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Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 14, 2006, (TSX - CDH): - Corridor Resources Inc. (CDH - TSX) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced financing of 4,700,000 common shares at a price of $6.50 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of $30.55 million.
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Jennings Capital Inc., D&D Securities Company and Beacon Securities Limited were the underwriters in respect of the short form prospectus offering and received a 5% cash commission of the gross proceeds.
The net proceeds will be used by the Corporation to fund its drilling and well completion program at the McCully Field in New Brunswick, the 2007 exploration program in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and for general corporate purposes.
Corridor is a junior oil and gas exploration 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.
Contact: Norman W. Miller, President and CEO
Tel: (902) 429-4511
Fax: (902) 429-0209
Web: http://www.corridor.ca/
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.