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Gut: Dass ein großer Fond Vertrauen in SWN hat. Ich denke, die haben sich genau angeschaut, wo sie ihr GEld hinstecken. Der Kapitalbedarf von Explorern ist derzeit so hoch, dass nur die Besten zum Zuge kommen. Gut zu wissen, dass Selwyn dazu gehört.
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Selwyn Resources Arranges $3,255,000 Strategic Financing
8:58 AM ET, August 21, 2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 21, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Selwyn Resources Ltd. (SWN) ("Selwyn" or the "Company") announces that it has completed documentation for a non-brokered offering (the "Offering") of units (the "Units"). The single placee is Resource Capital Fund IV LP ("RCF") of Denver, Colorado. The transaction will be closed upon receipt of required regulatory approvals.
Pursuant to the Offering, Selwyn will issue 21,700,000 Units to RCF for gross proceeds of $3,255,000. Each Unit is priced at $0.15 per Unit and consists of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle RCF to purchase one common share at a price of $0.20 for a period of five years from the closing of the transaction. The securities sold will have a four month hold period extending from the closing of the transaction. The Units will be sold pursuant to applicable securities law exemptions in the Province of British Columbia and the United States.
With the issuance of the Units under this private placement, together with RCF's current share and warrant holdings, RCF will hold 31,223,810 shares and 15,611,905 common share purchase warrants. The RCF shares held will represent 15.5% of the issued share capital of Selwyn post-closing. As part of the transaction, Mr. Russell L. Cranswick, a partner in RCF, will join the Board of Selwyn upon the closing of the private placement. Selwyn and RCF have also entered into a shareholder agreement, the terms of which include a right for RCF, so long as at the relevant time it holds not less than 10% of Selwyn's common shares, to participate in future equity financings proportionate to its interest in Selwyn on the same terms as all other participants.
RCF is the most recent of the Resource Capital family of private equity funds. The funds have been active investing in and supporting development stage resource companies with four successive private equity funds since 1998. With approximately US$700 million in funds under management and a technically-oriented management team that is versed in all aspects of the resource development process, the group is well equipped to assist Selwyn in advancing its Selwyn project.
Harlan Meade, President and CEO, remarks: "On behalf of the Board of Selwyn Resources, we welcome Mr. Cranswick to the Board and RCF's participation in the continued development of our Selwyn Project. RCF is a well-regarded and knowledgeable institutional investor and brings significant technical and financial experience to the Board. RCF shares Selwyn's longer term view that the project has an excellent opportunity to expand high grade resources and rebrand the Selwyn Project as being very large but also with substantial high grade."
The proceeds of the financing will be used for general working capital and the continued advancement of the Selwyn Project; in particular, the current drilling that is focused on expanding the high grade mineral zones defined in 2006 and 2007. Ongoing work also includes environmental assessment, permitting, First Nations consultation and engineering.
The Company intends to continue discussions with potential strategic partners as opportunities permit. Of increasing importance for such entities is the importance of the Selwyn Project as one of the few large undeveloped resources of zinc and lead in the world, located in the politically-stable and mining-friendly environment of the Yukon. It is therefore both a strategic asset and a unique opportunity to provide a long term secure supply of zinc and lead to the Pacific Rim.
Selwyn's focus is the exploration of its properties that make up the Selwyn Project in the Yukon, which hosts large tonnages of zinc-lead mineralization. The known deposits have the potential for large scale production of zinc and lead at a time when major new mines are needed to ensure adequate future zinc mine supply.
This news release contains forward-looking statements concerning the proposed financing and the development of the Selwyn Project. These statements are based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding future events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of failure to complete the proposed financing, failure to obtain necessary regulatory or shareholder approvals, exploration and other risk factors beyond Selwyn's control. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this news release. This news 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 within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. All dollars in this release are in Canadian funds.
SOURCE: Selwyn Resources Ltd.