BVI company China Natural Resources announced entering into an agreement with Feishang Group Limited – a related party from which the company had acquired the Coal Group with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, for the total price of US$25 mln. By the terms of the agreement signed on August 11, the BVI company agreed to acquire from the Feishang Group all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Newhold Investments Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the outstanding indebtedness of the Coal Group to the to the Feishang Group.
The purchased company Newhold Investments, through its 70% owned operating subsidiary Guizhou Yongfu Mining Co., Ltd, owns mining rights to Yongsheng Coal Mine in Guizhou Province of PRC.
Purchase price for Newhold's shares and indebtedness is US$42,000,000, subject to adjustment. The closing date of this agreement is expected in February 2009.
