Group 1 - The company holds 15% of the issued share capital of SM Minerals and has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire an additional 64,706 shares, which represents 55% of SM Minerals' issued share capital, for a purchase price of $89 million [1] - Upon completion of the share purchase agreement, the company will own a total of 70% of SM Minerals' issued share capital [1] - SM Minerals is registered in Kazakhstan and primarily engaged in copper mining and enrichment, with the Bokhara project covering a total area of 34.3 square kilometers in the Aktobe province [1] Group 2 - The Bokhara North mining area has an ore resource of 384 million tons, containing 1.58 million tons of copper with an average grade of 0.41%, and 94,000 tons of proven and controlled copper, accounting for approximately 60% [1] - The project also has an average grade of 0.1 g/t for associated gold, although the qualified report has not yet accounted for the associated gold resource due to historical assay delays [1] - The company has completed fieldwork for additional exploration since July 2025, and further updates on copper metal resources and associated gold are expected after resource estimation [2] Group 3 - The preliminary expected construction scale of the project is an open-pit mining processing capacity of 14 million tons per year, with an annual production of copper concentrate containing approximately 45,000 tons of copper [2] - The Bokhara South deposit is still in the early stages, with only inferred resources confirmed at this time [2] - This acquisition is seen as a key strategic foothold for the company in the Central Asia region, injecting new development potential for future resource development [2]
中国有色矿业(01258.HK)进一步收购哈萨克斯坦SM Minerals若干已发行股本