Baja Mining Corp. (TSX: T.BAJ, Stock Forum) said that the Korean consortium has contributed US$90 million to its subsidiary Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V. (MMB), completing Stage I of the financing.
Baja has been in search of financing since the company announced, on April 23, that the cost to build the Boleo project would be $246 million more than originally forecast.
The copper-cobalt-zinc project, located near Santa Rosalia in Baja California Sur, has a measured and indicated resource of 265 million tonnes.
According to the press release, the Korean Consortium now owns a majority interest, for a total of 51%, in MMB. However, the formalities required to transfer the shares and transfer control have not yet been completed.
The stage I funding will enable MMB to begin addressing outstanding vendor liabilities and continue its current level of critical path activities at the Boleo project.
Baja is a Vancouver based mine development company.
OnTuesday morning, Baja’s stock was up 15% and was trading at $0.075 a share. The company has a market cap of $25.5 million, based on 340.2 million shares outstanding. The 52-week high and low was $1.15 and $0.04 respectively.