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Endeavour Mining Explores Combination With Rival Teranga Gold

  • Acquisitive firm holds early talks on all-stock combination
  • Endeavour seeks friendly deal, considers offering low premium

    

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Endeavour Mining Corp., the acquisitive gold producer backed by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, is in talks about a potential combination with Teranga Gold Corp. as it seeks to build scale.

The miner is discussing a “merger of equals style” deal with Teranga, it said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Tuesday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. It is considering an all-stock purchase and may offer a low premium for Toronto-listed Teranga, people with knowledge of the matter said earlier. Teranga confirmed the talks in a separate statement.