Re: Mining’s $8 Billion of Private Equity Seen Reviving M&A

HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Re: Mining’s $8 Billion of Private Equity Seen Reviving M&A

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Tin Man

posted on Feb 04, 2014 05:27AM

I have heard more than one commentator ( on Bloomberg for example) that 2014 is the year for mergers and aquisitions.
The reason is that stocks are depressed but the economic fundamentals are beginning to turn positive. Good time for aquiring, more so than merging. That means sharks are looking for minows with good assets in ground or profitable production. Many of those sharks have seen their reserves depleted and they need to fill up.

For the above reasoning, I would prefer for some of the companies in the Ring to merge or sign coop agreements between themselves as a disincentive to outright buyouts by the big Caps.