JOHANNESBURG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Anglo Pacific has
agreed to buy a share of cobalt production from Vale's Voisey's
Bay mine in Canada, giving the mining royalty and streaming
company exposure to the key battery metal for the first time, it
said on Wednesday.
Under the deal, Anglo Pacific will buy a company holding a
70% interest in part of the mine's cobalt production from
private equity sellers for $205 million cash and a contingent
consideration of up to $27 million.
Voisey's Bay, in Canada's remote Labrador province, produces
nickel-cobalt-copper concentrate and copper concentrate. Vale
shuttered the mine in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
and restarted operations in early July.
Anglo Pacific's profits derive from its acquisition of
royalties that give it the right to a share of revenue, profit
or production. It owns coking coal, copper, iron ore, and
uranium royalties.
(Reporting by Helen Reid. Editing by Mark Potter)
