UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934February 28, 2005Pine Valley Mining Corporation ——————————————————————————————————— |
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Brtish Columbia ——————————————————————————————————— |
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501-535 Thurlow Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3L2 |
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, February 28, 2005 – Pine Valley Mining Corporation
(TSX-VE: PVM; OTCBB: PVMCF) (the “Company” or “Pine Valley”) is pleased to
announce that it has entered into an agreement with Sprott Securities Inc. on
behalf of itself and a syndicate of underwriters (the “Underwriters”) pursuant
to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase 1,250,000 common shares from
treasury and 625,000 common share purchase warrants at a price of $5.60 (for
aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $7,000,000) and 1,250,000 common
shares from control persons of Pine Valley Mining (“Selling Shareholders”) at a
price of $5.25 (for aggregate gross proceeds to the Selling Shareholders of
$6,562,500). Each common share purchase warrant shall entitle the holder to
purchase one common share from treasury at a price of $6.25 for a period of 18
months from the closing date. The Underwriters will have an option to purchase
up to an additional 250,000 common shares from treasury and 125,000 common
purchase warrants at a price of $5.60 and 1,250,000 common shares from the
Selling Shareholders at a price of $5.25.
The treasury offering and the secondary offering are scheduled to close
concurrently on or about March 22, 2005 and is subject to certain conditions
including, but not limited to, satisfactory due diligence and the receipt of
necessary approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
In addition, certain executives of the Company intend to sell up to an
of 750,000 common shares of the Company through the facilities of the TSX
Venture Exchange.
This press release is not an offer of the securities for sale in the United
States. The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements.
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES
OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
PINE VALLEY MINING CORPORATION
“Graham Mackenzie”
Graham Mackenzie
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Contacts:
Graham Mackenzie Mark Fields
President & CEO Executive Vice President
(604) 682-4678 (604) 682-4678
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
gmackenzie@pinevalleycoal.com mfields@pinevalleycoal.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This news release contains certain "forward looking statements", as defined in
the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that
a number of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to economic,
competitive, governmental and geological factors effecting the Company's
operations, markets, products and prices and other risk factors. There can be
no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Factors that could cause future results to differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include the Company’s
dependence on the steel industry, volatility in coal prices, accidents and
risks associated with mining operations, the Company’s need for and
availability of additional financing, the restrictions imposed under the
Company’s existing debt arrangements and its debt service requirements and the
other risk factors discussed in greater detail in the Company's various
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities
regulators, including the Company’s Form 20-F dated September 28, 2004.
SIGNATURES |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
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Date: 02/28/2005 | By: | Graham Mackenzie
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| Name: | Graham Mackenzie |
| Title: | President & CEO |
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