VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 25, 2013) -
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Alpha Minerals Inc. ("Alpha Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AMW) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced private placement of 1,200,000 flow-through shares ("Flow-Through Shares") at a price of $4.40 per Flow-Through Share and 1,750,000 units ("Units") at a price of $4.00 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $12,280,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit is comprised of one non-flow-through share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at an exercise price of $5.00 for a period of 24 months from closing of the Offering.
The Offering was completed by a syndicate of underwriters comprised of Salman Partners Inc., Cormark Securities Inc. and Raymond James Ltd. (collectively the "Underwriters"). The Underwriters received a commission equal to 5% of the gross proceeds of the Offering and broker warrants entitling them to purchase that number of common shares equal to 3% of the Flow-Through Shares and Units sold under the Offering. Each broker warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at an exercise price of $4.40 for a period of 24 months from closing of the Offering. All securities issued in connection with the Offering will be subject to a four-month hold period under applicable Canadian securities laws which expires on August 26, 2013.
The proceeds from the FT Shares of the Offering will be used to incur eligible Canadian Exploration Expenses, as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada), that will be renounced in favour of the purchasers with an effective date of no later than December 31, 2013. The funds are intended to be used in upcoming work programs to explore and advance Alpha's Joint Venture Patterson Lake South Property ("PLS") in the South West Athabasca Region of Saskatchewan, and for general working purposes.
Patterson Lake South Property
The 31,000 hectare (76,000 acres) PLS project is a 50%/50% Joint Venture held by Alpha Minerals Inc (AMW) and Fission Energy (FIS). The Joint Venture property is 100% owned with no underlying royalties or vendor payments. Fission is the Operator until April 1st 2014. The property is accessible by road with primary access from all-weather Highway 955, which runs north to the former Cluff Lake mine, (> 60M lbs of U3O8 produced), and passes through the nearby UEX-Areva Shea Creek discoveries located 50km to the north, currently under active exploration and development.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Alpha Minerals Inc.
Ben Ainsworth, President and CEO
Please refer to the Alpha Minerals Inc. website ( www.alphaminerals.ca ) for further and updated information.
Forward Looking Statements: The above contains forward looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our forward looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include: changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and supply of materials relevant to the mining industry, change in government and changes to regulations affecting the mining industry. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding future exploration programs, operation plans, geological interpretations, mineral tenure issues, mineral recovery processes and the expected use of proceeds of the Offering. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward looking statements are reasonable, results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
