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Gold deals dominate in Canadian Q1 mining M&A activity-KPMG
By Mineweb · May 10, 2012 · 12:37 am · Leave a Comment
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By Dorothy Kosich
In a global scene that saw a notable increase in mining M&A activity in the first quarter, “Canada was neither a major target nor a major acquirer,” Big 4 accounting firm KPMG observed in a quarterly mining M&A newsletter Wednesday.
Nevertheless, gold was the main commodity of interest for Canadian transactions, accounting for almost 60% of mining M&A deal value and volume, KPMG noted.
