Rio Tinto agreed on Sept. 1 to take over the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in Turquoise Hill after sweetening an initial offer by around 20% to “a best and final” $3.3 billion, hoping to boost the Anglo-Australian mining company’s chances of gaining direct ownership of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mining project in Mongolia.
“The proposed price implies an equity value of $8.65 billion CAD, which is a fraction of the free cash flow that Pentwater expects Turquoise Hill to generate over the next decade,” it said in a release.
“Pentwater expects Turquoise Hill to generate over $10.5 billion CAD of free cash flow through 2030.”
Shares of Turquoise Hill, which fell 3% after Pentwater’s announcement, have gained more than 50% since Rio’s initial offer in March. Turquoise Hill’s minority shareholders are expected to vote on the proposed deal around the end of October.
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