Australia’s MinRes probes payments to tycoon founder
Chris Ellison, who has a large stake in the miner, said that the company set up offshore entities more than 20 years ago that supplied Mineral Resources with mining equipment.
Earlier this year, the company told the CBC that "the financial viability and sustainability" of its business are at risk without the Sable underground project.
The plan, part of a $100 billion industrial policy vision, also called for the use of emergency government powers under the Cold War-era Defense Production Act.