International Northair Mines Closes Oversubscribed Private Placements for $1.8 Million
Coeur Mining Provides Lead Order Totalling $1.344 Million
Vancouver, British Columbia, International Northair Mines Ltd. (TSXV: INM) ("Northair" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed non-brokered private placements (the "Private Placements") for gross proceeds of C$1,859,315. Proceeds raised from the Private Placements represent an increase of approximately $350,000 over the total amount previously declared by the Company in its press release dated July 10, 2013.
Several strategic investors participated in the private placements, including Coeur Mining Inc. (NYSE: CDE, TSX: CDM) ("Coeur") which purchased 9,600,000 common shares at a price of $0.14 (the "Coeur Placement") for gross proceeds of C$1,344,000. In connection with this subscription Coeur agreed to cancel all its outstanding warrants to acquire common shares of Northair, bringing the total amount of shares it owns to 20,350,000; representing 19.4% of the issued shares of the Company.
Concurrent with the Coeur Placement, Northair also completed a non-brokered private placement consisting of 3,553,896 Units (the "Unit") at $0.145 for gross proceeds of C$515,315 (the "Additional Placement"). Each Unit of the Additional Placement is comprised of one common share and one half warrant. Each full warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share of Northair at a price of $0.25 for a period of 24 months following the closing date.
Northair paid cash finders' fees in respect of certain purchasers of securities introduced to the Company by the finder. The finders' fees totaled $39,950 of the aggregate amount subscribed to by those purchasers.
Proceeds of the private placements will be used to advance the Company's La Cigarra silver project, including the final purchase of key surface rights and for general working capital.
The common shares issued and the common shares underlying the warrants are subject to a four month hold period ending on November 23, 2013.
About International Northair Mines Ltd.
Northair is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition and development of gold and silver properties in Mexico. The Company is currently focused on advancing its La Cigarra silver project located in the state of Chihuahua, which currently hosts a NI 43-101 resource estimate of 50.4 million ounces of silver in the measured & indicated categories grading 76 g/t silver and 3.5 million ounces of silver in the inferred category grading 61 g/t silver constrained by a Whittle pit shell at an economic cutoff grade of 30 g/t silver (assuming metallurgical recoveries of 84% silver). The La Cigarra silver deposit also contains appreciable amounts of lead, zinc and gold.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
INTERNATIONAL NORTHAIR MINES LTD.
"Fred G. Hewett"
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Fred G. Hewett, P.Eng.
President & CEO
For further information please contact Fred Hewett, President or
Chris Curran, Manager of Corporate Communications at 604-687-7545 or 1-888-338-2200
Website: www.northair.com/international/ Email: info@northair.com
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This news release may contain forward looking statements which are not historical facts, such as statements regarding the use of proceeds, the closing date, ore reserve estimates, anticipated production or results, sales, revenues, costs, or discussions of goals and exploration results, and involves a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, metal price volatility, volatility of metals production, project development, ore reserve estimates, future anticipated reserves and cost engineering estimate risks, geological factors and exploration results. See Northair's filings for a more detailed discussion of factors that may impact expected results.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.