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Lithium explorer Azure says $900m SQM takeover offer not enough

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Lithium heavyweight SQM faces having to stump up well over $1 billion to secure a Perth-based exploration company worth just $70 million at the start of the year after having initial takeover offers rejected.

Azure Minerals said on Tuesday that it had spurned indicative and conditional takeover offers from New York-listed SQM.

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Brad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com

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