Varyag Resources exercise a call option regarding three Russian forestry companies
Varyag Resources has decided to exercise the Call Option agreement with Vostok Nafta regarding three Russian forestry enterprises. Pursuant to the exercise notice, Varyag will acquire 40 percent of three forestry enterprises, PIK-89, Tubales and Tubalesprom, located in Ust Ilimsk for a total consideration of 10.9 million USD. The companies combined annual allowance cut of round wood amounts to about 1 million cubic meters and the annual harvesting to some 750,000 m3. The acquisition includes three sawmills with an output of some 120,000 m3 annually. Regarding the other investments included