Amex Exploration Closes Final Tranche of C$80 Million Shares Placement
Amex Exploration (AMX.V) completed the final tranche of its oversubscribed best efforts private placement, raising a total of C$80 million, the company said Thursday.Amex plans to use the proceeds for its Perron gold project in Quebec, exploration of its other properties, and for general corporate purposes.The final tranche consisted of 4,581,567 shares priced at C$4.50 per share for about C$20.6 million in proceeds.In May, the company raised C$51.8 million in the first tranche of the best efforts private placement, and an additional C$7.3 million in a non-brokered private placement.Eldorado Gold (ELD.TO) participated in the offering, which raised its interest in Amex to 26.90% from 24.75% on a non-diluted basis, and to 26.99% from 24.85% on a partially diluted basis.