Halifax, Nova Scotia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 10, 2016) – Troy Grant, President and CEO of ELCORA ADVANCED MATERIALS CORP. (TSXV: ERA) (OTCQB: ECORF) (FSE: ELM), (the “Company” or “Elcora”), is pleased to announce that the Company has closed the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement financing (the “Private Placement”) announced on April 26, 2016. The Private Placement is up to 7,500,000 units (“Units”) at a price of $0.40 per Unit to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share and half common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant gives the holder the right to purchase one additional common share of Elcora at an exercise price of $0.52 for three years following the closing of the Private Placement.
Elcora has issued 2,208,750 Units at a price of $0.40 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $883,500. The Company issued 2,208,750 share purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of Elcora at an exercise price of $0.52 for three years following the closing of the Private Placement. The Company will pay finders’ fees of $13,100 in cash and 15,000 in finders’ warrants in connection with this tranche of the Private Placement.
All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a statutory four-month hold period. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for funding additional Lithium-Ion battery testing and for general corporate purposes.