Corridor announces exercise of underwriters option and appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 19, 2006, (TSX - CDH): - Corridor Resources Inc. (CDH:TSX) (the "Corporation") announced today that Jennings Capital Inc. and Dominick & Dominick Securities Inc., the underwriters of its recently announced public offering, have exercised their option to purchase an additional 4,081,633 Common Shares at a price of $4.90 per share for additional gross proceeds of approximately $20,000,000, which will increase the offering to approximately $40,000,000. The offering is scheduled to close on April 27, 2006, subject to regulatory approval.
Corridor also announced today the appointment of Lisette Hachey as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hachey joins Corridor after having served five years with Emera Inc., including terms as Manager of Accounting for Emera Energy as well as Assistant Controller and Controller of Nova Scotia Power Inc. Mr. Brad Perry, the former Chief Financial Officer and Controller, will remain with Corridor as Controller.
Corridor is a junior oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with interests onshore in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Québec, and offshore in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This press release contains certain forward looking statements relating to, but not limited to, Corridor's operations, anticipated financial performance, business prospects and strategies, including expectations relating to production levels; capital expenditure programs; the quantity of natural gas reserves; projections of market prices; projections of costs; supply and demand for natural gas; expectations regarding the ability to raise capital and to continually add to reserves through exploration and development; and treatment under governmental regulatory regimes. These statements are based on current expectations that involve numerous assumptions regarding factors and risks that could cause actual results to vary materially, including, without limitation to, the following factors: risks associated with oil and gas exploration, financial risks, substantial capital requirements, bank financing, government regulation, environmental, prices, markets and marketing, dependence on key personnel, dependence on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc., availability of drilling equipment and access, risks may not be insurable, management of growth, expiration of licenses and leases, reserves estimates, seasonality, competition, conflicts of interest, Kyoto Protocol, issuance of debt, title to properties and hedging. There is no representation by Corridor that actual results achieved will be the same in whole or in part as those set out in the forward looking information. Furthermore, the forward looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and Corridor undertakes no obligation, except as required by applicable securities legislation, to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
