Brixton Metals Corporation
(TSX-V: BBB, OTCQB:
BBBXF) (the “
Company” or
“
Brixton”) is delighted to announce, further to
its November 2, 2022 news release, the closing of the non-brokered
private placement of common shares (“
Common
Shares”) in the capital of Brixton (the “
Private
Placement”) by BHP Investments Canada Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of BHP Group Limited (“
BHP”), with the
goal of advancing the Company's Thorn Project located in Northwest
British Columbia, Canada. The Thorn Project is situated within the
traditional territory of the Taku River Tlingit and Tahltan First
Nations.
Pursuant to the Private Placement, BHP
Investments Canada Inc. acquired 75,743,391 Common Shares,
representing 19.9% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on
an undiluted basis following completion of the offering, for
aggregate gross proceeds of C$13,633,810.
Concurrently with the closing of the Private
Placement, Crescat Portfolio Management LLC
(“Crescat”) elected to exercise its pre-existing
right to participate, on up to a pro rata basis, in equity
financings by the Company and acquired an additional 5,555,556
Common Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of C$1,000,000.
The Private Placement is subject to final TSX
Venture Exchange approval. No finder’s fee was paid in connection
with the Private Placement.
Chairman & CEO, Gary Thompson, stated, “We
are excited to welcome BHP as a major shareholder of the company
and are looking forward to working with BHP in advancing the
exciting Thorn Project. We would also like to thank Crescat for
their continued support of the Company as we unlock shareholder
value through drilling.”
Brixton intends to use the proceeds of the
Private Placement for exploration expenditures at the Company's
Thorn Project.
Thorn Project Update
Brixton has completed the 2022 Summer
Exploration Program on its wholly-owned Thorn Project located in
Northwestern British Columbia. Exploration is planned to resume in
April-May 2023 pending snowpack.
The 2022 program included 58 holes for 18,200m
of drilling across 4 target areas, with most of the drilling at the
Camp Creek Copper dominant porphyry, the Trapper Gold Target and to
a lesser extent the Outlaw Gold Target and the Metla Copper-Gold
Target. Assays will be released as they become available. During
2022, a total of 520 rocks and 1,157 soil samples were collected
with a primary focus on the Metla and Trapper Targets in addition
to the East Copper Target and the Val Copper Target. A total
combined 1,229 line-kilometres of airborne magnetics and
radiometrics were flown over the Metla, Trapper, Val and East
Targets.
For more information about the Thorn Project,
please visit the following link:
https://brixtonmetals.com/thorn-gold-copper-silver-project/
Early Warning Disclosure Regarding
BHP
Pursuant to the Private Placement, BHP
Investments Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP, acquired
75,743,391 Common Shares at a price of C$0.18 per Common Share,
representing aggregate gross proceeds of C$13,633,810.38.
Immediately prior to the closing of the Private
Placement, BHP did not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or
exercise control or direction over, any Common Shares or any
securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Shares.
Immediately following the closing of the Private Placement, BHP
owns, indirectly through BHP Investment Canada Inc., 75,743,391
Common Shares, representing 19.9% of the issued and outstanding
Common Shares on a non-diluted basis.
BHP acquired the Common Shares as part of a
strategic investment in Brixton. BHP intends to review its
investment in Brixton on a continuing basis and may, from time to
time and at any time, and depending on market and other conditions,
acquire additional equity or debt securities or instruments,
through open market transactions, private placements and other
privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise (including through
exercising rights provided to BHP Investments Canada Inc. in the
Investment Agreement dated November 1, 2022 between BHP Investments
Canada Inc. and the Company (the “Investment
Agreement”)), in each case, depending on a number of
factors, including general market and economic conditions and other
factors and conditions BHP deems appropriate.
The Investment Agreement also provides BHP
Investments Canada Inc. with certain rights and privileges,
including certain participation and top-up rights to permit BHP
Investments Canada Inc. to acquire Common Shares on a pro rata
basis in the future to maintain its ownership position, prospectus
qualification/registration rights, the right to require the Company
to form a joint technical advisory committee with BHP Investments
Canada Inc. to provide guidance to advance Brixton’s projects, the
right to nominate either a director or an observer to Brixton’s
board of directors, the right of first offer on any transfer of all
or part of the Thorn Project, the right of first refusal over any
net smelter return royalty in excess of 1% relating to the Thorn
Project, and certain information and access rights.
For a summary of the rights of BHP Investments
Canada Inc. under the Investment Agreement, see the material change
report of Brixton dated November 4, 2022, which is available on
Brixton’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Brixton’s head office address is 409 Granville
Street, Suite 551, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1T2. BHP is a
corporation existing under the laws of Australia and its head
office address is 171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000,
Australia.
An early warning report will be filed by BHP
under applicable Canadian securities laws and once filed will be
available on Brixton’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. A copy of
such report may also be obtained from:
Victoria WypryskyPrincipal Business
Development+1 647 633 8313
Qualified Person
Mr. Gary R. Thompson, P.Geo., Chairman and CEO
of Brixton, is the QP who has reviewed and approved the technical
information on this news release.
About Brixton Metals
Corporation
Brixton Metals is a Canadian exploration company
focused on the advancement of its mining projects. Brixton wholly
owns four exploration projects: its flagship Thorn
Copper-Gold-Silver-Molybdenum Project, the Hog Heaven
Silver-Gold-Copper Project in NW Montana, USA (under option to
Ivanhoe Electric Inc.) the Atlin Goldfields Projects located in NW
BC (under option to Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd.) and the
Langis-HudBay Silver-Cobalt-Nickel Projects in Ontario. Brixton
Metals Corporation shares trade on the TSXV under the ticker symbol
BBB, and on the OTCQB under the ticker symbol
BBBXF. For more information about Brixton, please
visit our website at www.brixtonmetals.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Mr. Gary R. Thompson, Chairman and CEOTel:
604-630-9707 or email: info@brixtonmetals.com
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.
Information set forth in this news release may
involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities
laws. Forward-looking statements are statements that relate to
future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking
statements often address expected future business and financial
performance, and often contain words such as “anticipate”,
“believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, and “intend”, statements
that an action or event “may”, “might”, “could”, “should”, or
“will” be taken or occur, or other similar expressions. All
statements other than statements of historical fact included herein
are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation,
statements regarding potential quantity and/or grade of minerals,
potential size and expansion of a mineralized zone, proposed timing
of exploration and development plans, and the use of proceeds of
the Private Placement. By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or
other future events, to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the
following risks: the need for additional financing; operational
risks associated with mineral exploration; fluctuations in
commodity prices; title matters; the fact that the Private
Placement may not close as scheduled or at all, and the additional
risks identified in the annual information form of the Company or
other reports and filings with the TSXV and applicable Canadian
securities regulators. Forward-looking statements are made based on
management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that
statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and
opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required
by applicable securities laws. Investors are cautioned against
attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.
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