Aftermath Silver Ltd. (the “Company” or “Aftermath Silver”) (TSX-V: AAG) (OTCQB: FLMZF) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 16,500,000 units (the “Units“) at a price of $0.20 per Unit for gross proceeds of $3,300,000 (the “Private Placement“), as previously announced on September 3, 2019, and November 4, 2019. Each Unit sold consists of one common share in the capital of the Company (each a “Common Share“) and one-half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant“). Each Warrant is exercisable by the holder to acquire one Common Share for a period of 36 months from closing at a price of $0.25 per Common Share.
All securities issued in connection with the Private Placement (including shares, warrants, finders’ warrants and any shares issued upon the exercise of warrants and finders’ warrants) are subject to a hold period and may not be traded until March 14, 2020, except as permitted by applicable securities legislation and the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Ralph Rushton, President and CEO of Aftermath commented “We are excited to welcome Mr. Eric Sprott as Aftermath’s largest investor. We share Mr. Sprott’s vision, hence our focus on acquiring advanced-stage silver projects with existing resources. With funding now in place, we’re looking forward to demonstrating the potential of our Cachinal and Challacollo projects.”
An aggregate amount of $1,400 in cash, 1,041,586 common shares and 520,793 finder’s warrants were paid as finders’ fees in connection with the Private Placement. Each finder’s warrant is exercisable by the holder to acquire one Common Share for a period of 36 months from closing at a price of $0.25 per Common Share.
Eric Sprott through 2176423 Ontario Ltd., a corporation that is beneficially owned by him, acquired 14,879,796 Units under the Private Placement for a total consideration of $2,975,959. Prior to the Private Placement, Mr. Sprott did not own or control any shares of Aftermath Silver. As a result of the Private Placement, Mr. Sprott beneficially owns or controls 14,879,796 common shares and 7,439,898 common share purchase warrants representing 19.51% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company on a non-diluted basis and 26.66 % on a partially diluted basis.
The Units were acquired by Mr. Sprott, through 2176423 Ontario Ltd., for investment purposes. Mr. Sprott may acquire additional securities of Aftermath Silver including on the open market or through private acquisitions or he may sell securities of the Company including on the open market or through private dispositions in the future depending on market conditions, reformulation of plans and/or other relevant factors that Mr. Sprott considers relevant from time to time.
A copy of 2176423 Ontario Ltd.’s related early warning report will appear on the Company’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and may also be obtained by calling Mr. Sprott’s office at (416) 945-3294 (200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1).
The Private Placement is considered to be a “related party transaction”, as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (“MI 61-101”) as a result of participation by insiders of the Company. The Company intends to rely on the exemptions from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(b) and 5.7(a) of MI 61-101. The Company intends to rely on the exemptions from the prospectus requirements contained in Section 2.5 of National Instrument 45-106 to issue the Units to the insider under the Private Placement.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement for the payment of consideration required in connection with the Cachinal Acquisition, to fund the initial work program at Cachinal and for working capital purposes. Detailed exploration program design and budget preparation are currently underway for both projects.
Cachinal Project, Chile
Cachinal is located in Chile’s Antofagasta Region (Region II), about 40 km east of the Pan American Highway, at an elevation of around 2,700 m above sea level, and 16 km north of Austral Gold’s Guanaco gold-silver mine. It is a low-sulphidation epithermal deposit which hosts a current CIM compliant1 18.4 million silver ounce Indicated Mineral Resource (5.66 million tonnes of 101 g/t) and 3 million silver ounce Inferred Mineral Resource (0.82 million tonnes of 115 g/t), with associated gold credit.
Challacollo Project, Chile
The Challacollo project is located in Chile’s Tarapaca Region (Region I). The project is approximately 30 km east of the Pan American Highway. It is a low-sulphidation epithermal deposit which hosts a Challacollo is a low-sulphidation epithermal deposit which hosts an historic Mineral Resource2 of 30 million silver ounce Indicated (4.7 million tonnes at 200 g/t silver) and a 6.9 million silver ounce Inferred (1.6 million tonnes of 134 g/t), with associated gold credits. Power transmission lines are located 15-30 km from the property and includes water rights.