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Global Gold
Corporation Closes $13 Million Private Placement
Wednesday April 5, 3:56 pm ET
GREENWICH, CT--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 5, 2006 -- Global
Gold Corporation (OTC BB:GBGD.OB) (www.globalgoldcorp.com)
has closed a private placement raising thirteen million dollars with
Aton Securities, Inc. of New York City (www.atonsec.com)
acting as the Managing Private Placement Agent. Global Gold will use
the proceeds to fund its mining and exploration projects in Armenia
and in Chile, acquisition plans as well as for working capital.
The transaction involved the issuance of ten million four hundred
thousand shares of common stock at $1.25 per share. Each new share
issued carries a warrant to purchase one third of one additional
share at $2.00 per share. The warrants are exercisable on or before
the sooner of (a) April 1, 2008 or (b) sixty (60) days following
a determination that the weighted average trading price of the common
shares over a thirty (30) consecutive trading day period commencing
after August 1, 2006 is $3.00 USD or greater. Lead investors include
current shareholders Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd. (www.fbird.com)
and East Capital (www.eastcapital.com),
as well as new shareholders Farallon Capital Management (www.faralloncapital.com),
Persistency Capital (www.Persistencycapital.com),
QVT Financial (www.qvt.com),
Prince Street Capital (www.Princefund.com),
and Aton International Ltd.
Global is currently focusing its work in Armenia in the North Central
Belt to produce gold and to bring historical reserve numbers up
to Western standards as well as in the gold and uranium Getik exploration
area. Global also has other interests in Armenia including joint
ventures with Iberian Resources and the right until December 31,
2009 to elect to participate at a level of up to twenty percent
with Sterlite Gold Ltd. or any of its affiliates in any exploration
project undertaken in Armenia. Global Gold Corporation is located
at 45 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830. The main phone number
is 203-422-2300. More information can be found at www.globalgoldcorp.com.
To the extent that statements in this press release are not strictly
historical, including statements as to revenue projections, business
strategy, outlook, objectives, future milestones, plans, intentions,
goals, future financial conditions, future collaboration agreements,
the success of the Company's development, events conditioned on
stockholder or other approval, or otherwise as to future events,
such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements contained in this release
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the statements made.
Contact:
Global Gold Corporation
Drury J. Gallagher, 203-422-2300
ggc@globalgoldcorp.com
Source: Global Gold Corporation
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