With an eye toward acquiring exploration properties in northwestern Mexico, Quaterra Resources (GTA-V) has closed a brokered private placement of 3 million units priced at 19cents each. The transaction is expected to raise $585,000.
Each unit consists of one share and a 2-year warrant allowing for the purchase of an additional share at 19cents in the first year and 22cents in the second.
The financing follows a previous private placement, which raised $150,000 through the sale of 500,000 units at 30cents each. A unit, in this case, consists of one share and one warrant allowing for the purchase of an additional share at 30cents in year one and at 34cents in year two.
The Vancouver-based junior intends to acquire 13 concessions currently held by Minera Kennecott in Sonora state. To do so, the junior must spend US$2.5 million on exploration over four years and issue $100,000 worth of shares on or before the first year of the agreement.
The optioned concessions cover 407,080 ha along the Altar Shear gold trend and constitute four main projects: Apaches, Tajitos, San Javier and Santa Monica. The Santa Monica is a potential copper-gold skarn target surrounding a possible porphyry system. The three other project areas host gold-silver mineralization related to low-angle faults.
A first pass of exploration drilling was conducted on the Apaches property, returning anomalous gold values.
A planned exploration program will involve geological mapping and sampling of limited outcrop exposures. Minera Kennecott, a division of Rio Tinto (RTP-N), retains a 51% back-in right.
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