Australian lithium miner Azure agrees to $1 bln takeover bid from Chile's SQM

Azure Minerals Limited is engaged in the exploration and development of lithium and nickel assets. The Company is focused is on building lithium resources through a multi-rig drilling campaign. Its projects include Andover Nickel-Copper Project, Turner River Gold Project, Coongan Gold Project, and Barton Gold & Base Metals Project. Andover Nickel-Copper Project located in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Project is located immediately south of the town of Roebourne and 35 kilometers (km) southeast of Karratha. The Barton Gold & Base Metals Project lies adjacent to the gold mining town of Kookynie, approximately 40 km south of Leonora in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. Turner River comprises two unexplored exploration license applications covering over 450 square kilometers (km2) located just south of Port Hedland. The Coogan Project is located in the eastern Pilbara about eight km to the west of Nullagine and covers an area of 223km2.