Over the last eighteen months Mark O’Dea, president and chief executive officer of Blue Gold Mining (BGX-V), has kicked the tires of over 100 projects and companies in his quest to find something that would appeal to shareholders.
Argonaut Gold has decided that now is the time to start bolstering its pipeline through acquisitions.
Gold miner B2Gold (BTO-T) looks to be banking on its proven ability to operate in difficult locales, as it moves forward with a US$1.1-billion, all-stock friendly bid for Australia’s CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A), and its Masbate gold mine in…
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based gold miner B2Gold (BTO-T) looks to be banking on its proven ability to operate successfully in difficult locales, as it moves forward with an US$1.1-billion, all-stock friendly bid for Australia’s CGA…
VANCOUVER — For Mining Association of Canada (MAC) president and CEO Pierre Gratton, the future of the nation’s mining industry lies in clear-cut regulatory reform and the cultivation of global free trade arrangements geared…
Just two weeks after the board of Australian junior Exco Resources (ESX-A) rejected a hostile all-cash takeover offer from one of its institutional shareholders, the explorer released an updated resource estimate for its Turpentine copper-gold…
Rockwood Holdings (ROC-N) is bidding $6.50 per share — a 53% premium — for Talison Lithium (TLH-T) in a deal valuing the company at $724 million on a fully diluted basis.
Endeavour Mining (EDV-T) plans to buy Avion Gold (AVR-T) in a $389-million deal to consolidate its position in West Africa and grow its expected gold production for 2012 by 50%.
Touchstone Gold (TGL-L) and Atlantis Gold Mines are combining their assets in Colombia to create a new gold exploration and development company that consolidates neighbouring assets in a region with a history of high-grade gold…
In yet another sign that M&A continues to pick up steam Hecla Mining (HL-N) is seeking to derail a merger agreement reached last month between U.S. Silver (USA-T) and RX Gold & Silver (RXE-V) and scoop up U.S. Silver for itself in an…
A deal that would be a defining transaction in the natural resource sector is facing pointed criticism from a group of activist investors. Prominent shareholders of mega-miner Xstrata (XTA-L) are questioning the inherent value in a…
VANCOUVER — In a story that reads somewhat like a 1980s spy novel Russian gold miner Nord Gold, the nation’s third largest gold producer, looks poised to finally gain full control of Toronto-based producer High River Gold Mines…
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