Surge Copper Announces C$3.8 Million Strategic Investment by African Rainbow Minerals Limited
Vancouver, British Columbia, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQB: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a subscription agreement for a private placement financing (the “Strategic Placement”) with a new cornerstone strategic investor, African Rainbow Minerals Limited (JSE: ARI) (“ARM”).
- Vancouver, British Columbia, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG ) (OTCQB: SRGXF ) (Frankfurt: G6D2 ) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a subscription agreement for a private placement financing (the “Strategic Placement”) with a new cornerstone strategic investor, African Rainbow Minerals Limited (JSE: ARI) (“ARM”).
- Under the terms of the Strategic Placement, ARM, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ARM Copper Company Proprietary Limited (“ARM Copper”), will subscribe for 39,608,708 common shares (the “Strategic Placement Common Shares”) of Surge at C$0.095 per Strategic Placement Common Share, representing an approximately 18% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average price of the Company’s common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange as at April 1, 2024, for gross proceeds of approximately C$3,762,827.
- Upon completion of the Strategic Placement, ARM (through ARM Copper) will own 15.0% of Surge’s issued and outstanding common shares on a non-diluted basis.
- Leif Nilsson, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are excited to be welcoming ARM as a strategic investor into Surge.