Endeavour Mining Corp

Shareholders in West Africa-focused gold miner Endeavour Mining have voted in favour of its acquisition of Teranga Gold, the company said on Thursday.

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West Africa-focused Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> has agreed to buy Teranga Gold <TGZ.TO> in an all-share deal to create a top 10 gold producer which will list in London, the companies said on Monday, a week after they announced they were in talks.

West Africa focused gold miners Endeavour Mining and Teranga Gold have agreed a deal to create a top ten gold producer, the companies announced on Monday, a week after announcing they were in talks.

Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> said it is in talks with smaller West African-focused miner Teranga Gold <TGZ.TO> over a merger which if it proceeds would mark the latest in a series of deals involving the gold-rich region.

Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO>, the biggest gold mining company in Burkina Faso, has restarted the Boungou mine in the east of the country which was shut last November after 39 people were killed in an attack on a convoy carrying employees.

Endeavour Mining, the biggest gold mining company in Burkina Faso, has restarted the Boungou mine in the east of the country which was shut by previous owner Semafo last November after an attack killed 39 civilians.

Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> said on Monday it will acquire Toronto-listed Semafo <SMF.TO> in a C$1 billion ($690.7 million) deal to create the biggest gold producer in Burkina Faso, increasing its focus on the country despite rising insecurity.

Gold producer Endeavour Mining said on Monday an employee at its Houndé mine in Burkina Faso tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday and was placed under quarantine but mining and exploration activities were not disrupted.

* ENDEAVOUR MINING CORP - ON MARCH 14, 2020, ENDEAVOUR WAS INFORMED THAT AN EMPLOYEE AT HOUNDÉ MINE IN BURKINA FASO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

West Africa-focused gold miner Endeavor Mining is not looking for other potential acquisitions after its failed offer for Centamin, CEO Sebastien de Montessus said on Wednesday.

Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> abandoned its 1.5 billion pound ($1.9 billion) pursuit of gold miner Centamin <CEY.L> on Tuesday, citing a lack of information on its target while Centamin maintained the proposal was too low.

Endeavour Mining abandoned its 1.47 billion pound ($1.9 billion pursuit of Centamin, saying it did not receive sufficient information on the Egypt-based miner's assets during an assessment.

Centamin Plc <CEY.L> on Monday won approval to give its Canadian suitor Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> more time to make a firm takeover offer, as shareholder pressure mounted on the London-listed gold miner to engage in talks.

Centamin Plc on Monday won approval to give its Canadian suitor Endeavour Mining more time to make a firm offer, as shareholder pressure mounted on the London-listed miner to engage in talks.

Miner Centamin Plc <CEY.L> should extend a deadline for Canada's Endeavour Mining Corp <EDV.TO> to make a firm takeover offer, a top shareholder with both companies said on Thursday, increasing pressure on the London-listed miner to engage in talks.

Canada's Endeavour Mining Corp <EDV.TO> on Thursday urged Centamin Plc <CEY.L> to seek an extension for a deadline by which it needs to make a firm offer to buy the London-listed miner.

Endeavour Mining <EDV.TO> will not share information vital to assessing its value until an extension to a deadline for making an offer for Centamin <CEY.L> is agreed, London-listed Centamin said on Wednesday.

Endeavour Mining will not share information vital to assessing its value until an extension to a deadline for making an offer for Centamin is agreed, London-listed Centamin said on Wednesday.