Hudbay Places Bid for Augusta Resource Corporation

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM, NYSE:HBM) announced its offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Augusta Resource Corporation that it doesn’t already own.

Under the terms of the Offer,:

Augusta shareholders will be entitled to receive 0.315 of a Hudbay common share for each Augusta common share held, representing approximately C$2.96 per Augusta common share (based on Hudbay’s closing share price on the TSX on February 7, 2014). The Offer represents a premium of 62% to Augusta’s 20-day volume-weighted average price on the TSX for the period ending February 7, 2014, and a premium of 18% to Augusta’s closing share price on the TSX on February 7, 2014 in addition to Augusta’s 26% share price increase during the two trading days preceding the Offer. The Offer values Augusta at an enterprise value of approximately C$540 million on a fully diluted in-the-money basis.

Transaction Highlights

• Addition of Augusta’s Rosemont project to Hudbay’s portfolio of low-cost, long-life assets will enhance Hudbay’s position as a leading intermediate base metals mining company with world-class copper production growth.

• Acquisition of the Rosemont project is an ideal fit with Hudbay’s disciplined growth strategy of acquiring high quality development-stage assets in mining friendly jurisdictions in the Americas.

• Hudbay has the technical and operational expertise and financial capacity to efficiently develop and operate the Rosemont project to the benefit of all stakeholders.

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