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Taseko's partnership with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. to develop Taseko’s Florence Copper project in Arizona

Date Closed

November 6, 2023

Lead Office

Vancouver

Value

100.00 Million USD

On November 6, 2023, Taseko Mines Limited ("Taseko") obtained investment committee approval for their strategic partnership with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. ("Mitsui") to develop Taseko’s Florence Copper project in Arizona. Mitsui’s initial investment of US$50 million will take the form of a deposit under a copper stream agreement over a portion of copper produced from the project. In addition, Mitsui has the option to invest an additional US$50 million (for a total investment of US$100 million) and convert the copper stream into a 10% equity interest in Florence Copper Inc. (the project owner), exercisable within a three-year period following completion of construction of the commercial production facility. As part of the transaction, Florence Copper and Mitsui have entered into an offtake contract for approximately 81% of the copper cathode produced from the project during the initial years of production.

The US$50 million senior secured debt facility will be provided by Societe Generale subject to completion of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of conditions precedent. The facility also contains a US$25 million uncommitted accordion feature which can be exercised by the Company in the future to increase its size to US$75 million if needed, subject to additional credit approval at that time.

Taseko, based in Vancouver, Canada, is a mining company focused on operation and development of mines in North America.

Mitsui, based in Japan, has a United States branch that is located in New York.

McCarthy Tétrault advised Taseko with a team led by Roger Taplin and Chris Langdon that included Pat Deutscher, Peter Quon and Geena Lee (Business).

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