Augusta Announces $32.5 Million Share Offering
VANCOUVER, B.C., February 23, 2010 - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE Amex: AZC) ("Augusta” or the "Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with certain joint lead managers and joint bookrunners, which will include a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the "Underwriters”), for the issuance of 11,820,000 common shares (the "Shares”) of the Company, on a bought deal basis, at a price of Cdn$2.75 per Share for gross proceeds of Cdn$32,505,000.
Augusta plans to use the net proceeds of this financing to advance the development of the Rosemont Copper property located in Pima County, Arizona and for general working capital purposes.
The Shares will be offered by way of a short form prospectus to be filed in certain provinces of Canada, other than Quebec, pursuant to National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions and in the United States on a private placement basis pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The offering is scheduled to close on or about March 12, 2010 and is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex and the securities regulatory authorities.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) absent such registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
About Augusta
Augusta is a base metals company focused on advancing the Rosemont copper deposit near Tucson, Arizona. The Company is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE Amex under the symbol AZC, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol A5R.
For additional information please contact:
Meghan Brown, Investor Relations Manager
Tel: (604) 638 2002
Email: mbrown@augustaresource.com
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