Asante Gold Corporation: Closes Private Placement
VANCOUVER, June 5, 2017 - Asante Gold Corp. (CSE:ASE)(FRANKFURT:1A9)(OTC:ASGOF) ("Asante Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 4,350,000 units of the Company at $0.10 per unit (each a "Unit) for aggregate gross proceeds of $435,000. Each Unit consisted of one common share of the Company (a "Common Share") and one full transferable Common Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional Common Share at an exercise price of $0.15 until May 31, 2018.
The Company paid total finders' fees of $16,500 in cash and issued 165,000 non-transferable broker warrants, carrying the same exercise price and expiration as the Warrants comprising the Units.
Proceeds from the private placement will be used for general working capital, including drilling and other work programs on the Company's Keyhole, Betenase, Fahiakoba and Kubi projects in Ghana. All securities purchased under this offering are subject to a four month hold period expiring October 1, 2017.
On behalf of the Board,
Douglas R. MacQuarrie, President and CEO
About Asante Gold Corporation
Asante Gold is developing the Kubi Mining Lease and is exploring the Keyhole, Fahiakoba and Betenase concessions, all adjoining or along strike of major gold mines near the centre of Ghana's Golden Triangle.
Additional information is available on our web site at: www.asantegold.com.
Neither IIROC nor any stock exchange or other securities regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Contact
Asante Gold Corp.
Douglas MacQuarrie, President and CEO
+1 604-558-1134
douglas@asantegold.com
Asante Gold Corp.
Doreen Kent
Shareholder Communications
+1 604-948-9450
d.kent@eastlink.ca
Asante Gold Corp.
Rebecca Greco, Business Development
+1 416-822-6483
fighouse@yahoo.com
Asante Gold Corp.
Florian Riedl-Riedenstein, Director; European Investor Relations
frram@aon.net
www.asantegold.com
