Proactive weekly mining round-up: Rio Tinto, Bacanora Lithium, Caerus Mineral Resources...
A run-through of some of the week's mining stories
Jacques left the FTSE 100 mining giant after it blasted the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge heritage areas in Australia to access iron ore. On Thursday’s AGM, over 60% of shareholders voted against two resolutions on the firm’s remuneration report, but as it only an advisory measure the company decided to ignore the vote and carry on.
Bacanora Lithium PLC’s (LON:BCN) partner and major shareholder Ganfeng has made an offer to buy out the mining group. The Chinese giant says it will offer 67.5p per share, a 45% premium to the close yesterday and valuing AIM-listed Bacanora at £259mln, including shares to be issued through a recent placing. Ganfeng already has a 29% stake in Bacanora and also a 50% stake in Sonora, the junior miner’s lithium deposit in Mexico.