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Vancouver, BC – October 29, 2024 – Alcon Silver Corp. (the “Company” or “Alcon”) is pleased to announce that it has filed and received a receipt from the British Columbia Securities Commission for its long form prospectus dated October 24th, 2024 (the “Prospectus”), which is now available on SEDAR+. The Company is now a reporting issuer in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario (the “Canadian Selling Jurisdictions”) and will proceed with its “best efforts” public offering (the “Marketed Offering”) and proposed listing of the common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”).
Under the Marketed Offering, the Company intends to sell a minimum of 9,333,333 units and a maximum of 13,333,333 units (the “Units”) at a price of C$0.30 per Unit (the “Offering Price”) for aggregate minimum gross proceeds of C$2,800,000 and maximum gross proceeds of C$4,000,000 (subject to the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option as defined below).
Each Unit will consist of one Common Share and one-half of one transferable Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (each, a “Warrant Share”) at a price of C$0.45 at any time on or before the date which is 24 months after the closing date of the Offering (the “Closing Date”).
In connection with the Marketed Offering, Red Cloud Securities Inc. is acting as lead agent and sole bookrunner with Canaccord Genuity Corp. (collectively, the “Agents”). The Company has granted the Agents an option (the “Over-Allotment Option”, and collectively with the Marketed Offering, the “Offering”) exercisable, in whole or in part, up to 30 days following the Closing Date, to sell additional Units equal to up to 15% of the Units issued pursuant to the Marketed Offering at the Offering Price. If the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full by the Agents, the Company will issue up to 2,000,000 additional Units for additional gross proceeds of up to C$600,000.
The Units will be offered by way of the Prospectus in the Canadian Selling Jurisdictions and in the United States on a private placement basis.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds raised from the Offering to fund exploration of the Company’s Caujul and Princessa projects in Peru, as detailed in the prospectus, as well as for general working capital purposes. The Company intends to prepare an initial drill program that will explore three defined drill zones at its flagship Caujul Project. The Caujul Project is fully permitted through March 2027 and features zones of high-grade, stacked silver-polymetallic vein systems and a copper-moly-gold porphyry within drill zone 3. Alcon is planning to complete 3,000 m of diamond drilling in the coming months. Alcon also plans to continue to advance its Princessa Silver deposit in the Puno district of Southern Peru.
Closing of the Offering is subject to certaincustomary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, the final approval of the listing of the Common Shares on the TSXV.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold to or for the account or benefit of persons in the “United States” or “U.S. persons” (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
About Alcon Silver Corp.
Alcon Silver Corp. is a Canadian-based junior exploration company operating two projects in Peru, its fully permitted flagship project, Caujul and it 100% owned Princesa Silver Deposit.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
“Robert Tyson”
Robert Tyson, Chief Executive Officer and President
Email: rtyson@alconsilver.com
Telephone: 1+604-315-1400
This news release may contain certain “forward looking statements”. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this news release and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.