Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - May 28, 2024) - Tuktu Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TUK) ("Tuktu" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the acquisition of southern Alberta oil assets (the "Assets") owned and operated by an arm's length public company, as previously announced in press releases on October 18, 2023 and December 29, 2023. The Company has also completed the brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") announced on April 17, 2024. Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $1.35 million from the issuance of 26,950,000 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company (a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant") with each Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.075 for a 36-month term ending May 28, 2027.
The net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for working capital purposes and to fund development projects including well recompletions and workovers.
Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Agent") acted as the sole agent and sole bookrunner in connection with the Private Placement. In consideration for its services, the Company has paid the Agent a commission, of which a portion was paid in cash in an aggregate amount equal to $142,700, and a portion of which was paid through the issuance of 1,000,000 Units, and issued 1,854,000 broker warrants (the "Broker Warrants") to the Agent, with each Broker Warrant entitling the Agent to purchase one Unit at an exercise price equal to $0.05 for a period of 36 months ending May 28, 2027.
About Tuktu Resources Ltd.
Tuktu is a publicly traded junior oil and gas development company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with producing oil and gas properties in southern Alberta. For additional information about Tuktu please contact:
Attention: Tim de Freitas, President and Chief Executive Officer (phone 403-478-0141); or Mark Smith, CFO and VP Finance (phone 403-613-9661)
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With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this press release, the Company has made assumptions regarding, among other things: future pricing; commodity prices; future exchange and interest rates; supply of and demand for commodities; inflation; the availability of capital on satisfactory terms; the availability and price of labour and materials; the impact of increasing competition; conditions in general economic and financial markets; access to capital; the receipt and timing of regulatory, exchange and other required approvals; the ability of the Company to implement its business strategies and complete future acquisitions; the Company's long term business strategy; and effects of regulation by governmental agencies.
Factors that could cause actual results to vary from forward-looking statements or may affect the operations, performance, development and results of the Company's businesses include, among other things: assumptions concerning operational reliability; risks inherent in the Company's future operations; the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to meet its future obligations; increases in maintenance, operating or financing costs; the realization of the anticipated benefits of future acquisitions, if any; the availability and price of labour, equipment and materials; competitive factors, including competition from third parties in the areas in which the Company intends to operate, pricing pressures and supply and demand in the oil and gas industry; fluctuations in currency and interest rates; inflation; risks of war, hostilities, civil insurrection, pandemics, political and economic instability overseas and its effect on commodity pricing and the oil and gas industry (including ongoing military actions between Russia and Ukraine and the crisis in Israel and Gaza); severe weather conditions and risks related to climate change, such as fire, drought and flooding; terrorist threats; risks associated with technology; changes in laws and regulations, including environmental, regulatory and taxation laws, and the interpretation of such changes to the management team's future business; availability of adequate levels of insurance; difficulty in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals and the maintenance of such approvals; general economic and business conditions and markets; and such other similar risks and uncertainties. The impact of any one assumption, risk, uncertainty or other factor on a forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty, as these are interdependent and the Company's future course of action depends on the assessment of all information available at the relevant time. For additional risk factors relating to Tuktu, please refer to the Company's annual information form and management discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as the Company's discussion and analysis for the period ended March 31, 2023, which are available on the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.
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