Gold X Closes $2.5 Million Private Placement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold X Mining Corp. (TSX-V: GLDX, OTCQX: SSPXF) (“Gold X” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Placement”) and has issued 2,631,578 units (each, a “Unit”) at a price of $0.95 per Unit for gross proceeds of $2,500,000.  Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company, and one share purchase warrant entitle the holder to purchase an additional share at a price of $1.30 until April 9, 2023 (the “Warrants”).  The Warrants are subject to accelerated expiry in the event the closing price of the common shares of the Company on the TSX Venture Exchange exceeds $2.25 for ten consecutive trading days.

The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Placement for obtaining a mining permit, optimizing project economics, and mergers and acquisitions and general corporate activities.

No finders’ fees or commissions were paid in connection with completion of the Placement.  All securities issued in connection with the Placement are subject to a four-month-and-one-day statutory hold period, expiring on August 10, 2020, in accordance with applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.

The Placement included aggregate subscriptions of 760,526 Units from Frank Giustra, Brian O’Neill and Bedrock Capital Corporation, a holding company controlled by Paul Matysek, each of which are considered “related parties” to the Company for the purposes of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”).  The issuance of Units to related parties pursuant to the Placement are considered related party transactions within the meaning of MI 61-101.  The Company relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements in Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in respect of the related party subscriptions as the fair market value of subscriptions does not exceed twenty-five percent of the market capitalization of the Company.

In connection with the Placement, Brian Paes-Braga subscribed for and acquired 210,526 Units.  Following completion of the Placement, Mr. Paes-Braga beneficially owns or has control and direction over a total of 1,200,213 common shares of the Company, 1,806,651 share purchase warrants, 285,666 of convertible debentures and 50,000 stock options.  The common shares beneficially owned or controlled by Mr. Paes-Braga represent approximately 5.26% of the outstanding common shares of the Company.  Assuming exercise of the share purchase warrants, convertible debenture and stock options, when combined with his existing ownership, Mr. Paes-Braga would have control and direction over 4,142,530 common shares, representing approximately 10.31% of the then issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.