Eldorado to buy QMX Gold for US$105 million
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE:EGO) is buying QMX Gold Corp. (TSXV: QMX) by acquiring all the shares it doesn’t already own in the Quebec-focused explorer, in a deal worth $132 million…
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Seabridge CEO talks about Snowfield acquisition
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has bought Pretium Resources’ (NYSE: PVG) Snowfield property in northwest British Columbia for US$100 million in cash, a 1.5% net smelter return royalty related to all production and…
Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in friendly deal
Only two weeks after the federal government blocked a takeover of struggling Nunavut gold miner TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) by China’s Shandong Gold Mining, TMAC has found itself in the…
Northern Vertex, Eclipse Gold to merge and create new US gold producer
Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE; US-OTC: NHVCF) and Eclipse Gold Mining (TSXV: EGLD; US-OTC: EGLPF) have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement for an at-market merger to create a gold…
Cardinal Resources attracts third bidder in takeover war
A long-running battle between Nordgold (LSE: NORD) and China’s Shandong Gold over Cardinal Resources (ASX: CDV) has taken an unexpected turn after a Ghanaian firm formally presented on Tuesday an all-cash,…
Endeavour Mining to buy Teranga Gold, creating top 10 gold miner
Canada’s Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV), already West Africa’s top gold producer, has agreed to buy Teranga Gold (TSX: TGZ) in an all-share deal worth $2.44 billion (US$1.86 billion), which would…
JX Nippon increases ownership in troubled Caserones copper mine
Japan’s top smelter, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, is buying a stake in its majority-owned Caserones copper mine in Chile, which was put up for sale on Nov.9 by its partners in the…
Yamana to acquire Monarch Gold in $152M deal
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY) is expanding its footprint in the precious metals-rich Abitibi region of Quebec by acquiring all shares in smaller rival Monarch Gold (TSX:…
Chairman offers to take Kazakhstan’s Kaz Minerals private
Oleg Novachuk and Vladimir Kim, the current and past chairman of Kaz Minerals (LSE: KAZ), are proposing a buyout offer of the pure-play copper company. Their company, Nova Resources, in…
Pilbara reveals plan to buy Altura for US$175M
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has signed a conditional agreement with a group of lenders to buy embattled rival Altura Mining for US$175 million. The West Perth-based miner…
Nordgold-Shandong bidding war intensifies on ‘misleading’ statement from Cardinal
A long-running battle between Nordgold (LSE: NORD) and China’s Shandong Gold Mining over Cardinal Resources (ASX: CDV) has taken a legal turn after the Russian miner made a fresh application…
Nordgold matches Shandong Gold’s offer for Cardinal
A long-running battle between Nordgold (LSE: NORD) and China’s Shandong Gold Mining over Cardinal Resources (ASX: CDV) took a fresh turn, after the Russian gold miner matched Shandong’ s latest…