MasterMetals: Rare Earth Minerals lifts stake in Bacanora to 15.4%

April 10, 2015

Rare Earth Minerals lifts stake in Bacanora to 15.4%

Rare Earth Minerals (LON:REM) has bought shares in the market to lift its stake in Bacanora Minerals to 15.4% from 15.02%, it told investors.

The firm has spent £305,394 in total buying the shares.

Bacanora is Rare Earth's (REM's) joint venture partner on the Sonora lithium project in Mexico and last month REM chairman David Lenigas joined the board at Bacanora as a non-exec director.

REM also has a 30% direct interest in the Fleur - El Sauz and Megalit joint ventures on the property. It means REM now has a total economic interest in each of these ventures of 40.78%.

In February this year Lenigas said REM believed that 2015 would represent a pivotal year for Bacanora.

"The work being carried out on the Sonora Lithium project will, we believe, cement this project as globally significant and one that could service a large proportion of the rapidly increasing lithium market."

REM shares eased 7.23% to 1.09p.