Bannerman expects the acquisition to provide significant synergies with its Etango project in Namibia. Credit: Mikes1978 from Pixabay.

Australian uranium development company Bannerman Energy has signed a deal to acquire a 41.8% stake in Canada-based Namibia Critical Metals (NMI), which owns a portfolio of critical metals projects.

Under the agreement, Bannerman will buy 82,290,680 common shares in NMI from PhilCo 192 and Adventure Resources.

The deal consideration includes A$7.24m in cash and the issuance of 8,463,367 Bannerman fully paid ordinary shares.

NMI’s core asset is the 95%-owned advanced and fully permitted Lofdal Heavy Rare Earths Project in Namibia.

The remaining 5% stake in the project is held for the benefit of historically disadvantaged Namibians.

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Bannerman managing director and CEO Brandon Munro said: “The Lofdal Project is on a path to produce dysprosium and terbium, two of the most strategically important metals on the planet. Our exposure to this future production, through a strategic shareholding in Namibia Critical Metals, is therefore a strong fit with Bannerman’s Etango Project, a near-term supplier of uranium at a globally significant scale.”

Bannerman expects the acquisition to provide significant alignment and synergies with its advanced-stage Etango tantalum-niobium-uranium project in Namibia.

The transaction also complies with Bannerman’s objective of ‘social leadership in the supply of raw materials for emissions-free power’.

Namibia Critical Metals president and CEO Darrin Campbell said: “I expect that Bannerman’s development experience, plus downstream industry and broader marketing experience, will be highly advantageous as we progress Lofdal towards being a globally significant supplier of dysprosium and terbium to the burgeoning permanent magnets sector.”