Arafura Rare Earths Obtains $840 Million Government Funding Boost
Arafura Rare Earths Obtains $840 Million Government Funding Boost
Shares in Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) surged more than 77% yesterday after it was confirmed the company will receive A$840 million in funding from the Australian government to create a combined mine and refinery for the key renewable minerals.
Arafura Rare Earths(澳大利亚证券交易所股票代码:ARU)的股价昨日飙升了77%以上,此前该公司确认将获得澳大利亚政府的8.4亿澳元资金,用于为关键可再生矿产建造一座联合矿山和炼油厂。
Trading in the shares was halted ahead of the announcement with the shares at 14.75 cents. Once the news was formally released to the ASX (it was leaked from political sources in Canberra overnight Wednesday), the shares leapt, touching a day's high of 28 cents before finishing at 26 cents, up 76.87%.
该股在宣布之前暂停交易,股价为14.75美分。该消息正式发布给澳大利亚证券交易所后(周三隔夜从堪培拉的政治消息来源泄露了这一消息),股价一路飙升,触及当日高点28美分,收于26美分,上涨76.87%。
As impressive as the gain was, it is still less than half the 52-week high of 56 cents in February 2023.
尽管涨幅令人印象深刻,但仍不到2023年2月52周高点56美分的一半。
The deal follows Wednesday's announcement of government involvement in the $550 million funding package for lithium miner Liontown Resources to ensure it reaches first production from its Kathleen Valley spodumene project in Western Australia.
该协议是在周三宣布政府参与锂矿商Liontown Resources的5.5亿美元一揽子融资计划之后达成的,以确保其在西澳大利亚州的凯瑟琳谷锂辉石项目实现首次生产。
Arafura's Nolans neodymium-praseodymium open-cut mine and associated processing project are 135 kilometers north of Alice Springs and have an estimated mine life of around 38 years.
阿拉弗拉的诺兰钕-praseodymium露天矿和相关加工项目位于爱丽斯泉以北135公里处,估计矿山寿命约为38年。
The company's biggest shareholder is Hancock Prospecting Ltd., controlled by Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart, with a 9.1% stake. Hancock is also the largest shareholder in Liontown with 19.9%.
该公司的最大股东是汉考克勘探有限公司,由澳大利亚首富吉娜·里内哈特控制,持有9.1%的股份。汉考克也是莱昂敦的最大股东,占19.9%。
Nolans has an estimated mineral resource of 56 million tonnes with a grade of 2.6% of total rare earth oxides and 11% phosphate (P2O5). These extend 215 meters below the surface.
据估计,诺兰斯的矿产资源为5600万吨,占稀土氧化物总量的2.6%,磷酸盐(P2O5)的11%。它们延伸到地表以下 215 米。
The news also puts means shareholders who took up scrip in the $20 million fund-raising last December are in the money.
该消息还表明,去年12月在2000万美元筹款中购买股票的股东也有钱。
The company raised $25 million (up from $20 million initially) through the placement of nearly 156 million new shares at 16 cents each.
该公司通过以每股16美分的价格配售近1.56亿股新股,筹集了2500万美元(高于最初的2000万美元)。
Furthermore, it will issue one free-attaching option for every two new shares subscribed as part of the fully underwritten institutional placement.
此外,作为全额承销机构配售的一部分,它将为每认购两股新股发行一个自由附加期权。
These new options, around 62.5 million in number, will have an exercise price of 22.5 cents and expire 18 months from the date of issue.
这些新期权的数量约为6,250万份,行使价为22.5美分,自发行之日起18个月后到期。
Arafura is using the proceeds from the placement to keep work at Nolans continuing while the new package was nailed down.
在新一揽子计划确定期间,阿拉弗拉正在使用安置所得款项来继续在诺兰斯工作。
Nolans will join the first project and mine - Lynas, which has the huge Mount Weld deposit near Kalgoorlie and is expanding its processing operations there and in Malaysia. It has received a small amount of aid from Canberra's critical materials funding facility.
诺兰斯将加入第一个项目和矿山——Lynas,该矿在卡尔古利附近拥有巨大的Mount Weld矿床,并正在扩大其在那里和马来西亚的加工业务。它已经从堪培拉的关键材料融资机制获得了少量援助。
Iluka got a finance package of $1.25 billion to help build its new processing operation at Eneabba in WA where it has mined and stockpiled heavy beach minerals for years.
Iluka获得了12.5亿美元的一揽子融资,用于帮助其在西澳大利亚州埃内巴巴建立新的加工厂,该公司多年来一直在那里开采和储存重质海滩矿物。
Iluka's operation will be the first fully integrated rare earths refinery in the country, and it has done a deal to toll treat rare earths from its Browns Range deposits in WA.
Iluka的运营将是该国第一家完全整合的稀土炼油厂,它已经达成了一项协议,对西澳大利亚州布朗斯山脉矿床中的稀土进行收费处理。