Harmony Gold’s MAC Copper takeover OK’d
Harmony Gold’s (JSE: HAR; NYSE: HMY) acquisition of MAC Copper (NYSE: MTAL; ASX: MAC) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle after Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board gave its approval of…
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GoviEx lists on ASX, rebrands as Atomic Eagle
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU) has entered the Australian capital market by combining with ASX-listed shell company Tombador Iron (ASX: TI1) in a proposed reverse takeover that would see GoviEx end…
African Rainbow boosts Surge Copper stake to 19.9%
African Rainbow Minerals (JSE: ARI), controlled by billionaire Patrice Motsepe, has increased its stake by another 6.5% in junior Surge Copper (TSXV: SURG) which is developing the Berg project that…
Dubai firm offers $10M lifeline to Lucapa Diamond
Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM), which holds the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola and the Merlin project in Australia, has struck a rescue deal with a Dubai-based group that could pull…
Gold Fields’ $2.4B Gold Road takeover vote nears
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is closing in on its A$3.7 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Australia’s Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR), with shareholders set to vote on…
Ganfeng, Lithium Argentina in $1.8B project merger
The partners aim to produce up to 150,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in three phases of 50,000 tonnes each.
Mosaic to sell Brazil potash mine for $27M cash
Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) agreed to sell its Taquari-Vassouras potash mine in Brazil to VL Mineração for up to $27 million in cash, with the buyer also assuming about $22 million…
Hudbay soars on 30% Mitsubishi deal for Copper World
Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX, NYSE: HBM) shares skyrocketed to their highest level in more than a decade after it reached a $600-million (C$826.1-million) deal with Mitsubishi that hands the Japanese conglomerate…
Aura Minerals quits Canada for Nasdaq
South America-focused gold and copper miner Aura Minerals (TSX: ORA; Nasdaq: AUGO) says it’s done with investors in Canada a just as the company books record results. April-to-June adjusted earnings…
Minera Alamos buys Equinox’s Nevada assets for $115M
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) agreed to buy some Nevada assets from Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-A: EQX), a move that it says will provide cash flow to support the company’s…
SSR Mining soars on strong earnings beat
SSR Mining (Nasdaq, TSX: SSRM), the third-largest U.S.-based gold miner by output, soared to its highest share price in nearly two years on Wednesday after reporting second-quarter results that incorporated…
Australia’s gold miners build M&A war chests
Australia’s top gold producers have stockpiled billions of dollars in cash and bullion as record-high gold prices fuelled by geopolitical turmoil and central bank demand swell balance sheets across the…