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McEwen invests in explorer Great Bear

McEwen invests in explorer Great Bear
Mining News Pro - Precious metals miner McEwen Mining and its chief owner Rob McEwen will invest a combined C$6-million in Ontario explorer Great Bear Resources, which last week announced a high-grade gold discovery in the Red Lake district.
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According to Mining News Pro - Precious metals miner McEwen Mining and its chief owner Rob McEwen will invest a combined C$6-million in Ontario explorer Great Bear Resources, which last week announced a high-grade gold discovery in the Red Lake district.

Rob McEwen has agreed to purchase $4.8-million and McEwen Mining $1.2-million of the TSX-V-listed exploration company’s private placement financing to raise C$10-million.

The private placement, announced on Friday, is priced at C$1.45 a unit.

On completion, the two entities will collectively own 18.8% of Great Bear, which Rob McEwen believes could be onto a “significant new gold discovery” in one of Canada’s premier mining camps.

The proceeds from the financing will be used for exploration and drilling in Red Lake, where Great Bear owns the Dixie project. Last week, the explorer announced that it had intersected 16.35 m of 26.91 g/t gold in a hole in the Hinge zone of Dixie and that a follow-up hole had returned 7 m of 44.47 g/t gold.

Tuesday’s news of the high-grade discovery resulted in a spike in the company’s share price the following day and Friday’s news of Rob McEwen buying into the explorer further lifted its stock. The company hit C$2 a share on Friday, up from C$0.72 a share on Tuesday.

“We are very pleased to have Rob McEwen as a partner of Great Bear Resources. His record of success in the Red Lake district is quite simply unmatched,” said Great Bear president and CEO Chris Taylor.

He added that Great Bear was now funded to further advance the Dixie project, in which it is earning a 100% royalty-free interest. Remaining payments total $110 000 over three years.  


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