Capstone Copper and Orion Announce Closing of C$431 Million Bought Deal
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In connection with the Offering, 56,548,000 Common Shares were issued by the Company for gross proceeds to the Company of
The net proceeds of the Offering received by Capstone will be used: (i) to advance near term growth initiatives in
The Offering was made by way of a prospectus supplement dated
As part of the Offering, Orion has agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to sell any Common Shares or other securities of Capstone for a period of 90 days from the closing of the Offering. The Company has also agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to issue any Common Shares or other securities of Capstone for a period of 90 days from the closing of the Offering.
The securities under the Offering have not been, and will not be, registered under the
The 11,900,000 Common Shares sold by the Selling Shareholders in the Offering represented approximately 1.7% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares before giving effect to the Offering. Prior to the Offering, the Selling Shareholders beneficially owned an aggregate of 164,836,179 Common Shares, representing approximately 23.7% of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Shares, on a non-diluted basis. Following the closing of the Offering, the Selling Shareholders, in the aggregate, beneficially own 152,936,179 Common Shares, representing approximately 20.3% of the outstanding Common Shares, on a non-diluted basis. The Common Shares were disposed of by the Selling Shareholders as a result of investment considerations including price, market conditions, availability of funds, evaluation of alternative investments and other factors. Each Selling Shareholder may, depending on market and other conditions, increase or decrease its beneficial ownership, control or direction over securities of Capstone.
This news release is issued pursuant to the early warning requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws which also requires an early warning report to be filed on www.sedarplus.ca containing additional information with respect to the foregoing matters. For inquires or a copy of the related early warning report in respect of the Selling Shareholders, please contact
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Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the anticipated use of proceeds from the Offering and the Company’s strategy in respect of our mining and business operations.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, amongst others, risks related to inherent hazards associated with mining operations, future prices of copper and other metals, inflation, counterparty risks associated with sales of our metals, changes in general economic conditions, availability and quality of water, accuracy of Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates, operating in foreign jurisdictions with risk of changes to governmental regulation, compliance with governmental regulations and stock exchange rules, reliance on approvals, licences and permits from governmental authorities and stock exchanges and potential legal challenges to permit applications, impact of climate change and changes to climatic conditions at our operations and projects, risks relating to widespread epidemics or pandemic outbreaks, geopolitical events and the effects of global supply chain disruptions, uncertainties and risks related to the potential development of the
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause our results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that our forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.
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