Pasofino Gold Announces C$10,020,000 Bought Deal Private Placement Financing

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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 21, 2020 /CNW/ - Pasofino Gold Limited. (TSXV: VEIN) (FSE: N071) ("Pasofino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Stifel GMP, on its own behalf and on behalf of syndicate of underwriters (together with Stifel GMP, the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal private placement basis 33,400,000 special warrants of the Company (the "Special Warrants") at a price of C$0.30 per Special Warrant (the "Offering Price") for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$10,020,000 (the "Offering").

Each Special Warrant shall be issued under a special warrant indenture and shall entitle the holder thereof to receive, without payment of additional consideration, one (1) unit of the Company (each a "Unit").

Each Unit shall consist of one (1) common share of the Company (a "Unit Share") and one-half (0.5) of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a "Warrant").  Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share of the Company (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.40 for a period of 12 months following the Closing Date (as defined below).

The Special Warrants shall be deemed exercised on behalf of, and without any required action on the part of, the holders (including payment of additional consideration) on the earlier of:

(i) the second business day following the date on which a final receipt is obtained from the British Columbia Securities Commission, as principal regulator on behalf of the securities regulatory authorities in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions (as defined herein), for a (final) short form prospectus qualifying for distribution the Unit Shares and Warrants underlying the Special Warrants (the "Qualification Date"); and

(ii) 4:59 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the date which is four months and a day following the Closing Date.

In the event the Qualification Date has not occurred on or before the date that is three (3) months following the Closing Date, each Special Warrant shall thereafter entitle the holder to receive, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of each Special Warrant, for no additional consideration, 1.1. Units.

The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund exploration and development work at the Dugbe gold Project in Liberia in connection with the earn-in arrangement with Hummingbird Resources PLC for a 49% interest and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Special Warrants will be offered on a private placement basis in all provinces of Canada, except Québec (the "Qualifying Jurisdictions"). The Special Warrants will also be offered in the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to available exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and in such other jurisdictions outside of Canada and the United States, as mutually agreed by the Company and the Underwriters, in each case in accordance with all applicable laws.

The Offering is scheduled to close on or about September 10, 2020 and is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and the securities regulatory authorities.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the 1933 Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, as amended, and application state securities laws.

About Pasofino Gold Limited

Pasofino Gold Ltd. Is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company. For further information, please visit www.pasofinogold.com

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SOURCE Pasofino Gold Limited

Steve Dunn, President & CEO, T: [phone], E: [email protected]