Zimbabwe central banker stockpiles gold to bolster ZiG currency
The ZiG - short for Zimbabwe gold — is the nation’s sixth attempt at having a functioning local currency in the last 15 years.
Extorre Gold Mines announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. (the “Underwriters”) has offered to purchase, on a bought deal private placement basis, 2,400,000 common shares (the “Shares”) of the Company at a price of $10.50 per Share (the “Issue Price”) for total gross proceeds of $25,200,000 (the “Offering”).
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used for exploration and development of the Company’s mineral projects in Argentina and for general working capital purposes.
Read the full news release here. Image of Cerro Moro is from Extorre Gold Mines.