Johannesburg - Canadian miner First Uranium Corporation [JSE:FUM] said it
received an unsolicited offer for its Ezulwini mine in South Africa from
Waterpan Mining Corporation and Transalloys Ltd.
First Uranium said Waterpan Mining and Transalloys have
offered to pay $80m for the gold-uranium mine, of which $10m will be paid in
advance as short-term bridge financing.
First Uranium had agreed to sell the Ezulwini mine to
Australian miner Gold One International [JSE:GDO] for $70m earlier this month.
The gold and uranium miner has also put Mine Waste
Solutions, its tailings recovery project in South Africa, up for sale as it
looks to liquidate itself to pay off debts.
The company's shares, which have lost 58% of their value in
the last three months, closed at 12 Canadian cents on Monday on the Toronto
Stock Exchange.