MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Lithium takeover talk ignites Pilbara targets

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 24-Oct-23

Chilean lithium company SQM looks set to acquire Pilbara lithium explorer Azure Minerals, which asked for a halt in trading of its shares on Monday ahead of a "potential change of control transaction". Most assume that SQM is the company being referred to, as it offered in July to pay $2.31 per share for Azure in a deal that valued it at close to $1 billion. It was the second deal involving SQM and the Pilbara on Monday, with SQM to pay Gary Morgan’s Haoma Mining $2.5 million for a stake in lithium exploration company Pirra, which is also looking in the area.

CORPORATES
SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA SA, AZURE MINERALS LIMITED – ASX AZS, HAOMA MINING NL, PIRRA LITHIUM PTY LTD

Seven West Media newspapers will reach 60% of WA

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-Sep-16

The Roy Morgan Readership results for the year to June 2016 show that 37.4 per cent of Western Australians aged 14+ (800,000 people) read print editions of "The West Australian" in an average week. Meanwhile, 399,000 (18.7 per cent) read the print edition of the
"Sunday Times". Seven West Media’s deal to acquire the "Sunday Times" will increase the company’s print readership by 100,000, as 299,000 people currently read both newspapers. Overall, the total cross-platform newspaper reach of "The West Australian" across print and digital is now 1,058,000 (49.4 per cent), which will increase by 236,000 to 1,294,000 with the addition of the "Sunday Times" and the Perth Now website. As a result, three in five West Australians (60.5 per cent) will be reading newspaper content published by Seven West Media in an average week.

CORPORATES
ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS

Newmont to mull Barrick Super Pit deal

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Original article by Tess Ingram
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 11-Aug-16

US-based Newmont Mining Corporation has indicated that it could seek to gain full ownership of the Super Pit gold mine in Western Australia. Barrick Gold recently flagged the possible sale of its 50 per cent stake in the massive mine. Newmont CEO Gary Goldberg has stressed that organic growth rather than acquisitions remains the big miner’s primary focus, but adds that its knowledge of the Super Pit could make it an exception. He notes that Newmont acquired the Cripple Creek & Victor mine in 2015 at a time when the gold price was lower.

CORPORATES
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION, ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED – ASX AGG, DIGGERS AND DEALERS FORUM, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED