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Financings

Oracle Commodity Holding Closes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $136,000

Oracle Commodity Closes Tranche of Micro-Financing as Royalty Pipeline Stalls and Cash Burn Persists

Executive Summary
  • Oracle Commodity Holding Corp. closed the first tranche of a previously announced non-brokered private placement on March 25, 2026, raising $136,000 through the issuance of 2,720,000 units at $0.05 per unit.
  • Each unit consists of one common share and one transferable warrant exercisable at $0.06 for three years.
  • A director purchased 1,220,000 units, representing approximately 45% of the tranche, triggering a related-party transaction filing under MI 61-101.
  • Proceeds are allocated strictly to working capital and general corporate purposes.
  • A second and final tranche is anticipated to close around April 10, 2026, pending TSX Venture Exchange approval.
  • This release is a direct follow-through to the March 12, 2026 announcement of a $250,000 private placement.
Material Impact
  • The news is entirely expected and represents a routine administrative closing of a previously disclosed financing.
  • The insider-heavy participation (45% by a single director) signals a lack of third-party institutional demand, which is typical for micro-cap royalty shells but does not alter the fundamental investment thesis.
  • The $136,000 inflow provides only a marginal extension to the company's cash runway and does not address the underlying structural cash burn or the lack of meaningful royalty revenue.
  • No new strategic partnerships, asset acquisitions, or operational milestones were disclosed. The market impact is negligible.
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Company Overview
  • Oracle Commodity Holding operates as a passive royalty and streaming company with no direct mining operations or development projects.
  • The portfolio consists of net smelter return (NSR) royalties across multiple commodities: fluorspar (Illinois-Kentucky), coal (Mongolia), silver (Bolivia), vanadium (Ontario/Nevada), and nickel (Manitoba).
  • The flagship asset is the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar royalty agreement with CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp., structured as a 2% NSR with a $6/tonne minimum floor. However, the agreement requires Oracle to make matching cash payments equal to 20% of CleanTech's acquisition costs, creating a cash-outflow obligation before meaningful revenue is realized.
  • Royalty income remains minimal, with only $23,067 recognized over the nine months ended December 31, 2025.
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