[miningmx.com] — RESOURCES giant Rio Tinto has again extended its offer to acquire all the common shares of Hathor Exploration for C$4.70 in cash per common share until 17:00 (Toronto time) on January 6 2012.
The offer has been extended to allow the remaining Hathor shareholders sufficient time to tender their common shares to Rio Tinto’s offer, the company said on Thursday.
As of 22 December, approximately 111,17 million Hathor common shares had been validly tendered, representing 87.26% of the outstanding shares (other than the Hathor shares already held by an affiliate of Rio Tinto as of the date of the offer).
