Corazon Announces $5 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 21, 2011) -
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Corazon Gold Corp. ("Corazon" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CGW) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. (the "Underwriter") to sell 7,500,000 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price of $0.67 per Common Share to raise aggregate gross proceeds of $5,025,000 on a "bought deal", private placement basis (the "Offering").
Corazon will also grant to the Underwriter an option, exercisable at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the Offering, to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional Common Shares at a price of $0.67 per Common Share for additional gross proceeds to the Company of up to $3,015,000.
Corazon plans to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund further exploration work on the Company's Santo Domingo property and for general corporate purposes.
The Offering is scheduled to close on or about April 12, 2011 and is subject to certain conditions typical for a transaction of this nature and the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four-month restricted resale period, such period to commence upon the closing of the Offering.
This news release is not an offer of Common Shares for sale in the United States. The Common Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration.
About Corazon
Corazon is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company with its focus on exploration of the 650-hectare Santo Domingo property in central Nicaragua. The Santo Domingo property is located 125 kilometres northeast of the capital city of Managua, Nicaragua, and 10 kilometres east of B2Gold Corp.'s La Libertad Mine. Corazon's property is entirely surrounded by B2Gold's concession block and has long been recognized as the original gold discovery in Nicaragua.
The Santo Domingo – La Libertad area is a mining friendly jurisdiction, with B2Gold Corp. operating the largest mine (open pit) in the country at La Libertad. Until Corazon initiated work last year, no modern exploration work has been completed on the Santo Domingo property.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Corazon Gold CORP.
Patrick Brauckmann, President
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