Copaur Minerals Looks To Acquire New Placer Dome Gold In An All-Stock Deal
Copaur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU) announced on Friday evening a binding letter agreement stipulating its planned acquisition of all the issued and outstanding common shares of New Placer Dome Gold Corp. (TSXV: NGLD). The acquisition is expected to be settled in an all-stock deal.
The combination of the British Columbia-focused Copaur Minerals and Arizona-focused New Placer Dome Gold is said to “create a leading gold-copper exploration and development company with a portfolio of assets in two of North America’s foremost mining districts.”
Under the terms of the agreement, each New Placer Dome Gold share held will be exchanged for 0.1182 shares of Copaur Minerals, the ratio being a 55% premium on the 20-day average price of each company as of November 30, 2021.
The firm reported that after the transaction, New Placer Dome Gold will become a wholly-owned subsidiary representing 47% equity in Copaur Minerals and will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange. New Placer Dome Gold is also being proposed to get a minimum of two seats on the Copaur Minerals board, subject to the latter’s approval.
Currently, New Placer Dome Gold has approximately 170.4 million shares while Copaur Minerals has roughly 23.0 million shares.
In their latest quarterly financials dated September 30, 2020, Copaur Minerals recorded total assets worth $5.87 million and a net loss of $0.07 million while New Placer Dome Gold reported a total of $14.59 million in assets and a net loss of $0.08 million.
A concurrent financing by the two companies is in the pipeline as a condition to the transaction, with plans to raise gross proceeds of up to $15.0 million. Copaur Minerals will also lend New Placer Dome Gold $0.8 million in debt to fund the latter’s exploration work on the Bolo property. The loan is convertible to company units at $0.08 per unit at the sole discretion of Copaur Minerals.
The proposed transaction is expected to close in March 2022, subject to the approval of the shareholders of New Placer Dome Gold and customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
Copaur Minerals last traded at $1.16 while New Placer Dome Gold last traded at $0.085 on the TSX Venture. Trading for both shares has been halted since the announcement of the acquisition.
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