Новости за 19.09.2022

JSE-, NYSE- and ASX-listed gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has entered into a definitive agreement with Coeur Mining to acquire its Coeur Sterling subsidiary, which owns properties adjacent to AngloGold’s projects in the Beatty district of Nevada, in the US, for $150-million. The properties include Coeur’s C-Horst, SNA, Secret Pass and Daisy operations, as well as the decommissioned Sterling mine and all tenements that surround the properties.

JSE and TSX-V-listed Buffalo Coal is in the process of transferring a $27-million loan purchased from private investment fund Resource Capital Fund (RCF) to new owner Belvedere Resources. This follows after Belvedere acquired RCF’s controlling stake in Buffalo in June, which involves Belvedere assuming the $27-million convertible loan.

Aim-listed uranium company Aura Energy, which is focused on the development of the 85%-owned Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, has announced that new incoming MD and CEO David Woodall will take office on October 17.  Woodall is a senior, corporate executive with a mining engineering qualification and 30 years' experience across exploration, operations, project development, community alignment and engagement in the mineral resources industry, including rare earths, critical minerals, gold, copper, iron-ore and nickel.

Takeover target Australian Pacific Coal has called in the help of a third-party financial adviser to assist the company in an independent assessment of proposals, after raising some concern around the most recent offer from Tetra Resources and Javelin Private Capital. Australian Pacific’s major shareholder and creditor Trepang Services recently threw its support behind the Tetra/Javelin bid, which is proposing the formation of a joint venture (JV) under which Tetra would hold a 40% interest and... Читать дальше...

Embattled base metals miner Trevali Mining has kicked off a court-approved sales process for its interest in the 90%-owned Rosh Pinah mine, in Namibia, and its fully-owned Caribou mine, in Canada. The Supreme Court of British Columbia last week granted a sales and investment solicitation process (SISP) order for the two mines, which Trevali aims to conclude before the end of the year.

Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is considering raising royalties on certain mining projects if elected, a campaign adviser told Reuters, likely affecting iron-ore giant Vale and other multinationals. Under the proposal drafted by mining specialists working for Lula's Workers' Party (PT), the government would charge an increased royalty rate - known as a "special stake" - on minerals of particularly high value, whether due to geological characteristics or market demand... Читать дальше...

Russian mining giant Nornickel plans to increase the equity holdings of employees and other individuals to collectively comprise 25% of the company, up from 10% now, its largest shareholder Vladimir Potanin told RBC TV. Nornickel, the world's top palladium and refined nickel producer, was one of the biggest prizes in the post-Soviet carve-up of Russian industry in 1990s, and it currently employs 72 000 people.

A group of indigenous Peruvian communities that have been blocking a key copper corridor agreed to a truce on Sunday after the country's prime minister said he would meet with them. Peru is the world's No. 2 copper producer. The blockade, which lasted less than a week, affected operations by Glencore's Antapaccay, MMG's Las Bambas and Hudbay Minerals' Constancia.

ASX-listed Lake Resources on Monday noted that construction of the demonstration plant at its Kachi lithium project, in Argentina, continued unabated, despite the dispute with partner Lilac Solutions. Lake last week flagged the dispute with Lilac over the timeline for the Kachi pilot plant, with Lake holding that Lilac would have to reach its milestone earn-in by the end of September, while Lilac held firm that it had until November to reach these milestones to earn a 25% stake in the project.

Gold- and copper-focused AIC Mines on Monday announced a A$36-million takeover offer for fellow listed Demetallica. Under the terms of the offer, AIC will offer Demetallica shareholders one of its own shares for every 1.5 Demetallica shares held, valuing the company at 33.7c a share, or at A$36-million.