Dolly Varden Silver Announces $15 Million Bought-Deal Public Offering, With Participation by Eric Sprott

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (TSXV: DV) (OTCQX: DOLLF) (the “Company” or “Dolly Varden”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Research Capital Corporation, as the sole bookrunner and co-lead underwriter, and together with Haywood Securities Inc. as co-lead underwriters, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, including Raymond James Ltd. (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a bought-deal basis, 14,285,700 flow-through shares of the Company to be sold to charitable purchasers (each, a “Charity FT Share”) that will qualify as “flow-through shares” within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) at a price of $1.05 per Charity FT Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $14,999,985 (the “Offering”). Mr. Eric Sprott, through 2176423 Ontario Ltd., has indicated his intention to participate in the transaction.

The gross proceeds from the sale of Charity FT Shares will be used for further exploration, mineral resource expansion and drilling in the combined Kitsault Valley project, located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, as well as for working capital as permitted, as Canadian Exploration Expenses as defined in paragraph (f) of the definition of “Canadian exploration expense” in subsection 66.1(6) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and “flow through mining expenditures” as defined in subsection 127(9) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) that will qualify as “flow-through mining expenditures” and “BC flow-through mining expenditures” as defined in subsection 4.721(1) of the Income Tax Act (British Columbia), which will be renounced with an effective date no later than December 31, 2024 to the initial purchasers of Charity FT Shares.

The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or about March 21, 2024 (the “Closing”), or on such date as may be determined by the Underwriters, and is subject to the Company receiving all necessary regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) to list, on the date of Closing, the Charity FT Shares.

In connection with the Offering, the Company intends to file a prospectus supplement (the “Supplement") to the Company’s short form base shelf prospectus dated April 25, 2023 (the “Shelf Prospectus"), with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada, except Quebec. Copies of the Shelf Prospectus and, the Supplement to be filed in due course in connection with the Offering, will be available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The Shelf Prospectus contains, and the Supplement will contain, important detailed information about the Company and the Offering. Prospective investors should read the Supplement and the accompanying Shelf Prospectus and the other documents the Company has filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com before making an investment decision.