<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (April 21): Gold exploration and mining firm Wilton Resources Corporation has entered into a placement agreement with a private investor to subscribe to 55.56 new shares at an issue price of 5.4 cents.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The placement price is a 10% discount to the volume-weighted average price of six cents per share.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The Catalist-listed company expects to raise $3 million in gross proceeds. Net proceeds of the placement will be used to fund the development of the Ciemas Gold Project.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The stock last traded at six cents on April 7.</p></div>

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SINGAPORE (April 21): Gold exploration and mining firm Wilton Resources Corporation has entered into a placement agreement with a private investor to subscribe to 55.56 new shares at an issue price of 5.4 cents.

The placement price is a 10% discount to the volume-weighted average price ...

Wilton Resources raises $3 million via private placement of 56 mil shares

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ATHENS (Jan 5): Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's (EU) single currency in 2001, died on Sunday, aged 88, at his summer house in the Peloponnese.

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