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ARMISTICE RESOURCES CLOSES $15 MILLION SENIOR SECURED GOLD STREAM DEBT FACILITY
WITH WATERTON GLOBAL VALUE
*PRESS RELEASE
ARMISTICE RESOURCES CORP.
For Immediate Release
*
*Armistice Resources Closes $15 Million Senior Secured Gold Stream Debt
Facility with Waterton Global Value*
Financing provides Armistice with sufficient capital to fund its
mining and production programs on the McGarry Mine property
Pre-production work underway on McGarry Mine gold project toward
starting production in 2011 fourth quarter
Companys initial target is production rate of 25,000 ounces of gold
per year from the McGarry Mine
Diamond drill on site and being prepared to begin exploration drilling
on Kerr-Addison property as part of previously announced $2.5 million
drilling program
Toronto, ON March 28, 2011 Armistice Resources Corp.
(TSX: AZ),
which expects to begin gold production in the 2011 fourth quarter from
its McGarry Mine in the Kirkland Lake area of northeastern Ontario,
today announced that it has closed the first tranche of its previously
announced proposed $15 million Senior Secured Gold Stream Debt Facility
with Waterton Global Value, L.P.
(Waterton).
The terms of the new gold facility are as announced in a news release
issued on February 22, 2011.
Armistice will have access to the $15
million of funds in three tranches.
Waterton is providing immediate
access to Armistice for the first tranche of $7 million.
The second
tranche of $4 million will be accessible by Armistice five months from
todays closing date, subject to Armistices satisfaction of certain
development and processing targets.
The third tranche of $4 million will
be available nine months following todays closing date, again subject
to Armistices satisfaction of certain development and processing targets.
The completion of this financing provides Armistice with sufficient
capital to fund our mining and gold production plans on our McGarry Mine
gold property through at least 2012, said Todd J.
Morgan, President and
Chief Executive Officer.
Once we are in production, we expect cash flow
to provide any additional capital required to grow our operations and
company.
Our initial production target is to be producing at a rate of
25,000 ounces of gold per year from the McGarry Mine.
As also previously announced, in February 2011, Waterton provided
Armistice a $3 million bridge loan.
Armistice agreed to apply a portion
of the first tranche drawn under the Gold Stream Debt Facility to repay
in full any and all amounts outstanding under the $3 million bridge
loan.
Under the terms of the bridge loan, Armistice has the right to
pre-pay the bridge loan without penalty.
Armistice has been busy moving forward with our pre-production plans
for the McGarry Mine gold projects underground mining operations and
also for the exploration work to be done on the adjacent Kerr-Addison
property, said Todd J.
Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer.
We are in the process of hiring people and are on track to be in gold
production in this years fourth quarter.
In addition, we are nearly
ready to commence our announced $2.5 million surface diamond drilling
program on the McGarry and Kerr-Addison properties.
Weve received the
diamond drill and are readying it to begin drilling, initially on the
Kerr-Addison property.
*Qualified Person*
Erik Andersen, P.Eng., Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of
Armistice Resources and a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved this news release.
*About Waterton Global Value L.P.*
Waterton Global Value, L.P.
is an affiliate of Water Global Resource
Management, and is a resource-focused investment fund launched in 2010
in Toronto.
Waterton Global provides debt facilities for junior resource
companies that operate in the mining, precious metals, base metals, and
oil and natural gas sectors.
Since its inception in 2000, the Waterton
fund family has become a leading investor in private and public
companies in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Waterton Global seeks to
invest in companies that offer world-class potential with strong
management teams, high-quality assets, effective capital structures, and
long-term growth prospects.
*About Armistice Resources Corp.*
Armistice Resources, a Canadian-based exploration and development
company, expects to begin gold production in the 2011 fourth quarter
from its McGarry Mine in the Kirkland Lake area of northeastern Ontario.
The McGarry Mine is located in Virginiatown on the prolific Larder
Lake-Cadillac Break that extends 200 km east-west straddling the Ontario
and Quebec border and that has produced 95 million ounces of gold.
The
McGarry Mine is adjacent to the Kerr-Addison Gold Mine that has produced
more than 11 million ounces of gold.
Armistice has signed a definitive
five-year option agreement for the purchase of up to 100 percent of the
mineral rights on the Kerr-Addison property.
The McGarry Mine consists
of 33 contiguous patented mining claims, including three licenses of
occupation, totaling 484 hectares.
The McGarry Mine is fully permitted
and all equipment and systems at the site have been brought up to
standards, including its installed mining plant.
Armistice Resources is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Symbol: AZ) and currently has
104,095,441 common shares issued and outstanding.
To find out more about
Armistice Resources, please visit the companys website at
www.armistice.ca.
*Forward-Looking Statements*
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including
completion of the financing facility and current expectations on the
timing of the commencement of production.
These forward-looking
statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these
forward-looking statements.
Such statements are based on current
expectations, are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, and
actual results may differ materially from those contained in such
statements.
These uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited
to, the strength of the Canadian economy; the price of gold;
operational, funding, and liquidity risks; the degree to which mineral
resource estimates are reflective of actual mineral resources; the
degree to which a pre-feasibility study gives sufficient grounds for
classifying the indicated mineral resources as probable reserves; and
the degree to which factors which would make a mineral deposit
commercially viable are present; the risks and hazards associated with
underground operations.
Risks and uncertainties about Armistice
Resources business are more fully discussed in the companys disclosure
materials, including its annual information form and MD&A, filed with
the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and available at
www.sedar.com and readers are urged to read these materials.
Armistice
Resources assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement
or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from such
statements unless required by law.
For further information:
Investor and Media Relations
Richard W.
Wertheim
Wertheim + Company Inc.
Email:
416-594-1600 ext.
223
416-518-8479 (cell)