Day: March 17, 2014

AuRico Gold Announces Pricing of $315 Million Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Offering

AuRico Gold Inc. today announces the pricing of its private offering of $315 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020. The Notes were issued with a coupon of 7.75% and sold at 96.524% of par, and are expected to result in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $297 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The offering is expected to close on or about March 27, 2014. AuRico intends to use the net proceeds of the Notes to repurchase its Convertible Notes due 2016 that are tendered to AuRico’s offer announced March 6, 2014 to purchase any and all of its Convertible Notes, to fund principal and interest payments on any Convertible Notes that remain outstanding following the offer to purchase, to repay amounts outstanding under its existing senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes, which may include funding capital expenditures to support organic growth.

Santacruz Silver Mining Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Raymond James Ltd., the underwriters of the Company’s recently closed common share offering have provided notice of exercise of their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,312,500 common shares of the Company at a price of $1.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $1,312,500. The closing of the exercise of the over-allotment option is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Fortuna reports consolidated financial results for 2013

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. today reported revenue of $137.4 million, cash generated from operations, before changes in working capital, of $40.9 million, a net loss of $19.1 million in 2013, and adjusted net income of $9.4 million. The net loss includes a one-time non-cash tax provision of $7.7 million related to the initial recognition of the Mexican mining tax reform, and a non-cash impairment charge of $20.4 million, net of tax, related to the impact of declining silver prices on the carrying value of the Caylloma mine in Peru.

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