Macarthur’s Joint Venture Partner Fe Limited announces FIRB approval for sale of Iron Ore royalty
May 28 2020 - 8:00AM
Macarthur Minerals Limited
(ASX: MIO)
(TSX-V: MMS) (the “Company” or “Macarthur”) Joint
Venture Partner, Fe Limited (“FEL”) has announced that the sale of
its Evanston royalty interest to Trident Resources PLC (LSX: TRR)
has been granted approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment
Review Board (FIRB).
The transaction has already received approval
from FEL’s Shareholders, and the announcement by FEL that FIRB
approval has also been granted is another important step. The
transaction remains subject to Trident commencing trading on the
AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, which has been targeted to
occur by 2 June 2020.
FEL has entered into an earn-in agreement with
Macarthur for eight tenements in the Pilbara region of Western
Australia, including the Hillside Gold and Copper Project. Under
the terms of the earn-in agreement, Macarthur acquired 5.4% of the
ordinary shares in FEL in August 2019 as consideration for the
stage 1 Option Exercise Fee. The Evanston royalty transaction will
provide FEL with the necessary funding to support its ongoing
exploration programs, including follow-up works to the recent
drilling program completed at the Hillside Gold and Copper
Project.
A copy of FEL’s full news release is available
here.
Cameron McCall, President and Executive
Chairman of Macarthur Minerals commented:“The confirmation
that the sale of FEL’s royalty interest to Trident Resources has
cleared a key regulatory approval requirement in Australia with the
FIRB is further pleasing news for our joint venture partner FEL and
its ability to fund its ongoing exploration programs, including
further exploration activities on Macarthur’s Pilbara tenements
encompassing the Hillside, Panorama, and Strelley projects.
Macarthur looks forward to working with FEL on furthering these
opportunities and delivering value to its shareholders.”
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Mr Cameron McCall,
Executive Chairman
For more information please contact:
Joe PhillipsCEO & Director61 7 3221
1796communications@macarthurminerals.com
Investor CubedNeil Simon, CEO647-258-3310info@investor3.ca
Earn-in with Macarthur
Macarthur Lithium Pty Ltd (“MLi”), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Macarthur entered into an exclusive option
agreement (“Option Agreement”) with FEL as announced on May 14,
2019, to earn up to 75% in its Pilbara lithium and gold projects in
respect of eight tenements in the Pilbara.
About Fe Limited
FE Limited (ASX: FEL) is a listed mineral
exploration Company that holds or has rights or interests in
various projects and tenements prospective for battery metals,
copper, iron ore, gold and base metals located in Australia. The
Company is focused on the exploration of battery metal projects. In
March 2019, FEL entered into an agreement to acquire the
Pippingarra Lithium Project and the Marble Bar Lithium Project from
Mercury Resources Group Pty Ltd. These areas complement the
tenement portfolio of Macarthur Minerals, establishing a 1,242
square kilometer exploration footprint in the important Lithium and
Gold region of Western Australia.
Company profile
Macarthur is an iron ore development, gold and
lithium exploration company that is focused on bringing to
production its Western Australia iron ore projects. The Lake Giles
Iron Project mineral resources include the Ularring hematite
resource (approved for development) comprising Indicated resources
of 54.5 million tonnes at 47.2% Fe and Inferred resources of 26
million tonnes at 45.4% Fe; and the Moonshine magnetite resource of
710 million tonnes (Inferred). Macarthur has prominent (~721 square
kilometer tenement area) gold, lithium and copper exploration
interests in Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition,
Macarthur has lithium brine Claims in the emerging Railroad Valley
region in Nevada, USA.
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