Centerra Gold merges with Thompson Creek Metals in debt-focused deal
Thompson Creek Metals (TSX:TCM) will soon start operating its Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in British Columbia under a new name.
The American company on Tuesday was bought out by Toronto-based Centerra Gold (TSX:CG), whose ongoing dispute with Kyrgyzstan has provided a steady diet of mining headlines over the past few years. In June the disagreement took an ominous turn with authorities opening a criminal probe against managers at the firm’s giant Kumtor gold mine in the central Asian nation.
It seems pretty clear that Centerra's decision to combine with Thompson Creek Metals was a bet on a safe mining jurisdiction: Canada. Along with Kumtor, Centerra also owns a mine in Mongolia- hardly a guarantor of financial certainty, as Turquoise Hill's complicated relations with the Mongolian government over Oyu Tolgoi's expansion will attest.
On Tuesday Centerra agreed to buy the Colorado-based miner and its nearly US$900 million in debt. The $1.1 billion deal will allow Thompson Creek's creditors to be paid. Centerra will also raise $170-million through a bought-deal financing. When the merger completes in the fall, Centerra shareholders will own 92 percent of the two companies, with eight percent owned by Thompson Creek's stockholders..
Link: http://www.mining.com/centerra-merges-thompson-creek-metals-debt-focused-deal/
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