LONDON, Nov. 15, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Regarding Crew Gold Corporation ("Crew" or the "Company") (Other OTC:CRUGF) (TSX:CRU) (Oslo:CRU) (Frankfurt:KNC), reference is made to Crew's press-release of November 2, 2006 regarding the conclusion of a private placement of 50 million common shares at NOK 13.30 per share (the "New Shares"). Crew is pleased to report that on November 14, 2006, the company received payment for, and issued the New Shares to the subscribers.
The New Shares may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise traded on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange or otherwise in Canada or to or for the benefit of a Canadian resident for a period of 4 months and 1 day from the issue date. As a consequence, the New Shares have been temporarily registered in the Norwegian Centralized Securities register (VPS) on the separate ISIN CA2265342048. After the lapse of the 4 months and 1 day period, the New Shares will be transferred to the same ISIN as the other common shares of Crew outstanding, being CA2265341057.
Crew expects that the New Shares will be admitted to trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange on or about November 21, 2006.
For more information please contact our UK Head Office (TEL +44 -1932 268755 or by email to enquiries@crewgold.com). For more information about Crew, additional contact information or to subscribe to future news releases, please visit our website www.crewgold.com
This is not an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities. The distribution of this press release and the offer and sale of the securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Any persons reading this press release should inform themselves of and observe any such restrictions. This is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. No securities have been registered under the U.S. securities act to be offered for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered for sale in the united states absent registration under the U.S. securities act or an exemption from registration. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus
Jan A. Vestrum President & CEO
Safe Harbour Statement Certain statements contained herein, as well as oral statements that may be made by the company or by officers, directors or employees of the company acting on the company's behalf, that are not statements of historical fact, may constitute "forward-looking statements" and are made pursuant to applicable and relevant national legislation (including the Safe-Harbour provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) in countries where Crew is conducting business and/or investor relations. Forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to those with respect to Crew Acquisition Corp.'s intention to proceed with the compulsory acquisition. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans,", "expects," "does not expect," "is expected," "targets," "budget," "estimates," "forecasts," "intends," "anticipates" or "does not anticipate," or "believes," or equivalents or variation, including negative variation, of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results, "may," "could," "would," "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the price of gold, fluctuations in financial markets, investor interest in the proposed private placement. Although Crew has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or cause actions events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended, there can be no assurance that forward looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Except as may be required by applicable law or stock exchange regulation, the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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