to 16 million flow-through units (the FT units) at a price of $1.25 per FT unit. Each FT unit comprises one flow-through common share and one-half share purchase warrant, with each warrant exercisable to purchase one common share at a price of $1.25 per common share for three years from the date of issuance. Each flow-through common share will qualify as a flow-through share for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA).
Industry legend Rob McEwen has joined with several other leading mining investors in providing the investor buyback of the proposed $20-million $1.25-per-unit flow-through financing for Power Nickel.
“In life you are often judged by the company you keep, and, in this respect, we think every Power Nickel shareholder wins through this association with some of the most legendary and successful mining investors on the planet. Clearly, they are as excited about the potential for Nisk as we are, and this raise will allow us to really ramp up our exploration efforts over the next 12 to 18 months,” commented chief executive officer Terry Lynch.
The company will be working with Wealth Creation Preservation & Donation Inc. (WCPD) and IA Capital Markets on the financing. Back-end purchasers may acquire the underlying common shares and Warrants from the front-end buyers of the FT units, at 66 cents per common share and warrant (combined).
The company intends to use the gross proceeds from the sale of the FT units for exploration activities on the company’s Nisk property located in Quebec and to incur eligible Canadian exploration expenses, within the meaning of the ITA, that will qualify for the federal 30-per-cent critical mineral exploration tax credit.
The company expects to close the financing before the end of June. The offering is subject to the company’s receipt of TSX Venture Exchange approval. All securities issued under the financing will be subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance. The company may pay finder’s fees on the financing, as permitted by the policies of the TSX-V and applicable securities laws.
Power Nickel is also pleased to announce it has closed its flow-through financing (previously announced on May 1, 2024) for gross proceeds of $200,000 by the issuance of 250,000 flow-through units (at the price of 80 cents per flow-through unit). Each flow-through unit comprises one flow-through common share and one share purchase warrant, with each warrant exercisable to purchase one common share at a price of 80 cents per common share for three years from the date of issuance. Each flow-through common share will qualify as a flow-through share for purposes of the ITA.
The financing was completed with investors secured for Power Nickel by WCPD. All shares and warrants issued under the financing bear a hold period of four months and one day from the closing date. The private placement is subject to the company’s completion of its filing requirements with the TSX-V and TSX-V approval.
The gross proceeds of the financing will be used for exploration on the company’s Nisk project located in Quebec.
About Power Nickel Inc.
Power Nickel is a Canadian junior exploration company focusing on developing the high-grade nickel Nisk project into Canada’s first carbon-neutral nickel mine.
On Feb. 1, 2021, Power Nickel (then called Chilean Metals) completed the acquisition of its option to acquire up to 80 per cent of the Nisk project from Critical Elements Lithium Corp.
The Nisk property comprises a large land position (20 kilometres of strike length) with numerous high-grade intercepts. Power Nickel is focused on expanding the historical high-grade nickel-copper platinum group metal mineralization with a series of drill programs designed to test the initial Nisk discovery zone and to explore the land package for adjacent potential Nickel deposits.
In addition to the Nisk project, Power Nickel owns significant land packages in British Colombia and Chile. Power Nickel is expected to reorganize these assets in a related public vehicle through a plan of arrangement.
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