Solarvest BioEnergy Inc. Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement

Solarvest BioEnergy Inc. Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement
  
 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Apr 9, 2014) - SOLARVEST BIOENERGY INC. (TSX-VENTURE:SVS) ("Solarvest") wishes to announce it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 1,506,665 Units priced at $0.30 for total gross proceeds of $452,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one half warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable for one common share at $0.40 for a period of eighteen months following the closing and include an acceleration clause that is triggered by a share price of $0.60 per share.

Proceeds from this private placement will be used as general working capital. The units are be subject to resale restrictions until August 10, 2014 under applicable securities legislation.

The Company paid finders' fees with respect to certain subscribers in the amount of $15,470 and issued 44,200 non-transferrable finder's warrants. The finder's warrants are exercisable into common shares at $0.50 on the same terms as the warrants issued to the placees.

A director and officer who is also a Control Person of the Company participated in this private placement on the same terms and conditions as the other placees for a total of 200,000 Units. The placement is exempt from shareholder approval accordance with MI 61-101 (Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions).

About Solarvest BioEnergy Inc.

Solarvest is an algae technology company whose algal-based production platform provides it with an extremely flexible system capable of being adapted to produce clean energy in the form of hydrogen and health products such as Organic Omega oils in an economic and environmentally sensitive manner.

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.

Neither 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.

The statements made in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from Solarvest's expectations and projections.

Solarvest BioEnergy Inc.Gerri GreenhamChief Executive Officer416 420 [e-mail]