Atocha’s Yukon Joint Venture Partner Completes Financing
June 28, 2012 ‐ Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA – Atocha Resources (the Company), TSX.V – ATT reports that Goldstrike Resources Ltd. (TSX.V – GSR), which has an option to earn an interest in the Company’s Strike mineral claims, has completed a $1,477,875.30 non‐brokered private placement.
On June 20, 2012, Mr. Terrence King, President of Goldstrike Resources reported the issuance of:
- “750,000 units at the price of $0.75 per unit to raise gross proceeds of $562,500.00. Each unit is comprised of one flow‐through common share and one non‐flow‐through common share, with $0.40 of the subscription price allocated to the flow‐through share and the other $0.35 of the subscription price allocated to the non‐flow‐through share.
- 2,615,358 units at the price of $0.35 per unit to raise gross proceeds of $915,375.30. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one‐half of a share purchase warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at the price of $0.80 until June 15, 2014, subject to acceleration at the Company's option if its shares close at $1.20 or higher for ten (10) consecutive trading days at any time after four months after Closing.”
Atocha’s President, Marcy Kiesman stated “It is good to see the quick close of financing for Goldstrike and it shows how great the appetite is for their properties and the 2012 Yukon exploration and drill program.”
Atocha recently entered into an option agreement entitling Goldstrike to acquire up to an 80% interest in fourteen mineral claims, Atocha’s Strike 101‐114 property, located in the “White Gold District” of the Yukon (for full details see news release on May 15, 2012 via www.sedar.com). Atocha’s Strike claims are immediately adjacent to Goldstrike’s “Lucky Strike” property and are located approximately fifteen kilometres east of Kinross’s Golden Saddle deposit.
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ABOUT ATOCHA
Atocha is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining/exploration properties, mainly for gold and other precious metals. The Company has a 100% undivided interest in the McGillivray Property, located in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia. The Company has an option to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Atkinson (Detour Lake) gold project in Ontario. Atocha owns the Sol Riche and Tresor Nord/Sud REE properties in Montviel Township in Quebec, the Trove, Descouverte and Bijou gold properties in the Abitibi of Quebec, the Montpellier and St. Sixte graphite properties in the Grenville region of Quebec, and the Stubble property in Saskatchewan. The Strike 101‐114 gold claims near Dawson City, Yukon are under option to Goldstrike as noted above.
For further information on Atocha, please refer to www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact:
Marcy Kiesman, Chief Executive Officer Telephone: 604.696.1111 Facsimile: 888.266.3983 E‐mail: [email protected] Website: www.atocharesources.com
Forward‐Looking Statement
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