Murchison Minerals closes $2.39M first tranche of private placement

News Release

MURCHISON ANNOUNCES OVERSUBSCRIBED PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND CLOSING OF FIRST TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT

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December 18, 2017 (Toronto, Ontario): Murchison Minerals Ltd. (“Murchison” or the “Company”) (CSE: MUR) is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated November 10, 2017, the Company has closed a first tranche (“the First Tranche”) of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $2,385,948 through the issuance of 6,389,000 units (each a “Unit”) at a price of $0.20 per Unit and 4,617,285 flow through shares (each a “FT Share”) at a price of $0.24 per FT Share.

The Company currently has $1,115,000 of committed subscriptions and will be closing on a second tranche of the Offering (the “Second Tranche”) on or about December 21, 2017. The Company has accordingly increased the size of the previously announced Offering to up to $4,000,000 which includes the Second Tranche and to accommodate any additional orders that may come in.

The Unit consists of one common share (a “Common Share”) and one half common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $0.24 until twenty-four months from the date of issuance. Following the closing of the First Tranche, the Company issued 3,194,500 Warrants. All securities issued under the Offering are subject to a four-month and one day statutory hold period. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used by the Company for exploration on its Brabant-McKenzie zinc-copper-silver deposit in Saskatchewan and for working capital and for other general and administrative costs.

In connection with the closing of the First Tranche, certain eligible persons (“Finders”) were paid a cash commission equal to 7% of the proceeds raised from subscribers introduced to the Company by such Finders in the amount of $130,556 and the Company also issued an aggregate of 597,942 finder warrants, each finder warrant entitling the holder to acquire one common share at a price of $0.24 for a period of two years from the date of issuance.

Directors, officers and insiders participated in the First Tranche for an aggregate total of $874,480, which constitutes a “related party transaction” as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). Such related party transaction is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of securities being issued to the related party nor the consideration being paid by the related party exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization. The participants in the First Tranche and the extent of such participation were not finalized until shortly prior to the completion of the First Tranche. Accordingly, it was not possible to publicly disclose details of the nature and extent of related party participation in the First Tranche pursuant to a material change report filed at least 21 days prior to the completion of the First Tranche.

About Murchison

Murchison is a Canadian based exploration company with a diversified portfolio of properties, including the 100% owned Brabant-McKenzie zinc-copper project in North-Central Saskatchewan and the HPM Nickel/Copper/Cobalt project in Quebec.Murchison also holds gold claims in the Pickle Lake area of northwestern Ontario.

Additional information about Murchison and its exploration projects can be found on the Company’s website at www.murchisonminerals.com.

For further information, please contact:
Kent Pearson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Erik H Martin, Chief Financial Officer
or
info@murchisonminerals.com
(416) 350 – 3776