Avrupa Minerals Announces Strategic $350,000 Financing
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a private placement of $350,000 by way of a non-brokered private placement of units ("the "Units"). Avrupa recently signed an exploration alliance agreement with Callinan Royalties Corp. ("Callinan"), and this private placement is also from Callinan.
Paul Kuhn, President and CEO, commented: "We are pleased to have a strong financial and technical supporter in Callinan, and we will work hard to build value for their investment and our alliance agreement. The additional funding will allow us to continue to build up our premier generative program in Portugal and elsewhere in Europe in order to attract new joint venture partnerships."
The financings completed in the last month add to a total of $1.1 million including the minimum exploration alliance payment of $150,000 that Avrupa has now received from Callinan.
Avrupa has also granted Callinan the right to maintain its ownership position in Avrupa by way of participation in future private placements.
Avrupa's major shareholders also include the Management team (17%) and other strategic shareholders who own approximately 14%. Callinan will hold 9.1% after closing of the financing.
The financing will consist of 3.5 million Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of a common share and a non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.15 per common share for a 36-month period starting on the closing of this offering. These terms are the same as the terms for the $600,000 financing completed in September.
Avrupa currently has 35,043,571 common shares outstanding which will increase to 38,543,571 common shares upon completion of this financing.
Callinan Royalties Corp. is a Canadian company that creates and acquires mineral royalties. The company uses its royalty income to provide alternative financing options to mineral exploration and development companies with attractive projects. Callinan's strategy is to create shareholder value over the long term by generating a portfolio of profitable mineral royalties.
The Corporation currently has two producing royalties. Callinan holds a 6 2/3% net profits interest royalty and a $0.25 per ton production royalty on lands that include the 777 mine and 777 North mine owned by HudBay Minerals Inc., located in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Callinan also holds the 777 Deeps (War Baby) property and an associated royalty option on the property, which is located adjacent to the 777 mine.
Callinan is a dividend-paying Tier 1 company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol CAA. The Corporation has a strong financial position with no debt, approximately $27 million in cash and approximately 49.4 million shares outstanding.
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior exploration and development company focused on discovery, using a prospect generator model, of valuable mineral deposits in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, including Portugal, Kosovo, and Germany.
The Company currently holds 17 exploration licenses in three European countries, including 11 in Portugal covering 3,018 km2, five in Kosovo covering 153 km2, and one in Germany covering 307 km2. Avrupa operates three joint ventures in Portugal, covering five of the licenses, including:
- The Alvalade JV, with Antofagasta Minerals SA, covering three licenses in the Iberian Pyrite Belt of southern Portugal, for Cu-rich massive sulfide deposits;
- The Covas JV, with Blackheath Resources, covering one license in northern Portugal, for intrusion-related W deposits; and
- The Arga JV, also with Blackheath Resources, covering one license located adjacent to the Covas JV, for intrusion-related Au-W deposits.
Avrupa is currently upgrading precious and base metal targets to JV-ready status in a variety of districts on their other licenses, with the idea of attracting potential partners to project-specific and/or regional exploration programs.
On behalf of the Board,
Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director
This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full responsibility for its content. Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, a Licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Washington, USA, and a Registered Member of the Society of Mining Engineers, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators. He has reviewed the technical disclosure in this release.
Neither 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.
