Copper Prepayment Facility - Zambia
Structured prepayment facility for a major Zambian copper producer, optimizing working capital and providing price hedging.
Overview
Structured prepayment facility for a major Zambian copper producer, optimizing working capital and providing price hedging.
The Challenge
The producer needed to refinance existing costly debt while securing working capital for expansion, with volatile copper prices creating pricing uncertainty.
Our Solution
We designed a hybrid prepayment structure with integrated copper price hedging, providing capital efficiency while protecting margins through a three year price collar.
The Outcome
Reduced financing costs by 180bps, extended tenor from 2 to 4 years, and provided $20M additional working capital headroom.
Deal Highlights
- 180bps cost reduction
- Integrated price hedging
- Extended 4-year tenor
- Enhanced working capital
Transaction Details
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