Turquoise Hill minority shareholder ‘not interested’ in Rio Tinto’s $3.3bn offer
California-based SailingStone Capital Partners, which owns a 2.16% stake in Turquoise Hill, said the cash offer for the stake does not “adequately compensate” minority...
Barrick Gold to sell royalty portfolio to Maverix Metals for $60 million
The payments include $6 million if the operator of the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia obtains all material permits necessary to commence construction...
Marathon Gold board gives nod to Valentine mine
Marathon now expects that building the gold mine would cost between C$470 million and C$490-million, including early works to be carried out in the...
Primitive vegetation played key role in composition of earth’s continental rocks
“The first land plants were simple, small things like mosses that lived in wet environments on land between about 450 and 420 million years...
Rio Tinto to pay $3.3 billion for full Turquoise Hill ownership
It also brings the six-month takeover battle to an end, boosting Rio Tinto’s exposure to copper, which is expected to benefit from the world’s...
