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If it is successful in the auction, the venture would seek a listing on the main market.
The stock exchange rejected Mr. Lai's previous application to seek a listing for Apple Daily and its sister magazine, Next.
Currently, companies that seek a listing on the main boards in Shanghai and Shenzhen need permission from the central government or, more usually, from their provincial government.
Oryx Diamonds Ltd., registered in the Cayman Islands, had planned to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market, which is part of the London exchange, on Tuesday.
He said the company, chaired by the former Morrisons finance director Richard Pennycook who is currently running the Co-operative Group, was likely to seek a listing in the next two years.
Some recent reports have speculated that the firm may seek a listing as early as next spring, and that it will try to raise a whopping $10 billion in an IPO that would value it at $100 billion.
But Geoffrey White, the deputy managing director of Oryx, said the company planned to maintain its exploration and other operations in the concession area and might seek a listing on another stock exchange.
The owner of The Financial Times and the world's biggest educational publisher, Pearson P.L.C., said it planned to seek a listing on the New York Stock Exchange later this year to enable it to provide "the right incentive plans" to its 12,000 employees in the United States.
Convenience store chain McColl's and online kitchen appliances store AO have already announced their intention to seek a listing while the likes of Boohoo.com, Poundland at Pets at Home are expected to reveal their plans imminently.
