Zijin Mining Shares Jump on Plans to Acquire Canada's Neo Lithium
Zijin Mining Shares Jump on Plans to Acquire Canada's Neo Lithium
By Clarence Leong
作者：樑家傑(Clarence Leong)
Shares of Zijin Mining Group Co. jumped after the company unveiled plans to acquire Canada's Neo Lithium Corp. in a deal worth 960 million Canadian dollars (US$769.7 million).
紫金礦業公司公佈了收購加拿大Neo Lithium公司的計劃，交易價值9.6億加元(合7.697億美元)，該公司股價大漲。
Zijin's H-shares rose as much as 8.8% in Monday morning trading and were last 7.8% higher at HK$10.38. The stock has gained 18% so far this year.
紫金礦業H股週一早盤一度漲8.8%，尾盤升7.8%，報10.38港元。今年到目前為止，該股已經上漲了18%。
A unit of Zijin Mining has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Neo Lithium for C$6.50 each, an 18% premium to the Toronto-based company's closing price Friday, the Chinese mining company said late Sunday in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
總部位於多倫多的新鋰礦業公司(Neo Lithium)周日晚間在提交給香港交易所(Hong Kong Stock Exchange)的一份文件中説，該公司旗下一個部門已達成協議，將以每股6.5加元的價格收購該公司全部流通股，較這家總部位於多倫多的公司上週五的收盤價溢價18%。
The all-cash transaction will be self-financed by the company, Zijin Mining said.
紫金礦業稱，這項全現金交易將由該公司自籌資金。
Neo Lithium's core asset is a lithium brine lake project in northwestern Argentina. Lithium is a "strategic mineral resource for new energy," Zijin Mining said, and an expansion into the segment will broaden and sustain the company's development. Zijin Mining's board has approved the deal unanimously.
Neo Lithium的核心資產是阿根廷西北部的一個鋰鹽湖項目。紫金礦業説，鋰是“新能源的戰略性礦產資源”，進軍該領域將拓寬並維持公司的發展。紫金礦業董事會一致批准了這筆交易。
The project could also offer a quick investment return and "has a large resource volume, with the potential to further expand its production capacity," the mining company said. The project's profitability appears relatively strong, it said.
該礦業公司稱，該項目還可以提供快速的投資回報，並“擁有大量的資源量，有進一步擴大產能的潛力”。該公司表示，該項目的盈利能力似乎相對較強。
The deal still requires regulatory and shareholder approvals.
這筆交易仍需要監管部門和股東的批准。
Companies that own lithium mines have become hot acquisition targets amid a booming electric-vehicle industry and a rush to secure raw materials in the long term.
隨着電動汽車行業的蓬勃發展和對長期原材料的搶購，擁有鋰礦的公司已成為熱門收購目標。
Last month, major EV battery maker and Tesla Inc. supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. said it will acquire Canada-based Millennial Lithium Corp. in a deal worth C$377 million, outbidding rival Ganfeng Lithium Co.
上個月，主要的電動汽車電池製造商和特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)供應商當代安培科技有限公司説，它將以3.77億加元的價格收購加拿大千禧鋰公司，出價高於競爭對手贛鋒鋰業公司。
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