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JX to offer 19% stake in Chile's Caserones copper mine for $350 mln

Japan's JX Advanced Metals, a. unit of Eneos Holdings, said on Wednesday it has actually agreed. to sell an extra 19% stake in the operator of Caserones. copper mine in Chile to Canada's Lundin Mining for $350. million.

The offer will minimize JX's stake in the operator, SCM Minera. Lumina Copper Chile (MLCC), to 30% from 49% while improving. Lundin's stake to 70% from 51%, the Japanese business said in a. statement.

JX, which altered its name from JX Metals in May, offered 51%. of its shares in the operator to Lundin in July 2023, with a. call alternative to acquire an additional 19% of the shares within. one to 5 years. Lundin has now exercised that alternative, JX. stated.

For JX, the offer, set to be finished in July, belongs to an. possession portfolio reshuffle. It looks to focus on the advanced. products organization, such as sputtering targets for. semiconductors, while handling volatility in its resource. business.

Asked whether JX prepares to offer an additional stake in MLCC,. a company representative stated: We want to maintain a particular. level of copper mine interests from the perspective of raw. product procurement, but we will also continue to evaluate our. portfolio.

Its parent Eneos, Japan's biggest oil refiner, stated the. most current deal will have restricted effect on its incomes for the. year ending March 31.

Last year, Eneos stated it was preparing to list shares in JX,. although the strategies had yet to be settled.

(source: Reuters)