16th Aug 2006 08:49
Antofagasta PLC16 August 2006 Antofagasta PLC Update: Takeover offer for Equatorial Mining Limited London, 16 August 2006 Antofagasta PLC ("Antofagasta") announces today that it has received approvalfrom Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board in relation to its takeoveroffer for Equatorial Mining Limited ("Equatorial"). As a result, Antofagasta's acquisition of a 19.99 per cent. shareholding inEquatorial announced yesterday is expected to complete next week. Antofagasta's takeover offer for Equatorial is now conditional only on acquiringat least 75 per cent of the number of outstanding ordinary shares in Equatorial. Enquiries - Chile / North America ----------------------------------- Enquiries - UK Antofagasta Minerals S.A.---------------- --------------------------- Antofagasta PLC Alejandro Rivera----------------- ------------------ Tel: +44 20 7808 0988 Tel: +56 2 377 5145----------------------- --------------------- www.antofagasta.co.uk Email: [email protected] ----------------------------- Hussein Barma Rothschild Inc. (financial adviser)--------------- ------------------------------------- Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 202 862 1660--------------------------------- ---------------------- Bankside Consultants Hugo Dryland---------------------- -------------- Tel: +44 20 7367 8873 Enquiries - Australia----------------------- ----------------------- Mob: +44 7885 356 639 Rothschild Australia (financial adviser)----------------------- ------------------------------------------ Keith Irons Tel: +61 2 9323 2000------------- ---------------------- Email: [email protected] Marshall Baillieu--------------------------- ------------------- Oliver Winters Chris Forman---------------- -------------- Email: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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