N E W S R E L E A S E
Galena Completes Acquisition of the Norma
Mines Group and Private Placement
Vancouver, B.C., March
25th, 2008 - Galena
Capital Corp. (TSXV: FYI) (the"Company" or
"Galena"), a Vancouver based company listed on the TSX Venture
Exchange (the "Exchange"), is pleased to announce the completion of
the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of all of the issued and outstanding
common shares of Norma Mines Limited ("Norma Canada") and the
concurrent closing of the previously announced C$3,000,000 brokered private
placement.
The Acquisition
Pursuant to the
Acquisition, Galena acquired all of the issued
and outstanding securities of Norma Canada, a British Columbia company, in consideration
of the issuance of 4,200,000 common shares of the Company. These common shares
are subject to a four month hold period that expires on July 21, 2008.
Norma Mines Limited is the
parent company of both Norma Mines S.A. de C.V. a Mexican private company and
Norma Peru S.A. a Peruvian private company (collectively with Norma Canada, the
"Norma Mines Group"). These companies hold rights in and to the
gold and silver exploration properties discussed below under "Description
of Properties".
The Norma Mines Group
currently employs more than a dozen exploration geologists and mining
engineers, headed by Norma Canada's President Danson Tolman, who collectively
possess extensive experience in mineral exploration and mining operations in
Latin America and South America and have an
extensive network of contacts from which to access additional properties.
"By completing the
acquisition of the Norma Mines Group, Galena has
acquired rights to aggressively pursue and aggregate highly prospective gold,
silver and other metal projects in Latin America and South
America. The acquisition of the Norma Mines Group involved both the
acquisition of outstanding properties and expertise that we expect will assist Galena in executing its
three step business plan introduced to investors when its Qualifying
Transaction closed in November 2007." Arni Johannson, CEO
& Chairman of Galena
comments.
Concurrent Financing
Concurrent with the closing
of the Acquisition, the Company closed a brokered private placement of
1,500,000 units at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit for aggregate gross
proceeds of $3,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company
and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant. Each
whole warrant entitles its holder to purchase one additional common share of Galena at a purchase
price of $2.50 for a period of two years from the closing of the private
placement. The net proceeds of the private placement will be used to fund
the costs of initial exploratory exploration work on the properties listed
below to further evaluate their potential and for general working capital
purposes in operating the Galena
group of companies.
Canaccord Capital
Corporation acted as the Company's agent for the purpose of finalizing the
private placement and has been paid a cash fee of 7% of the gross proceeds of
the private placement, agent's warrants to purchase that number of common
shares in the capital of the Company that equals 7% of the number of units
issued under the private placement at a price of $2.50 per common share for a
period of two years from the closing of the private placement, a corporate
finance fee of 50,000 common shares and 28,750 non-transferable warrants
(having the same terms as the agent's warrants) and an administration fee.
The securities issued under
the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period expiring July 21,
2008.
Description of the
Properties
Norma Canada's two
subsidiaries hold certain rights in and to five prospective mineral exploration
and development projects in Mexico
and Peru
which cover an area in excess of an aggregate of 30,000 acres.
Galena intends to direct
its initial attention to exploration work on the Maria project in Mexico and
the Patricia project in Peru, where the Company proposes to expend
approximately $500,000 per project over the next 12 months in preliminary
exploration work with a view to completing a technical report in accordance
with National Instrument 43-101 on those projects, if any, that show merit for
more advanced development work.
Maria Project, Mexico
Pursuant to an option agreement dated October 19, 2007, Norma Mines SA de CV
holds an option until October, 2008 to acquire 100% of the legal and beneficial
interest in the San Juan Nepomuceno project for, among other things, a cash
payment of US$3,000,000. This project is an exploration-stage mineral
resource property with the principally-targeted resources being gold and
silver, and is located north of Mexico
City and comprises an area of approximately 550 hectares. It hosts
numerous free gold and silver structures running over an area 8 km long by 6 km wide.
Patricia, Peru
Pursuant to a mineral exploitation agreement dated December 18, 2007, Norma
Peru S.A. has the right to acquire 100% of the legal and beneficial ownership
in the Patricia properties in consideration for, among other things, paying a
total of US$2,225,000, completing a mineral exploration and exploitation
program, paying all maintenance costs on the concessions and granting the
vendor a 2% Net Smelter Return royalty over production from the
concessions.
The Patricia project is
located in Ancash, in north central Peru, and consists of 10 mineral
exploration and exploitation concessions totalling approximately 3,900 hectares that
have numerous areas of disseminated gold mineralization in anomalous intrusive
and shale structures. More than 10 mantos have been identified to date in the
project area and preliminary work by the Norma Mining Group has identified six
anomalous areas for further evaluation.
The sample results
discussed in this news release do not conform to the standards of National
Instrument 43-101 and should not be relied upon by the reader.
Galena's mission statement is to
aggressively build a well financed public company run by dedicated experienced
senior management, with projects where production can withstand commodity
fluctuations and therefore create a legacy in Mexico
and South America.
For further information please visit www.GalenaCorp.com or contact the company directly at
the contact information provided below.
ON
BEHALF OF GALENA CAPITAL CORP.
"Arni Johannson"
ARNI JOHNANNSON
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE DOES NOT ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
For further information contact: Ian
Pedersen (Investor Relations)
Suite
1101, 808 West Hastings
Street, Vancouver, British
Columbia, V6C 2X4, Canada
Tel: (604) 638 - 0260 Toll Free:
(877) 906 - 3987
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