Posted on 09/24/2018 7:27:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Under the terms of the deal, each Randgold shareholder will receive 6.1280 new Barrick shares for each share of the African rival, the companies said.
Barrick shareholders will own about 66.6 percent of the new Barrick merged company while Randgold shareholders will own about 33.4 percent.
Randgold's long-term chief executive Mark Bristow will retain that same role in the new merged company while Barrick's John Thornton will become the executive chairman.
"The Boards of Barrick and Randgold believe that the Merger will create an industry-leading gold company with the greatest concentration of Tier One Gold Assets in the industry, the lowest total cash cost position among senior gold peers," the companies said in a joint statement.
Gold miners have come under fire from investors for poorly managing capital, forcing them to focus on costs while dampening enthusiasm for acquisitions.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
Why would anyone buy anything South African? Just a matter of time before nationalization and theft.
From a 2007 report on their website
“As part of our continued involvement
in the Clinton Global Initiative, Barrick
committed to support the Clinton
Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative
in September 2007.”
That would be Frank Giustra who runs the gold mining on Haiti and is a close friend of Bill and Hill
I know. Nut. What are they thinking?
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