Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is selling all of its Congolese mines in a $1.25 billion deal that also resolves a three-year legal dispute between it, the company acquiring the mines, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Vancouver-based company said Thursday that it will sell its assets to Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) in a deal expected to close by the end of February. ENRC, a London-based miner, is acquiring First Quantum’s stake in the Kolwezi Tailings project and other mines also located in the Congo’s Katanga Province, for an initial payment of $750 million and a deferred payment of $500 million over the next three years, according to the announcement.

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