Jaguar Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 20, 2016) -

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Jaguar Resources Inc. ("Jaguar" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:JRI) is pleased to announce that is has closed a non-brokered private placement of 300,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.10 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $30,000 (the "Private Placement").

Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of Jaguar ("Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one Common Share at a price of $0.05 per share for a period of 60 months from the date of closing of the offering.

Net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for general corporate purposes including general and administrative expenses.

The securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four month hold period from the closing date. Following closing of the first tranche of the Private Placement, the Corporation will have 73,514,454 Common Shares issued and outstanding. The Private Placement is subject to the submission of final documentation and final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Jaguar

Jaguar's business strategy is to seek to provide shareholders with growth by exploring the existing assets in the Saskatchewan Little Swan and Bannock Creek plays. As part of its corporate strategy of acquiring additional assets, the Company is in the process of evaluating several potential transactions which individually or together could be material. The Company cannot predict whether any current or future potential opportunities will result in one or more transactions involving the Company. The Company may issue equity or utilise debt facilities to finance all or a portion of any such potential acquisitions and or drilling programs on its Saskatchewan lands.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking Information

This news release contains forward‐looking statements and forward‐looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward‐looking statements or information. More particularly and without limitation, this news release contains forward‐looking statements and information relating to the resumption of trading of the Company's common shares on the Exchange. The forward‐looking statements and information are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by management of the Company, including, without limitation, the Company having adequate financial resources to satisfy all of the requirements of the Exchange related to resumption of trading. Although management of the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward looking statements and information are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward‐looking statements and information since no assurance can be given that they will prove to be correct.

Forward-looking statements and information are provided for the purpose of providing information about the current expectations and plans of management of the Company relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such statements and information may not be appropriate for other purposes, such as making investment decisions. Since forward‐looking statements and information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to continue operations without adequate capital, the Company's ability to raise further capital, the Company's ability to efficiently and successful explore and develop its properties, availability of drilling rigs, failure to interpret geological and geophysical information accurately, and the likelihood of those or any geological structures containing hydrocarbons. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward‐looking statements and information contained in this news release. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

The forward‐looking statements and information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and no undertaking is given to update publicly or revise any forward‐looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws or the TSXV. The forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.