April 13, 2010
Stock Symbol: TSX.V:VUL
Shares Issued: 48,084,455
St. John?s - Newfoundland - Vulcan Minerals Inc. (?the Company? TSX-V: VUL) is pleased to announce that it proposes to carry out a brokered private placement for proceeds of up to $4,210,000 by issuance of up to 4,300,000 Flow-Through Shares at $0.70 per flow-through share and up to 2,000,000 Units at $0.60 per unit. Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., D&D Securities Inc., and Jennings Capital Inc. have been engaged as agents on a best efforts basis to complete the placement.
Each unit will consist of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.80 per share for a period of eighteen months from closing. The warrants are subject to an acceleration clause which allows the Company to accelerate the expiry date if the volume weighted average trading price of the shares exceeds $1.20 for twenty consecutive trading days.
The proceeds of the offering will be used to fund petroleum exploration activities in western Newfoundland and to provide general working capital.
The shares issued will have a four month hold period as per applicable securities law. The financing is subject to final TSX Venture Exchange approval. The securities offered have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ?U.S. Securities Act?), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
For information, please contact:
Patrick J. Laracy, President
Gerri A. MacNeil, Business Manager, Investor Relations
(709) 754-3186 info@vulcanminerals.ca www.vulcanminerals.ca
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements made in this News Release may contain certain forward-looking statements. Actual events or results may differ from the Company?s expectations. Certain risk factors may also affect the actual results achieved by the Company.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from any conclusions, forecasts or projections described in the forward-looking information. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.