Anglo American Platinum’s subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines has therefore the disposal of its 33% interest in the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine joint venture with effect from 11 December 2018.
Image: Amplats completes stake sale in Bafokeng Rasimone platinum mine JV. Photo courtesy of rawpixel on Unsplash.
Anglo American Platinum announced that all conditions precedent to the sale and purchase agreement with Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) and Royal Bafokeng Resources Proprietary Limited (RBR) have been fulfilled.
Accordingly, RBR took over full ownership of the operation on the completion date.
RPM will retain its right to purchase 50% of the BRPM JV concentrate for the life of mine, and RBPlat will retain its termination right on the remaining 50% of the concentrate every five years, with the earliest possible termination date being in August 2022.
Anglo American Platinum CEO Chris Griffith said: ““Following the sell-down of RPM’s listed interest in RBPlat earlier this year, this completes RPM’s exit from RBPlat and the BRPM JV.
“The completion of the sale of RPM’s 33% interest in the BRPM joint venture allows Anglo American Platinum to further simplify its portfolio and focus its capital allocation into own-managed mines and projects. Importantly, RPM will retain its right to purchase 50% of the BRPM JV’s concentrate for the life of mine.
“The Transaction allows RBPlat to increase its attributable resource and reserve base and furthers empowerment in the PGM industry, with RBPlat fully owning and operating low cost, high quality assets with attractive growth optionality at Styldrift.”
Purchase Consideration
The total purchase consideration is comprised of R1.863 billion, plus an additional R315 million (approximately US$150 million in total), which equates to the repayment of RPM’s contributions into the BRPM JV since announcement of the Transaction.
The upfront purchase consideration was settled on the Completion Date by a cash payment by RBR of R555 million (approximately US$40 million).
As outlined in the announcement made on 5 July 2018, the remaining purchase consideration will be deferred and left outstanding on loan account and escalated at a rate equivalent to RBPlat’s borrowing rate plus a premium of 2%.
The deferred consideration will be paid in three equal tranches after 1.5 years, 2.5 years and 3.5 years from the Completion Date. RBPlat has the option to settle the outstanding consideration either in cash or by the issue of additional RBPlat shares to RPM at each payment date.
Source: Company Press Release