Agnico Buys Arctic Miner After Canada Nixed Sale to Chinese
- Gold major agrees to pay about $225 million for TMAC Resources
- Canada had rejected Shandong’s bid for TMAC on security issues
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Canadian gold giant Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. agreed to pay a premium to buy TMAC Resources Inc. for about C$287 million ($225 million) two weeks after Canada rejected a takeover of the Arctic miner by a Chinese suitor.
Agnico will pay C$2.20 per share in cash, according to a joint statement Tuesday from the Toronto-based companies. The offer is 40% more than TMAC’s closing price on Monday, and higher than the C$1.75 proposed by China’s Shandong Gold Mining Co. in May.