October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015, Vancouver, BC - Taseko (TSX: TKO; NYSE MKT: TGB) (the “Company”) announces that it has acquired 12,426,757 common shares of Yellowhead Mining Inc. (“Yellowhead”) at a cost of $0.045 per share pursuant to a rights offering.
Prior to the rights offering, Taseko held 10,469,507 shares of Yellowhead representing approximately 10.6% of Yellowhead’s issued and outstanding shares. As a result of its participation in this rights offering, Taseko now holds a total of 22,896,264 shares of Yellowhead, representing approximately 18.5% of Yellowhead’s issued and outstanding shares. All of these shares of Yellowhead are held directly by Taseko and are being held for investment purposes. Taseko may in the future take such actions in respect of its Yellowhead shares as it deems appropriate in light of the market circumstances then existing, including the potential purchase of additional shares of Yellowhead through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, or the sale of all or portion of such holdings in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions to one or more purchasers.
There are no persons acting jointly or in concert with Taseko with respect to Taseko’s shareholdings in Yellowhead, nor has Taseko entered into any agreements in respect of its shareholdings in Yellowhead with any person with which Taseko acts jointly or in concert.
This news release is issued pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 62-104 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, which also requires a report to be filed with the British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario Securities Commissions, and with other Provincial Securities Commissions in Canada, containing information with respect to the foregoing matters. To obtain a copy of the subject report, please go to Yellowhead’s profile on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).
For further information on Taseko, please see the Company’s website www.tasekomines.com or contact:
Brian Bergot, Vice President, Investor Relations - 778-373-4533 or toll free 1-877-441-4533
Russell Hallbauer
President and CEO
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the information contained in this news release.
This document contains “forward-looking statements” that were based on Taseko’s expectations, estimates and projections as of the dates as of which those statements were made. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “outlook”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “should” and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These included but are not limited to:
For further information on Taseko, investors should review the Company’s annual Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov and home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.