Speculation of a tie-up between two companies in an emerging lithium province scoped by Hancock Prospecting has surfaced after the pair entered a trading halt flagging a joint venture announcement.
A lithium explorer led by Atlas Iron founder David Flanagan is on track to raise $60 million to fund exploration and development campaigns at two WA projects.
An independent expert has deemed Thiess's $350 million friendly takeover for WA contractor MACA ‘fair and reasonable', while intentions from rival bidder NRW are still unclear.
SPECIAL REPORT: There have been some big moves among corporate finance dealmakers in Perth, who worked on more than 850 transactions worth nearly $25 billion in 2017.
Finders Resources has urged its shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments after independent expert Deloitte valued the copper miner well above the 23 cents offer price, despite Finders' share price continuing to hover near that mark.
The independent directors of Finders Resources have questioned some of the claims and assumptions used by Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments, which has announced a takeover offer for the West Perth company.
