RIO's Winu for sale - S32 interest speculated

Rio Tinto puts huge Winu copper-gold development in WA on the market with rumoured interest from South32
The West Australian. Tue, 13 August 2024

After teasing the immense potential of a copper discovery in WA’s north for years Rio Tinto is now sticking the once-hyped project —or at least a piece of it — in the shopfront window.

The West Australian understands that since the beginning of this year Rio has been increasingly sounding out potential buyers or joint venture partners for the Winu copper-gold project about 320km east of Port Hedland.

https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/rio-tinto-puts-huge-winu-copper-gold-development-in-wa-on-the-market-with-rumoured-interest-from-south32-c-15683871
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If a subscriber to The West Australian would kindly post the full text we would all be grateful.

I am sceptical: if the tenements had any merit, RIO wouldn't sell, if without demonstrable merit, S32 wouldn't buy. A JV? RIO is not capital constrained, so why would they?

Copper is Hot Hot Hot! Yet GK & team don't do impulsive rush-of-blood investment.

Still, this article does demonstrate S32 is out there tyre-kicking.

Ash