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Transamine has Cu offtake for Boseto, buys 10% stake in Discovery

March 09, 2010 - 09:32 GMT Location: London

KEYWORDS: transamine , discovery metals , boseto , botswana , copper , josephine mason

Transamine will buy all the copper concentrate produced at Discovery Metals’ Boseto copper mine in Botswana over five years as well as 9.76% stake in the company

As part of the offtake deal, Transamine will subscribe to 25 million Discovery shares at A$0.7623 ($0.69) per share, paying an 11% premium to Discovery’s four-week volume weighted average price, raising A$19 million which will go towards building the project, Discovery said on Tuesday.

The 25 million shares in addition to Discovery’s current 231 million share capital will represent 9.76% of the new share capital, according to MB’s calculations.

News of the offtake comes several weeks after md Brad Sampson told MB that sheer demand for Boseto’s concentrate meant negotiations...

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