Australian Billionaire Offers Premium to BHP Bid for Noront Resources
31 Août 2021 - 2:27AM
Dow Jones News
By Rhiannon Hoyle
SYDNEY--Wyloo Metals, owned by Australian billionaire Andrew
Forrest, proposed to pay a premium for Noront Resources Ltd. over
an existing takeover offer made by BHP Group Ltd.
Wyloo said it would pay Noront shareholders 70 Canadian cents
(US$0.555) a share for their interest in the mining company, a 27%
premium to the C$0.55 offered by BHP last month. Investors who
don't want to sell their stake could remain as shareholders under a
new leadership team that would include Dr. Forrest as chairman,
Wyloo said.
Wyloo, which already holds a large stake in Noront, in May
proposed an offer at C$0.315 a share for the miner's shares.
Noront is focused on developing deposits in northern Ontario
that contain metals such as copper and nickel, expected to be in
high demand as the world decarbonizes.
Write to Rhiannon Hoyle at rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com
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