09:52 AM EST - Augusta Resource Corporation : responded to the announcement made last Friday by HudBay Minerals Inc. that it has extended its offer to acquire common shares of Augusta and has waived the minimum tender condition under the offer. HudBay's unprecedented coercive tactic of dropping its minimum tender condition part way through its initial bid period is an ill-considered reaction to a failing offer. Augusta Resource Corporation
shares T.AZC are trading down $0.02 at $3.25.
