DISCOVERY VENTURES INC. ANNOUNCES FURTHER INCREASE TO ITS OFFERING
VANCOUVER – Discovery Ventures Inc. (“Discovery” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: DVN) The Company is pleased to announce that due to high interest in its private placement, it is further increasing the amount offered from the increased amount announced December 3rd of up to 8,818,000 units to up to 9,568,000 units effective December 4, 2012. The price of $0.25 per unit and other terms of the offering will remain the same with each unit comprising of one common share and one share purchase warrant with an exercise term of 5 years along the pricing schedule as indicated below. As with the original offering, a finder’s fee of a combination of cash, shares and/or warrants may be paid to eligible finders in relation to this financing, all in accordance with regulatory policies. The increase in the private placement is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering towards general working capital and its exploration projects.
The Company further wishes to announce that it has closed the 1st tranche of the private placement consisting of 7,108,000 units for an aggregate gross raised amount of $1,777,000. The Company’s news release of November 26, 2012 announced the original offering of up to 8,000,000 units at $0.25 per unit, where each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant with a 5 year term at the exercise price of $0.35 per common share in the first year, $0.40 per common share in the second year and $0.45 per common share from the third to fifth year. The hold period expiry date in respect of the shares comprising the units and the shares issued upon exercise of the shares purchase warrants related to the 1st tranche is April 1, 2013. In connection with the closing of the 1st tranche, finders received an aggregate of $165,650 and 622,600 compensation warrants.
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