Cream Minerals Completes 2,000,000 Unit Private Placement
Thursday April 21, 2:17 pm ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - April 21, 2005) -
Private Placement Financing
Cream Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMA - News; OTCBB:CRMXF - News; "Cream") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement financing, previously announced on March 3, 2005, of 2,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.35 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $700,000. Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of Cream and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share of Cream at an exercise price of $0.45 per share up to and including April 18, 2006.
In consideration for introducing Cream to purchasers for the non-brokered financing, Cream issued finder's fees in Units ("Finder Units") to Integral Wealth Securities Limited and CIBC World Markets Inc. equal to 5% of the total number of Units purchased by their respective found purchasers. The Finder Units have the same terms and conditions as the Units.
All shares, warrants and any shares issued upon exercise of the warrants with respect to the above private placements are subject to a hold period and may not be traded for a four month period expiring August 19, 2005. Proceeds from the non-brokered private placement will be used to fund Cream's work programs in Mexico, Sierra Leone, and for general working capital.
Fenix Property, Mexico
Cream is pleased to report that completion of the 600-metre diamond drill program on the high-grade gold-silver Fenix Veins is expected in a few more days. Assays from Holes 1 and 2 are expected shortly. Mr. Ferdinand Holcapek, P.Eng. is Cream's "Qualified Person" in Mexico for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101
Diamond Exploration Licences, Sierra Leone
Further to its news release of April 19, 2005, Cream is pleased to report that the drill camp has been satisfactorily set up and work has proceeded with just over 50 Banka drill holes (20 of which are on an island in the middle of the river) completed. Mr. Benjamin Ainsworth P.Eng., Cream's "Qualified Person" in Sierra Leone for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101, has noted that they are starting to process samples, but do not intend to use any recoveries for grade reference. He notes also that gravel thickness on the high terrace is greater than expected, but cannot comment further until surveys have been completed.
Company Projects
Nuevo Milenio Silver-Gold Property, Mexico - located south of Tepic in the municipality of Xalisco, State of Nayarit, Mexico. The project is in the early states of exploration and there are no known records of past diamond drill work on the property. Exploration completed to date has been extensively documented and defines the geology and geochemistry of a few areas within the 7,000-hectare property. On November 24, 2003, a two-stage diamond drill program commenced on the property.
Goldsmith Property - located near the town of Kaslo, in southeastern British Columbia. Gold mineralization was discovered during the 2003 summer exploration program. Grab sampling of mineralization from the waste dump piles of the Bullock #3, Bullock #4 and Lucky jack #4 workings returned extremely high gold and silver assays.
Kaslo Silver Property - located 12 kilometers west of Kaslo in the Slocan Mining Division of southern British Columbia. The property encompasses the Keen Creek Silver Belt and is comprised of nine former high grade silver mines operated from 1895 to 1953. Tthe discovery of high-grade silver on the property indicates excellent potential for significant precious metal deposits.
Kootenay Gemstone Properties - located in the Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia. Cream holds the right and option to earn 100% interst in the Kootenay Genstone properties by making payments totaling $100,000 and issuing 500,000 common shares over four years. The deposits are covered by five claim groups for a total of 36 units or 900 hectars. Additional staking is in progress.
Stephens Lake Property - located 100 kilometres east of Gillam, Manitoba is 70 kilometres in length and comprised of 92,194 hectares of mineral leases. The geology is believed to consist of rocks belonging to the extension of the Thompson Nickel Belt, which has production plus reserves in excess of 170 million tonnes. BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. has been granted options to acquire an initial 51% interest in three mineral exploration licenses totaling 92,194 hectares, which are held jointly by Cream Minerals Ltd., Sultan Minerals Inc. and ValGold Resources Ltd. Exploration of the property will involve flying an airborne geophysical survey in order to further define targets for diamond drill testing.