McEwen Copper Announces an Additional US$35 Million Investment by Nuton, a Rio Tinto Venture
24 Octubre 2024 - 6:30AM
McEwen Copper Inc., a subsidiary
of McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX:
MUX),
is pleased to announce closing of an
additional $35 million investment by Nuton LLC,
a
Rio Tinto Venture.
McEwen Copper previously announced a
non-brokered private placement financing of up
to 2,333,333 common shares at a subscription price
of US$30.00 per common share, for gross proceeds of up
to US$70 million (the "Offering"). The first tranche of
the Offering was led by a $14 million investment by McEwen Mining
and a $5 million investment by Rob McEwen.
In this second tranche of the Offering, Nuton (a
Rio Tinto Venture) has purchased an additional 1,166,666 common
shares of McEwen Copper for $35 million and two other investors
have acquired 66,669 common shares for $2 million. Following the
closing of this second tranche of the Offering, McEwen Copper has
raised a total of $56 million.
Nuton now owns 17.2% of McEwen Copper on a fully
diluted basis. Following these share issuances, McEwen Copper will
have 32,804,284 common shares outstanding, giving it a post-money
market value of $984 million, and its shareholders are: McEwen
Mining Inc. 46.4%, Stellantis 18.3%, Nuton 17.2%, Rob McEwen 12.7%,
Victor Smorgon Group 3.0%, and other shareholders 2.0%.
Proceeds from the Offering will be used to
advance ongoing work on the feasibility study for the Los Azules
copper project, which is scheduled for publication in the first
half of 2025.
Subscription for the
remaining 466,664 common shares in the Offering is
available to qualified accredited investors, subject to
a US$1 million minimum investment and certain other
conditions. The securities sold in the Offering are private and
subject to transfer restrictions until such time when they become
listed on a public exchange.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be
any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Nuton
Nuton is an innovative venture that aims to help
grow Rio Tinto’s copper business. At the core of Nuton is a
portfolio of proprietary copper leaching related technologies and
capability – a product of almost 30 years of research and
development. Nuton offers the potential to economically unlock
copper from primary sulfide resources through leaching, achieving
market-leading recovery rates and contributing to an increase in
copper production at new and ongoing operations. One of the key
differentiators of Nuton is the ambition to produce the world’s
lowest footprint copper while having at least one Positive Impact
at each of our deployment sites, across our five pillars: water,
energy, land, materials and society.
About McEwen Copper
McEwen Copper Inc. holds a 100% interest in the
Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina and the Elder
Creek copper/gold project in Nevada, USA.
Los Azules was ranked in the top 10 largest
undeveloped copper deposits in the world by Mining Intelligence
(2022). A PEA published in June 2023 for the project estimated a
$2.7 billion after-tax NPV8% at $3.75/lb Cu, a 27-year mine life,
and an updated copper resource of 10.9 billion pounds at grade
0.40% Cu (Indicated category) and an additional 26.7
billion pounds at grade 0.31% Cu (Inferred category). For more
details about the Los Azules PEA click here.
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About McEwen Mining
McEwen Mining is a gold and silver producer with
operations in Nevada, Canada, Mexico and Argentina. In addition, it
owns approximately 46.4% of McEwen Copper which owns the large,
advanced stage Los Azules copper project in Argentina. The
Company’s goal is to improve the productivity and life of its
assets with the objective of increasing its share price and
providing a yield. Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Owner, has
personally invested $225 million in the companies and takes an
annual salary of $1.
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