May 15, 2017 Energold Drilling Group Updates Status of Refinancing
THIS PRESS RELEASE, REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS, IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Vancouver, B.C., Canada -- Energold Drilling Corp. ("Energold" or "the Company") announced that its debt refinancing transaction, under a binding term sheet with Extract Advisors LLC ("Extract"), first announced on February 14, 2017, (the "Financing") remains in process despite being delayed to accommodate the completion of the formal financing documentation. Pursuant to the Financing, Energold expects to issue $20.0 million in Secured Convertible Debentures (the "CDs"). Of the $20.0 million, Extract has agreed to take up $15.0 million worth of the CDs. The Company expects that the balance will be filled by existing debenture holders and new investors; insiders of the Company are expected to invest $2.25 million.
The material terms of the Financing remain unchanged from the Company's February 14, 2017 announcement.
Closing of the financing is expected by June 15, 2017 and remains subject to the satisfaction of customary commercial lending conditions precedent, receipt of required consents from and agreements with certain existing lenders to the Company, and the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals, including approval of the TSX-V.
Energold Drilling Corp. is a leading global specialty drilling company that services the mining, energy, water, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors in approximately 25 countries. Specializing in a socially and environmentally sensitive approach to drilling, Energold provides a comprehensive range of drilling services from early stage exploration to mine site operations for all commodity sectors and has an established drill rig manufacturer, Dando Drilling International, based in the United Kingdom. Energold also holds 6.98 million shares of IMPACT Silver Corp., a silver producer in Mexico.
On behalf of the Directors of Energold Drilling Corp.,
"Frederick W. Davidson" President, CEO
For further information, please contact:
Frederick Davidson -- Chief Executive Officer (604) 681-9501 or via email at fdavidson@energold.com
or
Steven Gold -- Chief Financial Officer (416) 275-4070 or via email at sgold@energold.com
Forward-Looking Statement Caution: Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the completion of the proposed financing and the intended use of proceeds. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, among others, the inability of the Company, Extract and certain of the Company's existing lenders to settle the terms and conditions of the definitive financing documentation and other matters necessary to satisfy the conditions precedent to the closing, the effects of general economic conditions, a reduction in the demand for the Company's drilling services, the price of commodities, changing foreign exchange rates, actions by government authorities, the failure to find economically viable acquisition targets, title matters, environmental matters, reliance on key personnel, the ability for operational and other reasons to complete proposed activities and work programs, the need for additional financing and the timing and amount of expenditures. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. The reader is urged to refer to the Company's reports, publicly available through the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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