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Rio Tinto-backed Sovereign Metals raising $40m; taps Petra Capital

Sovereign Metals, a rutile-graphite player backed by Rio Tinto and capitalised at $581 million on the ASX, launched a $40 million equity raising on Monday morning to bankroll development at its flagship project in Malawi.

 Sovereign Metals chair Ben Stoikovich in London in December. Grainne Quinlan

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