Minmetals Resources, in which China’s state-owned Minmetals Group holds a majority stake, is flexing its deal-making muscle again with a friendly takeover offer for Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A), an Australian company with a copper mine in the…
With mining stocks falling to cheaper levels on almost a daily basis, it is little wonder that talk of M&A activity has been picking up. Unfortunately for most junior mining companies, much of the talk has remained just that… talk.
Xstrata’s (XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Coal has struck a deal to buy Cline Mining’s (CMK-T) wholly owned Lossan coal deposit in B.C.’s Peace River coalfield for $40 million in cash.
Less than a month after the proposed deal was first announced, Major Drilling Group International (MDI-T) closed out September by wrapping up its acquisition of smaller, fellow drilling company Bradley Group Ltd. of Rouyn Noranda, Que.
Two top-tier law firms specializing in the mining and energy sectors, Maclead Dixon and the Canadian arm of Norton Rose Group, are joining forces to create Norton Rose Canada.
Roots in The Salvation Army run four generations deep for mining entrepreneur and dealmaker Bruce Walter, the chairman of Toronto-based WW Mines.
In a presentation at this year’s Denver Gold Forum, Minefinders president and CEO Mark Bailey summed up the spirit of this year’s event – a place where the lobbying and meetings continue non-stop over three days from 7 a.m. over a continental…
Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) hostile takeover bid for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) turned uglier when the uranium producer slammed the credibility of the junior’s preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Roughrider deposit in northern…
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has made a friendly $275-million takeover bid for Grayd Resource (GYD-V) and its two Mexican gold projects.
Despite strong gold producers and declining gold equity valuations, mergers and acquisitions in the gold sector have been fairly limited this year. But Canaccord Genuity argues that’s about to change.
In a presentation, Minefinders (MFL-T, MFN-X) president and CEO Mark Bailey summed up the spirit of this year’s Denver Gold Forum – a place where the lobbying and meetings continue…
Investors in Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) have two things on their minds these days, said the company’s president and CEO Sean Boyd at the Denver Gold Forum this week. First,…
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