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Centamin to appeal Egyptian ruling

  • Egypt: Thursday, November 01 - 2012 at 01:44

Centamin has announced it will appeal against a ruling by an Egyptian court that has declared invalid its rights to operate its main asset, the Sukari mine, Reuters has reported. "Of course we are appealing this ruling," Youssef El-Raghy, general manager of Centamin's Egyptian operations, told Al-Arabiya TV when asked whether the company would appeal. Investment bank Beltone Financial said it believed Centamin could win an appeal but, failing that, could seek international arbitration in the dispute. "We believe that, due to the firm's foreign ownership structure and, given the right to appeal the ruling, Centamin would ultimately be able to successfully appeal and retain its mining rights," the bank said in a research note, adding that international arbitration was an option if the ruling was upheld by a higher court.

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