Petra Diamonds sells Botswana exploration assets

佩特拉钻石公司出售博茨瓦纳的勘探资产

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添加详细信息,博茨瓦纳钻石公司董事总经理的报价

JOHANNESBURG, July 20 (Reuters) - Petra Diamonds PDL.L has agreed to sell its Botswanan exploration assets to Botswana Diamonds BODP.L for $300,000 and a 5% royalty on future revenue, the diamond miner, which is in the process of restructuring, said on Monday.

约翰内斯堡,路透社7月20日-Petra Diamonds PDL.L已同意将其博茨瓦纳勘探资产出售给博茨瓦纳Diamonds BODP.L,价格为300,000美元,并支付未来收入的5%特许权使用费,这家钻石矿商正在进行重组,周一说。

The purchase price will be payable in two equal instalments on or before August 31, 2021 and August 31, 2022, Petra said. Botswana Diamonds has the option to buy out the royalty for $2 million in cash.

佩特拉表示,购买价格将在2021年8月31日和2022年8月31日或之前分两期支付。博茨瓦纳钻石公司可以选择以200万美元现金的价格购买特许权使用费。

Petra's subsidiary Sekaka Diamonds Exploration (Pty) Limited, which Botswana Diamonds would take over, holds three prospecting licences including the KX36 project, which has an indicated resource of 17.9 million tonnes at 35 carats per hundred tonnes.

Petra的子公司Sekaka Diamonds Exploration(Pty)Limited(博茨瓦纳钻石公司将接管该公司)持有三份勘探许可证,包括KX36项目,该项目的标明资源为1790万吨,每百吨重35克拉。

Botswana Diamonds managing director James Campbell said KX36 would be the company's most advanced project in southern Africa, and Sekaka's exploration database would also be "hugely complementary" to its current activities.

博茨瓦纳钻石公司董事总经理詹姆斯·坎贝尔说,KX36将是该公司在南部非洲最先进的项目,塞卡卡(Sekaka)的勘探数据库也将“补充”其目前的活动。

Petra, which has been planning to sell Sekaka since June 2018, said the deal is separate to the sales process it announced last month as part of its restructuring.

佩特拉(Petra)自2018年6月起一直计划出售Sekaka,该公司表示,这笔交易与上个月宣布的重组过程中的销售流程分开。

"The first tranche of the purchase consideration is not expected to be received until August 2021, making the sale too long-dated to help with Petra's immediate cash flow challenges," said BMO analyst Edward Sterck.

BMO分析师爱德华·斯特克(Edward Sterck)表示:“预计购买价款的第一笔付款要到2021年8月才能收到,这使得该笔交易太久了,无法应对佩特拉当前的现金流挑战。”

The sale still requires approval from the Botswana Competition Commission, ministerial consent in Botswana, and approval from Petra's lenders and debtholders.

出售仍需博茨瓦纳竞争委员会的批准,博茨瓦纳的部长级同意,以及佩特拉的贷方和债务人的批准。

Campbell said he hopes the deal will be sealed by August 31.

坎贝尔说,他希望这笔交易能在8月31日之前完成。

(Reporting by Helen Reid; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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