THUNDER BAY – BUSINESS – Further to a press release dated April 19, 2017, Copper Fox Metals Inc. (“Copper Fox” or the ”Company”) (TSX-V:CUU) (OTC:CPFXF) is continuing its plans to complete, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, a non-brokered private placement to raise up to $750,000 in gross proceeds (the “Offering”). The Offering will consist of up to 6,250,000 units (each a “Unit”) at a price of $0.12 per Unit. Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (a “Common Share”) and one whole common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Common Share for an exercise price of $0.15 during the first 12 month period after the closing of the Offering and $0.17 during the second 12 month period after the closing of the Offering. In the event that the 20-day volume weighted average price of the common shares listed on the TSX Venture Exchange is above $0.20, the expiry date of the Warrants will be accelerated to a date that is 30 days after the first date such threshold is met.
The Offering is expected to close by the end of June, 2017. In accordance with applicable securities legislation, securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the date of the completion of the Offering.
The net proceeds raised from the Offering will be used for ongoing activities and general corporate purposes of the Company.
The Offering may include one or more subscriptions by insiders of the Company, which will include a subscription by Mr. Ernesto Echavarria, a director, insider and a control person of the Company (as defined by the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) of a minimum of 3,750,000 Units.
Subscriptions completed by insiders in the Offering, including the subscription by Mr. Echavarria, may constitute a “Related Party Transaction” under Policy 5.9 of the TSX Venture Exchange which adopts Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (“MI 61-101”) as a policy of the TSX Venture Exchange. In completing such transactions, Copper Fox intends to rely on the applicable exemptions from the valuation requirement and minority security holder approval requirements available under Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(a) of MI 61-101, respectively, on the basis that the participation in the private placement by insiders will not exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization.
About Copper Fox
Copper Fox is a Tier 1 Canadian resource company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V:CUU) focused on copper exploration and development in Canada and the United States. The principal assets of Copper Fox and its wholly owned Canadian and United States subsidiaries, being Northern Fox Copper Inc. and Desert Fox Copper Inc., are the 25% interest in the Schaft Creek Joint Venture with Teck Resources Limited on the Schaft Creek copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project located in northwestern British Columbia and a 100% ownership of the Van Dyke oxide copper project located in Miami, Arizona. For more information on Copper Fox’s other mineral properties and investments visit the Company’s website at http://www.copperfoxmetals.com.
