The Offering is being conducted pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form F-10 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), its corresponding Canadian base shelf prospectus and an exemption from the Autorité des marches financiers permitting the Company to offer common shares, warrants and such other securities specified therein in the United States. The proposed Offering will be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement, a final prospectus supplement and the accompanying short form base shelf prospectus. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying short form base shelf prospectus may be obtained upon request by contacting Canaccord Genuity Inc., Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or by telephone/email at (800) 225-6201/.