Deals and financing (4)

1. 2026-05-28 · Joint venture · signed

   Marubeni Corporation (with JX Advanced Metals and Mitsui Kinzoku as PPC shareholders) → Mitsubishi Materials Corporation · Pan Pacific Copper (copper concentrate purchasing and product sales)

   Marubeni and Mitsubishi Materials signed a definitive agreement to integrate Mitsubishi Materials' copper concentrate purchasing and copper product sales business into Pan Pacific Copper, the JV of JX, Mitsui Kinzoku and Marubeni, in response to deteriorating treatment charges.

   official release

2. 2025-11-10 · Equity investment · signed · AUD 15

   Marubeni Corporation → RZ Resources Limited · Copi mineral sands mine (NSW) and Brisbane mineral separation plant

   Marubeni agreed to invest AUD 15 million in RZ Resources to advance its Copi mineral sands project in New South Wales and Brisbane separation plant, with options for up to 5% equity and certain marketing rights; JX Advanced Metals joined RZ as a strategic partner in June 2025.

   official release

3. 2023-12-20 · Acquisition · signed

   Marubeni Corporation → JX Metals Corporation · Minera Los Pelambres (3.27%) and Pan Pacific Copper (20%)

   Marubeni agreed with JX Metals to buy an additional 3.27% of the Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile, raising its stake from 9.21% to 12.48%, and 20% of Japanese copper smelting and marketing company Pan Pacific Copper.

   official release

4. 2023-07-07 · Strategic partnership · announced

   Marubeni Corporation → Hudbay Minerals Inc. · Flin Flon area exploration partnership (Manitoba)

   Marubeni and Hudbay Minerals concluded an MoU for an exploration partnership to find and develop new deposits on Hudbay's properties in the Flin Flon area of Manitoba.

   official release