Ascot Announces C$5.0 Million Non-Brokered Flow Through Private Placement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX: AOT; OTCQX: AOTVF) (“Ascot” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a C$5.0 million non-brokered flow through private placement, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the 2024 exploration program at the Company’s Premier Gold Project (“PGP” or the “project”), located on Nisga’a Nation Treaty Lands in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.

The purpose of the non-brokered private placement is to raise total gross proceeds of C$5,000,000 (the “Offering”). The Offering will consist of 6,024,096 common shares of the Company, which qualify as "flow-through shares" within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “FT Shares”), at a price of C$0.83 per FT Share.

The gross proceeds from the issuance of the FT Shares will be used for “Canadian exploration expenses”, and will qualify as “flow-through mining expenditures” as those terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada), which will be renounced to the purchaser of the FT Shares with an effective date no later than December 31, 2024 in an aggregate amount not less than the gross proceeds raised from the issue of the FT Shares.

The FT Shares issued in the Offering will be subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day from their issue date.

The closing of the Offering is expected to occur in one or more tranches in or around late-May to mid-June 2024, and is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including the acceptance of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and Ccori Apu S.A.C. (“Ccori Apu”) dated January 19, 2023, Ccori Apu has the right to elect to participate in the Offering to maintain its pro rata interest in the Company.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.