-- シルバーコープ・メタルズ(SVM.TO)は月曜日の取引終了後、複数の国際銀行と3年間の融資契約を締結したと発表した。 融資総額は15億人民元(約2億2000万米ドル)で、銀行からの融資確約総額は20億人民元に達し、これは同社の当初目標額の2倍となる。声明によると、融資は資金の初回引き出しから3年後に満期を迎える。 シルバーコープは、中国事業からの配当金を用いて人民元建てで返済すると付け加えた。資金は運転資金や財務の柔軟性向上など、一般的な企業目的のために使用される。 「この画期的な資金調達は、当社の強固な現金準備金、安定した営業キャッシュフロー、そして確立された資金調達基盤を補完するものであり、キルギスタンとエクアドルにおける成長機会を含む、グローバルな鉱業ポートフォリオ全体にわたる長期的な戦略的成長目標達成のための財務基盤を強化するものです」と同社は述べた。 トロント証券取引所でシルバーコープの株価は0.61ドル安の16.96ドルで取引を終えた。
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