Adventus Zinc Corp. on Jan. 24 said it filed a final prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia for its proposed IPO.

The company will issue 6 million common shares at 50 Canadian cents each in the IPO brokered by Haywood Securities Inc. and is expected to close Feb. 7.

Adventus Zinc earlier secured C$8 million of seed capital funding from a group of strategic investors, including co-founder Altius Minerals Corp.