Yahoo Finance Hudbay Minerals (HBM) Completes Rockcliff Metals Acquisition
Hudbay Minerals HBM has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Rockcliff Metals Corp. This strategic move will help will triple Hudbay’s land ownership in the promising Snow Lake region, extend mine life and prolong operations. It will also provide the company with additional exploration properties in the vicinity of its Stall and New Britannia mills.
Hudbay had announced the acquisition in June this year. As per the agreement, Rockcliff shareholders have been issued 0.006776 of a Hudbay common share for each Rockcliff share previously held. Rockcliff is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudbay.
Rockcliff Metals is a Canadian major explorer in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba is home to the largest Paleoproterozoic Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore (VMS) district in the world. This region hosts high-grade mines and deposits containing copper, zinc, gold and silver.
Rockcliff is a major landholder in the area. Its portfolio of properties included six 100% owned high grade and undeveloped VMS deposits. Its seventh high grade VMS deposit, the Talbot copper deposit, was a joint venture with Hudbay. Rockcliff had 49% ownership in the venture while Hudbay held the remaining 51% (prior to the acquisition).
Rockcliff has measured and indicated mineral resources of 7.9 million tons grading 3.60% copper equivalent and inferred mineral resources of 5.1 million tons grading 3.19% copper equivalent.
Hudbay has been consolidating its land package in the prospective Snow Lake Greenstone Belt. In sync with this, in late June 2023, Hudbay completed the acquisition of the Cook Lake properties, which are located within ten kilometers and along the same regional trend as Hudbay’s Lalor mine. The properties include the Cook Lake North and South properties, which are within 30 kilometers of Hudbay’s Stall and New Britannia processing facilities.
The increase in Hudbay’s land position through the acquisition of the Cook Lake properties, Rockcliff properties and other recent land acquisitions, represents more than 250% increase in Hudbay’s Snow Lake land package. Hudbay intends to explore claims in hopes of finding a new anchor deposit to maximize and extend the life of its Snow Lake operations beyond 2038.
In June 2023, HBM closed the acquisition of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation. It provided Hudbay a larger-scale platform with three long-life operating mines with exploration and expansion upside, three large-scale development projects and one of the largest mineral resource bases among intermediate copper producers. It has also positioned it as the third largest copper producer in Canada based on its 2023 estimated copper production.
Price Performance
Shares of the Hudbay Minerals have gained 20.4% in the past year compared with the industry's 5.4% growth.
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HBM currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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