MEK Closes Second and Final Tranche Of Private Placement
MEK Closes Second and Final Tranche Of Private Placement
Toronto, August 6, 2010. Metals Creek Resources Corp. (“Metals Creek” or the “Corporation”, TSXV: MEK) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of its private placement previously announced on July 6, 2010. The Corporation today issued 146,429 flow through common shares (“FT Shares”) at a price of $0.14 per FT Share and 2,120,000 units (“Units”) at a price of $0.12 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $274,900.06. Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Corporation at a price of $0.25 for a period of 24 months after the date of issuance, subject to accelerated exercise in the event the price of the Corporation’s shares closes at or above $0.30 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days. In addition to a cash commission of $18,243 as a finder’s fee, the Corporation issued compensation warrants entitling the holders thereof to acquire 158,650 common shares of the Corporation at a purchase price of $0.25 for a period of two years, subject to the same acceleration exercise provisions as are contained in the common share purchase warrants that comprise a portion of the Units.
The proceeds from the sale of the FT Shares will be used for exploration of the Corporation’s properties and the proceeds from the sale of the Units will be used for general working capital purposes. Including the first tranche which closed on August 3, 2010, the Corporation raised total gross proceeds in this private placement of $974,912.
All of the securities issued in connection with the Offering are subject to a hold period expiring on December 7, 2010.
About Metals Creek Resources Corp.
Metals Creek Resources Corp. is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, is a reporting issuer in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, and has its common shares listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “MEK”. Metals Creek has an option to earn a 50 % interest in the Ogden Gold Property, including the former Naybob Gold mine, located 6 km south of Timmins, Ontario and has a 8 km strike length of the prolific Porcupine-Destor Fault (PDF) that stretches between Timmins Ontario and Val’Dor Quebec. The Corporation is also engaged in the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of other mineral resource properties, and presently has mining interests in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. Additional information concerning the Corporation is contained in documents filed by the Corporation with securities regulators, available under the Corporation’s profile at www.sedar.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.
For further information, please contact:
Alexander (Sandy) Stares, President and CEO
telephone: (709)-256-6060
fax: (709)-256-6061
email: astares@metalscreek.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statement. Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Corporation are forward looking statements that involve various risks. The following are important factors that could cause the Corporation’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events may differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Metals Creek undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.