(Toronto, Ontario - May 11, 2006) CARPATHIAN GOLD INC. (TSX-V: CPN) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to issue, on a “best efforts” agency basis with Jennings Capital Inc. as lead agent and Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. as agent (collectively the “Agents”), a private placement offering (the “Offering”) of 11,666,666 Units of the Company at a price of $0.60 per Unit to raise gross proceeds of $7,000,000. Each Unit comprises one common share and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder, upon exercise, to acquire one common share for a period of 24 months after the closing of the Offering at a price of $0.90. The Company will pay the Agents, subject to a President’s List exclusion, a cash commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds, and will issue upon closing broker’s warrants equal to 7% of the units issued under the Offering.
At the option of the Agents, prior to closing the Offering, the Offering may be increased by up to 5,000,000 units at a price of $0.60 per Unit for further gross proceeds of $3,000,000, which would increase the Offering to $10,000,000 if fully subscribed.
The securities issued in the Offering will be subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the closing. After the expiration of the hold period the Company has the right to accelerate the expiry date of the warrants if the closing price of the Company’s common shares exceeds $1.25 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days.
The financing is scheduled to close on or about May 31, 2006 and is subject to regulatory approval and completion of definitive documentation. Proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund ongoing exploration and development activities on the Company’s Rovina License in central Romania, which includes the Colnic Gold Porphyry Project and Rovina Copper Gold Porphyry Project, and for working capital purposes.
This News Release is not for dissemination in the United States or to any United States News Services. The common shares of Carpathian Gold Inc. have not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “US Securities Act”) or any state’s securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any US person except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The common shares will be offered on a private placement basis in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, and may also be offered on a private placement basis to institutional investors in other jurisdictions worldwide.
Carpathian Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on gold and copper exploration on its properties in Romania.
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For more information please contact:
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Dino Titaro, President & CEO
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Mike O’Brien, Manager/Investor Relations
Tel. +1 (416) 368-7744 (CAN)
Fax. +1 (416) 260-2243 (CAN)
e-mail: info@carpathiangold.com Website: : www.carpathiangold.com |
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Eric Leboeuf, Investor Relations
Tel. +1 (514) 341-0408 or
1-866-460-0408
Fax. +1 (514) 341-1527
e-mail: ericleboeuf@paradox-pr.ca |