New Found Gold Increases Previously Announced Bought Deal Financing to C$56 Million; Previously Announced Private Placement Remains at C$20 Million
The Base Shelf Prospectus is accessible, and the Prospectus Supplement will be accessible within two business days, through SEDAR+
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Found Gold Corp. ('New Found Gold' or the 'Company') (TSX-V: NFG, NYSE-A: NFGC) is pleased to announce that due to strong demand, it has increased the size of its previously announced bought deal financing to C$56 million via the addition of a new hard dollar tranche of 4,370,000 common shares (the 'Common Shares') at a price of C$1.63 per Common Share for gross proceeds of approximately C$7 million. The previously announced charity flow-through common share tranche (the 'Charity Flow-Through Common Shares') of 21,400,000 Charity Flow-Through Common Shares at a price of C$2.29 for gross proceeds of approximately C$49 million remains unchanged, and together with the new hard dollar tranche comprises the offering (the 'Offering').
The Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable at the offering price up to 30 days following the closing of the Tranche 1 (as defined below), to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Charity Flow-Through Common Shares issued in connection with the Offering. Each Charity Flow-Through Common Share will qualify as a 'flow-through share' within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). The Company previously entered into an agreement with BMO Capital Markets and SCP Resource Finance LP, on behalf of themselves and a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the 'Underwriters') led by BMO Capital Markets and SCP Resource Finance LP.
Subsequent to the Offering, the Company also expects to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 12,269,939 Common Shares at a price of C$1.63 per Common Share of the Company for gross proceeds of approximately C$20 million (the 'Private Placement' and, together with the Offering, the 'Financing'). The Common Shares issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a statutory hold period of 4 months and one day. The Private Placement is subject to the Company receiving all necessary approvals, including shareholder approval and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the 'TSXV') and authorization of the NYSE American LLC (the 'NYSE American').
Eric Sprott has indicated his intention to participate in the Offering to maintain his approximate shareholdings and the Private Placement for such number of Common Shares that results in Mr. Sprott holding more than 20% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. Following the closing of the Private Placement, the Company expects that Mr. Sprott will become a new 'Control Person' (as defined in the policies of the TSXV) and, therefore, the Company intends to obtain disinterested shareholder approval in accordance with the TSXV policies prior to the closing of the Private Placement.
Keith Boyle, CEO of New Found Gold, commented, ' With a significant lead order by Eric Sprott on both the Offering and the Private Placement, the proceeds from the Financing will allow us to advance the Queensway Gold Project to the development stage. Mr. Sprott has been a highly supportive shareholder in the Company since its early days and we thank him for his continued support as we embark on this next chapter for the Company.'
The gross proceeds from the Offering will be used by the Company to incur eligible 'Canadian exploration expenses' that qualify as 'flow-through mining expenditures' as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the 'Qualifying Expenditures') related to the Company's Queensway Gold Project ('Queensway'), on or before December 31, 2026. All Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscribers for the Charity Flow-Through Common Shares effective on or before December 31, 2025.
The gross proceeds from the Private Placement will be used by the Company to advance its 100% owned Queensway Gold Project ('Queensway') and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
The Charity Flow-Through Common Shares will be offered in all of the provinces and territories of Canada, excluding Quebec and Nunavut by way of a prospectus supplement (the 'Prospectus Supplement') to the Company's short form base shelf prospectus dated May 23, 2025 (the 'Base Shelf Prospectus'). The Charity Flow-Through Common Shares will also be offered by way of a U.S. prospectus supplement forming part of the Company's registration statement on Form F-10 in the United States. The closing of the Offering will consist of an initial tranche ('Tranche 1') that is expected to close on or about June 3, 2025 as well as a second tranche ('Tranche 2') that is expected to close on or about June 12, 2025. Tranche 1 will consist of 15,265,000 Charity Flow-Through Common Shares and 4,370,000 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offering. Tranche 2 will consist of 6,135,000 Charity Flow-Through Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offering.
Both closings are subject to the Company receiving all necessary regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSXV and authorization of the NYSE American.
Access to the Prospectus Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus and any amendments thereto are provided in Canada in accordance with securities legislation relating to the procedures for providing access to a shelf prospectus supplement, a base shelf prospectus and any amendment to such documents. The Base Shelf Prospectus is, and the Prospectus Supplement will be (within two business days from the date hereof), accessible through SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. An electronic or paper copy of the Prospectus Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus, and any amendment to these documents, may be obtained, without charge, from BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Brampton Distribution Centre C/O The Data Group of Companies, 9195 Torbram Road, Brampton, Ontario, L6S 6H2 by telephone at 905-791-3151 Ext 4312 or by email at [email protected], and in the United States by contacting BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036, or by telephone at (800) 414-3627 or by email at [email protected] by providing BMO Capital Markets with an email address or mailing address, as applicable.
Copies of the Base Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, when available, can be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca, and a copy of the registration statement and the Prospectus Supplement can be found on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Charity Flow-Through Common Shares or the Common Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.
About New Found Gold
New Found Gold holds a 100% interest in Queensway, located in Newfoundland and Labrador, a Tier 1 jurisdiction with excellent infrastructure and a skilled local workforce.
The Company has completed an initial mineral resource estimate at Queensway (see New Found Gold news release dated March 24, 2025). A fully funded preliminary economic assessment is underway, with completion scheduled for late Q2/25.
Recent drilling continues to yield new discoveries along strike and down dip of known gold zones, pointing to the district-scale potential of the 175,600 hectare project that covers a 110 km strike extent along two prospective fault zones.
New Found Gold has a new management team in place, a solid shareholder base, which includes a 19% holding by Eric Sprott, and is focused on growth and value creation at Queensway.
Please see the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca and the Company's EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov.
Keith Boyle
Chief Executive Officer
New Found Gold Corp.
Contact
For further information on New Found Gold, please visit the Company's website and contact us through our investor inquiry form or contact:
Fiona Childe, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Vice President, Communications and Corporate Development
Phone: +1 (416) 910-4653
Email: [email protected]
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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