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Mining PRs and the Ottotrans™: Part Two

By popular demand (this note last week made a few people laugh and say ‘do it again Otto’), we apply the Ottotrans™ to another mining company press release and convert BizEnglish into RealEnglish. Today’s example is the PR sent out by Frontera Copper (FCC.to) yesterday. This it what it says….

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TORONTO and PHOENIX, AZ–(MARKET WIRE)–Feb 15, 2009 — Frontera Copper Corporation (“Frontera” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously recommended that shareholders tender their shares to the offer made by Invecture Group, S.A. de C.V. (“Invecture”) to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Frontera at a cash price of Cdn$0.75 per share (“Invecture Offer”).

The Board determined that the Invecture Offer is superior to the Cdn$0.65 per share offer previously received from Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC”). Under the terms of the support agreement executed between SCC and Frontera, SCC had the right to match a superior offer, but did not exercise its right within the stipulated five calendar-day period. The Company’s financial advisor, RBC Capital Markets, has provided an opinion that the consideration offered pursuant to the Invecture Offer is fair, from a financial point of view, to Frontera shareholders.

The enhanced offer from Invecture represents a 15% increase from the offer received from SCC and a 27% improvement in price compared to the original offer received from Invecture in early December. Completion of the process of identifying and engaging other potential acquirers has resulted in the unanimous determination by the Board that under present economic conditions, acceptance of the Invecture Offer is in the best interests of all shareholders of the Company.

Under the terms of the Invecture Offer, Frontera shareholders may tender to the Invecture Offer up to 4:30 PM Pacific time on Tuesday, February 17. Shareholders are encouraged to review the document titled “NOTICE OF VARIATION AND EXTENSION” filed by Invecture on February 6 and posted on SEDAR for more information.

ABOUT FRONTERA COPPER CORPORATION

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….and this is what it means:

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TORONTO and PHOENIX, AZ–(MARKET WIRE)–Feb 15, 2009 — Frontera Copper Corporation (“Frontera” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has no choice but to recommended that shareholders tender their shares to the offer made by the opportunistic bastards at Invecture Group, S.A. de C.V. (“Invecture”) to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Frontera at a cash price of Cdn$0.75 per share (“Invecture Offer”).

The Board worked out all by itself that Cdn$0.75 is more than the Cdn$0.65 per share offer previously received from Southern Copper Corporation (“SCC”). Under the terms of the support agreement executed between SCC and Frontera, SCC had the right to match a superior offer, but left us hanging. When the Company’s financial advisor, RBC Capital Markets, had stopped laughing at us it provided an opinion that the consideration offered pursuant to the Invecture Offer is a total crock but it’s all Frontera is going to get.

The miserly but slightly better offer from Invecture represents an 85% drop from the $5 prices of this time last year and a 62.5% drop from the share prices of September 2008. At least PCU got them up 27% from the first offer and saves our face a bit. Completion of the process of identifying and engaging other potential acquirers has resulted in the unanimous determination by the Board that under present economic conditions, those Invecture swines have got us by the short and curlies. For one thing, the Board holds less than 1.5% of stock and can’t protect itself.

Under the terms of the Invecture Ripoff, Frontera shareholders may tender to the Invecture Offer up to 4:30 PM Pacific time on Tuesday, February 17. We know that they won’t, but shareholders are encouraged to review the document titled “NOTICE OF VARIATION AND EXTENSION” filed by Invecture on February 6 and posted on SEDAR for more information.

ABOUT FRONTERA COPPER CORPORATION

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