Fed Government Backs Arafura Rare Earths With $840m Package
Fed Government Backs Arafura Rare Earths With $840m Package
The federal government is backing another rare earths business, this time the Gina Rinehart-supported Arafura Rare Earths group (ASX:ARU), with its Nolans Northern Territory mine and refinery.
聯邦政府正在支持另一項稀土業務，這次是吉娜·裏內哈特支持的阿拉富拉稀土集團（澳大利亞證券交易所股票代碼：ARU），其礦山和煉油廠位於北領地的諾蘭斯礦山和煉油廠。
Shares in Arafura were halted on Wednesday ahead of an expected announcement on a new debt funding package.
在預計將宣佈新的債務融資計劃之前，Arafura的股票於週三暫停。
This package, valued at a huge $840 million, comes from the federal government.
這個價值8.4億美元的一攬子計劃來自聯邦政府。
Following the $1.25 billion support for the Iluka rare earths project in WA and smaller funding deals with Lynas, as well as the established Mount Weld project and associated processing operations, the total support package exceeds $2 billion.
繼西澳大利亞州Iluka稀土項目獲得12.5億美元的支持，與Lynas達成小額融資協議，以及建立的Mount Weld項目和相關的加工業務之後，一攬子支持計劃總額超過20億美元。
The Nolans project, located 138 kilometers from Alice Springs, has an estimated life of at least 38 years.
諾蘭斯項目距離愛麗斯泉138公里，估計壽命至少爲38年。
The company last month signed a long-term gas supply deal with central Australian gas companies, including New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG), which owns part of the Mereenie oil and gas field in the Northern Territory through a joint venture agreement.
該公司上個月與澳大利亞中部的天然氣公司簽署了一項長期天然氣供應協議，其中包括新西蘭石油和天然氣公司（NZOG），該公司通過合資協議擁有北領地梅里尼油氣田的部分股份。
Under the agreement, NZOG will supply up to 4.8 petajoules (PJ) of gas to Nolans over the next five years.
根據該協議，NZOG將在未來五年內向諾蘭斯供應高達4.8千兆焦耳（PJ）的天然氣。
Arafura's funding includes approximately $495 million in loans from the Critical Minerals Facility, $200 million from the revamped Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and nearly $115 million in federal export financing, which is helping fund the $550 million debt package with Liontown Resources.
阿拉弗拉的資金包括來自關鍵礦產基金的約4.95億美元貸款、來自改造後的北澳大利亞基礎設施設施的2億美元以及近1.15億美元的聯邦出口融資，後者爲Liontown Resources的5.5億美元債務一攬子計劃提供了資金。
Arafura shares have fallen by 72% in the past year, closing at 14.5 cents earlier in the week, valuing the company at nearly $341 million. Therefore, the funding package far exceeds the value investors think Arafura is worth.
在過去的一年中，Arafura的股價下跌了72％，本週早些時候收於14.5美分，使該公司的估值接近3.41億美元。因此，一攬子融資計劃遠遠超過了投資者認爲Arafura的價值。
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