Osisko Development closes $82.5M private placement

Mr. Sean Roosen reports OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CLOSES C$82.5 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT Osisko Development Corp. has closed its previously announced oversubscribed private placement offering of 15,409,798 common shares of the company for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $82.5-million. The offering is composed of the following issuances on a private placement basis: Listed issuer financing exemption offering: issuances made pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption available under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 (Prospectus Exemptions), as amended by Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 (Exemptions from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption) in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, in three tranches: National flow-through shares: 2.99 million common shares that will qualify as flow-through shares within the meaning of Subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) at a price of $6.69 per FT share for gross proceeds of $20,003,100; B.C. flow-through shares: 1,444,000 common shares to certain eligible B.C. resident subscribers that will qualify as flow-through shares within the meaning of Subsection 66(15) of the tax act at a price of $6.93 per B.C. FT share for gross proceeds of $10,006,920; and Common shares: 4,182,000 common shares at a price of $4.78 per common share for gross proceeds of $19,989,960; Concurrent private placement: 6,793,798 common shares at a price of $4.78 per common share for gross proceeds of $32,474,354 pursuant to exemptions available under NI 45-106, other than the LIFE. The offering was co-led by National Bank Financial Inc., BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets as co-lead underwriters and co-bookrunners. The company will use an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of the flow-through shares under the offering to incur eligible Canadian exploration expenses that will qualify as: (i) flow-through mining expenditures within the meaning of the tax act; and (ii) in respect of the B.C. FT shares purchased by eligible B.C. purchasers, B.C. flow-through mining expenditures that meet the criteria set forth in Subsection 4.721(1) of the Income Tax Act (British Columbia), in respect of the exploration activities on the company's properties in British Columbia. The qualifying expenditures will be incurred on or before Dec. 31, 2026, and will be renounced by the company to the initial purchasers of the flow-through shares with an effective date no later than Dec. 31, 2025. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the common shares issued pursuant to the offering to contribute to the capital required to construct the Cariboo gold project and related preconstruction activities. In connection with the offering, the underwriters were paid a cash commission equal to 4.5 per cent of the aggregate gross proceeds of the offering. The common shares issued under the concurrent private placement will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws. The offering remains subject to final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange. Insider participation Double Zero Capital LP, which is an insider of the company, has subscribed for 2,447,775 common shares at a price of $4.78 for gross proceeds of $11,700,365 pursuant to its pre-emptive rights in respect of the offering under the investor rights agreement dated Aug. 15, 2025, between Double Zero and the company. The Double Zero subscription is considered to be a related-party transaction for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions). The company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing date of the offering as the details of the offering and the Double Zero subscription were not settled until shortly prior to the closing of the offering, and the company wished to close the offering on an expedited basis for sound business reasons. The company is relying on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements available under MI 61-101. The company is exempt from the formal valuation requirement in Section 5.4 of MI 61-101 in reliance on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves interested parties, is not more than 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization. Additionally, the company is exempt from minority shareholder approval requirement in Section 5.6 of MI 61-101 in reliance on Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves interested parties, is not more than 25 per cent of the company's market capitalization. About Osisko Development Corp. Osisko Development is a continental North American gold development company focused on past-producing mining camps located in mining-friendly jurisdictions with district-scale potential. The company's objective is to become an intermediate gold producer by advancing its flagship permitted 100-per-cent-owned Cariboo gold project, located in central British Columbia, Canada. Its project pipeline is complemented by the Tintic project in the historic East Tintic mining district in Utah, United States, and the San Antonio gold project in Sonora, Mexico -- brownfield properties with significant exploration potential, extensive historical mining data, access to existing infrastructure and skilled labour. The company's strategy is to develop attractive, long-life, and socially and environmentally responsible mining assets, while minimizing exposure to development risk and increasing mineral resources. We seek Safe Harbor.