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Rare earths miner MP Materials to go public in $1.5 bln SPAC deal

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July 15, 2020 — 09:37 am EDT

Written by Ernest Scheyder for Reuters ->

By Ernest Scheyder

July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. rare earths miner MP Materials said on Wednesday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by private equity firm Fortress Investment Group in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.

Hedge funds JHL Capital Group and QVT Financial will fold their ownership of MP Materials and its California mine into the special-purpose acquisition company Fortress Value Acquisition Corp FVAC_u.N. Fortress is controlled by Japan's Softbank Group 9984.T.

(Reporting by Ernest Scheyder)

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