Austral Resources to acquire Hammer Metals in $80.7 million scrip deal, broker sets 28-cent target
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Austral Resources (AR1) announced a binding all-scrip acquisition of Hammer Metals, adding Hammer's 39.2Mt Kalman copper resource as potential future feed for the Rocklands processing hub. The transaction expands regional resource scale and exploration footprint while supporting longer-term utilization of existing infrastructure. Separately, a A$15m non-dilutive royalty investment from Queensland's Critical Minerals Fund underpins a Stage 2 expansion scoping study, improving project funding visibility.
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Austral Resources has agreed to acquire Hammer Metals in a binding scrip deal that values Hammer at $80.7 million, with Hammer shareholders to receive 1.29 Austral shares for each Hammer share. Hammer shareholders will also keep shares in a new spin-out vehicle holding Hammer’s Western Australian gold assets, while Hammer’s board and major shareholders back the transaction. Hammer’s 39.2mt Kalman copper resource is expected to become a future ore feed source for Austral’s Rocklands processing hub. Separately, Austral said the Queensland Critical Minerals Fund invested $15 million via a nondilutive royalty financing arrangement to support a stage 2 expansion of the Rocklands facility.
