Nov 25 (Reuters) - BHP Group BHP.AX will pay 17.1 million pounds ($21.94 million) to raise its stake in SolGold Plc SOLG.L , the majority owner of a key Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador, to 14.7% from 11.1% currently, it said on Monday.
The world's biggest miner will buy 77 million new shares in SolGold for 22.15 pence a share. ($1 = 0.7794 pounds)