Savannah Resources to Exit Rio Tinto JV, Assets in Mozambique
December 01 2021 - 7:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Anthony O. Goriainoff
Savannah Resources PLC said Wednesday that it will exit a
consortium agreement in Mozambique with Rio Tinto PLC with
immediate effect, and that it will also exit its remaining assets
in the country.
The AIM-listed mining company said Rio Tinto has paid $9.5
million in cash as termination compensation to Savannah's
wholly-owned U.K. subsidiary, AME East Africa Ltd, in respect of
the agreement's termination and the transfer of the company's
in-country team to Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto will now take full responsibility for the Mutamba
heavy mineral sands project in Mozambique, it said.
Savannah said the move will free up cash resources and
management time to be redirected to its flagship Barroso lithium
project in Portugal.
The company said it will immediately start the divestment of its
residual interests in Mozambique, these being primarily Matilda
Minerals Lda and mining concession 9735C.
Shares at 1220 GMT were up 84 pence, or 1.8%, at 4,696.50
pence.
Write to Anthony O. Goriainoff at
anthony.orunagoriainoff@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 01, 2021 07:52 ET (12:52 GMT)
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