Each tasks are situated throughout the central Tethyan Belt of Armenia, which is understood for its epithermal and porphyry deposits and is host to 12 working mines, together with the world-class Sotk gold mine.
Proceeds of the financing can be used to undertake a minimal 22 line km IP survey on the Vardenis mission and the primary drill marketing campaign on the Urasar mission, amongst different exploration actions this discipline season, Fremont stated.
“We’re more than happy to welcome Teck as an investor, and imagine their participation is a crucial endorsement of our two Armenian properties,” Fremont CEO Dennis Moore stated in a press launch Wednesday.
The funding is a part of a personal placement by Fremont totalling 20.15 million items at C$0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of C$2 million. Every unit contains one frequent share and half of a share buy warrant, exercisable at C$0.17 per share.
Teck bought 4 million of these items, leading to a 6.89% possession of the corporate. Ought to all warrants included within the items be exercised, Teck’s possession would then rise to 9.99%.
Moore himself additionally participated within the financing, buying 500,000 items however noticed his fairness holding diluted down from 15.71% to 11.12% upon completion.
Shares of Fremont Gold shot up by 20% to C$0.12 apiece on the TSXV by 12:10 p.m. ET, for a market capitalization of C$4.6 million ($3.3m).