BRIEF-HudBay CEO says no reason to sweeten its bid for Augusta -INTERVIEW

Feb 27 (Reuters) - HudBay Minerals Inc HBM.TO :

* CEO says he sees no reason to sweeten hudbay's bid for Augusta Resource Corp

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* CEO says HudBay will not wade into a bidding war for Augusta

* CEO says as an Augusta shareholder, HudBay is willing to tender the shares it

owns into a superior offer, if one does emerge

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