Toronto, ON, Canada, December 6, 2006 -- Latin American Minerals Inc. (the "Company") (LAT:TSXV) has closed the final tranche of its private placement previously announced. The final tranche involved the issue of 1,778,000 units (each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant) for gross proceeds of $444,500. The full private placement raised gross proceeds of $3,795,000 consisting of 15,180,000 common shares of the Company at $0.25 per common share and 7,590,000 warrants. Each warrant is exercisable at $0.35 per common share of the Company within one year following the closing. In addition, the Corporation issued 64,000 units in lieu of a portion of the commission. Latin American Minerals Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of exploration opportunities in Central and South America. For more information please contact David Wahl, P.Eng., P.Geo, President and CEO at (416-843-7851). |