Vancouver, British Columbia: Western Uranium Corporation (“WUC”) (TSXV:WUC) is pleased to announce that Haywood Securities Inc. (the “Agent”) has agreed to act as the exclusive agent to Western Lithium Corporation (the “Company”), WUC’s wholly owned subsidiary, in respect of a brokered private placement offering, on a best efforts basis of up to 12,000,000 million common shares of the Company. The shares will be offered at a price of $0.50 per share for gross proceeds of up to $6,000,000. Proceeds of the offering will be used for exploration and development of the Company’s mineral projects, for general working capital, and repayment of a loan from WUC.
The shares will be offered to qualified purchasers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and such other jurisdictions as may be agreed upon between the Company and the Agent. The Agent will receive a commission equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the offering.
Closing of the offering is conditional on the concurrent closing of the proposed spin-out of the Company by WUC, pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement and the Company meeting all minimum listing requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) at closing, including Exchange approval of the subscribers to the private placement. Provided the Plan of Arrangement is approved by WUC’s shareholders and the Company’s shares are approved for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company will become a publicly traded entity on the TSX Venture. Provided the Company becomes publicly listed the shares will be subject only to a 4 month hold period.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has appointed Eduard Epshtein as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective May 12, 2008.
On behalf of the Board of
Western Lithium Corporation
“Pamela J. Klessig”
Pamela J. Klessig
President & Director
For further information contact:
Western Lithium Corporation
Pamela Klessig, Director
Telephone: 775-827-3311
The TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.
Western Lithium Corporation is a mineral exploration and development company with a focus on lithium. The Company has an exploration property in Kings Valley, Nevada through a lease option arrangement with Western Energy Development Corp; a 100% wholly owned US subsidiary of Western Uranium Corporation. The Company has its head office in Vancouver, Canada; and its executive management team in based in Reno, Nevada.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States of to U.S. Persons Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
Forward-looking statements: This document may contain statements about expected or anticipated future events and financial results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as general economic, market and business conditions, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, competitive and general economic factors and conditions, the uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, the occurrence of unexpected events, and the Company’s capability to execute and implement its future plans. Actual results may differ materially from those projected by management. For such statements, we claim the safe harbour for forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Legislation Reform Act of 1995.
