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Gupta's South African mining assets attract R3bn bid

12th December 2018

By: Bloomberg

  

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JOHANNESBURG – A South African consortium called Project Halo has submitted the winning bid of R3.05-billion for three major assets of Tegeta Exploration & Resources, the Gupta family-linked mining company under administration since February.

Project Halo will buy Optimum Coal Mine, for a maximum of R2.8-billion, Koornfontein Mines for R200-million and Optimum Coal Terminal for R50-million, according to the term sheet seen by Bloomberg. Bouwer Van Niekerk, a lawyer for the business rescue practitioners, confirmed the winning bid.

Optimum supplies coal to Eskom Holdings, the State-owned power utility at the center of an official investigation into claims that members of the Gupta family used their friendship with former President Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzane to secure business contracts. They all deny wrongdoing.

Glencore sold Optimum to Tegeta Exploration and Resources in 2015, and it was placed under business rescue after Eskom refused to renegotiate what it said was an unprofitable coal-supply contract and issued penalties.

Halo, with directors who include Mbongiseni Duma and Paul Buckley, will also provide R600-million financing over the next six months to ensure continued business at the Tegeta operations in Mpumalanga province and the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, according to the term sheet.

The deal is opposed by Oakbay Investments, another Gupta-linked company, which has also applied to the Pretoria High Court to remove the business rescue practitioners, Kurt Knoop and Johan-Louis Klopper.

Edited by Bloomberg

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