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Published on 10/18/2006 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

New Issue: Nevsun Resources plans C$25.05 million placement of units

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, Oct. 18 - Nevsun Resources Ltd. priced a C$25.05 million private placement.

The offering includes up to 8.35 million units at C$3.00 apiece.

The deal is being placed through a syndicate of underwriters led by Haywood Securities Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corp. The syndicate has a greenshoe for up to 1.65 million additional units.

The units consist of one share and one half-share warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable at C$4.00 for three years. The expiry of the warrants may be accelerated to 30 days if the company's stock trades above C$5.00 for more than 10 consecutive trading days.

The deal is scheduled to close Oct. 31.

Proceeds will be used for pre-production on the company's Bisha project in Eritrea and for general corporate purposes.

Based in Vancouver, B.C., Nevsun is a gold, copper and zinc exploration company.

Issuer:Nevsun Resources Ltd.
Issue:Units of one share and one half-share warrant
Amount:C$25.05 million
Units:8.35 million
Greenshoe:For 1.65 million units
Price:C$3.00
Warrants:One half-share warrant per unit
Warrant expiration:Three years
Warrant strike price:C$4.00
Underwriters:Haywood Securities Inc. (lead), Canaccord Capital Corp. (lead)
Pricing date:Oct. 18
Settlement date:Oct. 31
Stock symbol:Toronto: NSU
Stock price:C$3.08 at close Oct. 17

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