Article: CORR - CHINESE GOVT APPROVES PURCHASE OF OZ MINERALS' ASSETS.

(Updates figure in eleventh paragraph following company correction to ASX statement)

MELBOURNE, June 3 Asia Pulse - Australian shareholders are now the only barrier to Oz Minerals' (ASX:OZL) sale of most of its assets for US$1.2 billion to a Chinese state owned company.

All Chinese government approvals required to meet the transaction have now been received, leaving the final decision to Australia shareholders next week, Oz Minerals said in a statement on Wednesday.

China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Company Ltd's (Minmetals) (SSE:600058) bid to buy most of OZ Minerals assets was approved by Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan in April.

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