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Renova sells its stake in Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk

27th December 2017

By: Reuters

  

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MOSCOW – Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg's Renova Group has sold its stake in Russian gold producer Petropavlovsk, Renova spokesperson Andrey Shtorkh told Reuters on Wednesday.

"The deal is closed, we are not disclosing the details," Shtorkh said. He declined to disclose the price of the deal and the buyer of the stake.

Petropavlovsk declined to comment.

The Interfax news agency reported that the 22% stake in Petropavlovsk was purchased by Kazakh businessman Kenges Rakishev, the former largest shareholder in Kazakhstan's Kazkommertsbank and a co-owner of Kazakhstan-focused base metals producer Central Asia Metals via his Cyprus-based firm Fincraft Holdings.

Rakishev was not available for immediate comment. According to Kazakhstan's finance ministry Fincraft is affiliated with another Rakishev firm, SAT & Company.

Part of Rakishev's stake - 9% - is currently held by VTB, Russia's second largest lender, as part of their REPO borrowing deal, a separate regulatory statement by Petropavlovsk showed.

Shares in Petropavlovsk, which owns gold deposits in Russia's far eastern Amur region, were unchanged in London by 16:19 GMT.

Its market capitalisation has risen 8 percent so far this year to $331-million, according to Reuters data.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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