VON Capital Corp and Xplore Resources Corp. Announce Updated Terms of Qualifying Transaction and Revised Conditional Approval and Filing Statement
News Release
VON Capital Corp and Xplore Resources Corp. Announce Updated Terms of Qualifying Transaction and Revised Conditional Approval and Filing Statement
July 30, 2020
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 30, 2020: VON Capital Corp. (VON.P)("VON" or the "Company") , a capital pool company, and Xplore Resources Corp. ("Xplore") are pleased to announce that further to its news releases dated March 4, 2020, the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") has granted a new conditional approval regarding the parties’ revised terms to the Concurrent Financing (as defined herein) in connection to the "Qualifying Transaction" as such term is defined in Policy 2.4 of the Corporate Finance Manual (the "Policy") by way of a reverse take-over transaction (the “Transaction”).
The Company has filed an updated Filing Statement dated July 28, 2020 (the “Filing Statement”) with the TSXV in connection with the Transaction, and the Filing Statement is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. For further details regarding the Transaction please see the Filing Statement and Company’s previous news release dated March 4, 2020.
Updated Terms of the Concurrent Private Placement as follows:
In connection with the Transaction, Xplore will complete a non-brokered private placement of a minimum of 6,775,000 Units of Xplore (“Units”) to a maximum of 7,500,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of Xplore (a “Xplore Share”) and one Xplore Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”) exercisable at a price of $0.15 per Xplore Share for a period of two years from the date of issue (the “Expiry Date”), for a minimum gross proceeds of $677,500 and maximum proceeds of $750,000 (the “Concurrent Financing”). The Expiry Date of the Warrants may be accelerated at the option of the resulting issuer (the “Resulting Issuer”) if at any time prior to expiration, the closing price of the shares of the Resulting Issuer on the TSXV exceeds $0.30 for ten consecutive trading days. The Concurrent Financing is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.
In connection with the Concurrent Financing, Xplore will pay finders’ fees to eligible finders (the “Finders”) equal to 7% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Concurrent Financing received from the sale of Units to subscribers brought to the Concurrent Financing by the Finders and will issue finders warrants (each, a “Finders Warrant”) to Finders equal to 7% of the number of Units sold to subscribers brought to the Concurrent Financing by Finders. Each Finders Warrant will be exercisable at a price of $0.15 for a period of two years from the date of issue.
About VON
VON is a capital pool company. Its business activity is limited to identifying and evaluating assets or business for acquisition. VON is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
About Xplore
Xplore is an Ontario-incorporated private mining exploration company, incorporated on May 28, 2018. Xplore is focused on the acquisition and development of copper and gold properties.
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES
The securities referred to in this news release have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities for sale, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any securities.
For more information please contact VON's Chief Executive Officer, David Patterson at (604) 283-6818 or Xplore's CEO, Wes Hanson at (647) 202 7686.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of VON Capital Corp.
“David Patterson”
David Patterson Chief Executive Officer
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 news release.
Reader Advisory
There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all. Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the Filing Statement prepared in connection with the Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of VON should be considered highly speculative.
Cautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking Information”
Except for statements of historical fact, this news release contains certain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities law. In particular, forward-looking information in this press release includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the timing of the closing of the Transaction, the issuance of securities and gross proceeds to be raised pursuant to the Concurrent Financing, and the completion of the Transaction. In connection with the forward-looking information contained in this news release, VON has made numerous assumptions regarding, among other things: TSXV final approval of the Transaction, the fulfillment of the conditions of the definitive agreement and the amalgamation agreement with respect to the Transaction, the occurrence of the Concurrent Financing and the raise of the minimum proceeds, and the fulfillment of the conditions stipulated in the conditional approval letter issued by the TSXV. While VON considers these assumptions to be reasonable, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies.
Additionally, there are known and unknown risk factors which could cause VON and Xplore’s actual results or achievements to be materially different from any future results or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein. Such risk factors include: that regulatory approval may not be obtained on a timely basis, the conditions of the definitive agreement or the amalgamation agreement may not be fulfilled, the availability of capital to Xplore on acceptable terms during, but not limited to, the Concurrent Financing, and general market and economic conditions. A more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties is disclosed in the Filing Statement available at www.sedar.com. All forward- looking information herein is qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement, and VON and Xplore disclaim any obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking information or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future results, events or developments, except as required by law.