UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Offering and Private Placement Transaction
On April 15, 2024, U.S. Gold Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain investors (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 1,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) at a purchase price of $3.50 per share (the “Offering Shares”). After the close of the Offering, the Company’s common shares outstanding is expected to be 10,732,277.
In a concurrent private placement (the “Private Placement” and, together with the Offering, the “Transactions”), the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase up to 1,400,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.48 (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant is exercisable six months from the date of issuance and has a term expiring five years after such initial exercise date. The aggregate gross proceeds from the Transactions shall be approximately $4.9 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses.
The Offering Shares are registered pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262415), and a prospectus supplement thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants were offered and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder
The Company did not retain a placement agent in connection with the Transactions.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Transactions for working capital requirements and general corporate purposes.
The Transactions are expected to close on April 19, 2024.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 15, 2024, U.S. Gold issued a press release announcing the Transaction and the entry into the Securities Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including the press release, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference to such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The foregoing descriptions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Offering Shares and Warrants are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Transaction documents, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 4.1 to this report and are incorporated by reference herein.
A copy of the opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Offering Shares in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this report.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 4.1 | Form of Warrant. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. | |
| 10.1 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement between U.S. Gold Corp. and certain investors, dated as of April 15, 2024. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated April 15, 2024.* | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* The foregoing exhibits relating to Item 7.01 are intended to be furnished to, not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation FD.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| U.S. Gold corp. | ||
| Date: April 18, 2024 | By: | /s/ Eric Alexander |
| Name: | Eric Alexander | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |