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   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

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 30, 2021 20:12 ET (00:12 GMT)

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