Australian copper miner OZ Minerals is again backing junior explorer Resolution Minerals, agreeing to spend $A4M over five years to earn 51% interest in the Benmara project and potentially reaching 75% by delivering a final investment decision.
Benmara is about 200km SW of Resolution’s Wollogorang project, where the two companies entered a similar JV in August 2021. Both are in the NT close to the Qld border.
CEO Christine Lawley says the partnership validates Resolution’s strategy targeting large-scale base metal deposits analogous to the nearby world-class McArthur River mine.
She says OZ Minerals’ funding will enable Resolution to advance its flagship 64North gold project in Alaska, USA simultaneously with the NT projects.