{"id":570240,"date":"2020-03-24T04:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/03\/24\/endeavor-to-acquire-semafo-in-june-creating-west-africas-largest-gold-producer\/"},"modified":"2020-03-24T04:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:16:33","slug":"endeavor-to-acquire-semafo-in-june-creating-west-africas-largest-gold-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/03\/24\/endeavor-to-acquire-semafo-in-june-creating-west-africas-largest-gold-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Endeavor to acquire Semafo in June, creating West Africa\u2019s largest gold producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tldr-story-05\" class=\"content-anchor\"><\/a> <strong>M&A WATCH- Endeavor to acquire Semafo in June, creating West Africa\u2019s largest gold <\/strong><strong>producer:<\/strong> Canada\u2019s Endeavour Mining will acquire Toronto-listed gold producer Semafo in a USD 690.7 mn agreement set to be completed in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.reuters.com\/article\/idCAKBN21A1L6\">Reuters reports<\/a>. Endeavour shareholders \u2014 which is 24.1% owned by the Sawiris family \u2014 will own around 70% of the combined company and Semafo shareholders the remainder. The group will be <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2UbUFsP\">West Africa\u2019s largest gold producer<\/a>, based in Burkina Faso and C\u00f4te D\u2019Ivoire, and one of the biggest 15 worldwide, with an output of 1 mn ounces a year. The acquisition comes just two months after <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/becf365c-3bd9-409a-b707-61c65f222770\">Endeavour ended its bid<\/a> to takeover Centamin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sawiris said earlier in the day that he was looking to up his stake in La Mancha: <\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m increasing my stake in my company because the cost of producing an ounce is much lesser than the gold price itself,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-03-23\/egyptian-billionaire-boosting-exposure-to-gold-amid-volatility?sref=mmeFTDW1\">he told Bloomberg TV yesterday<\/a>. Sawiris is currently in talks with the Egyptian government <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0323710c-522f-47ec-a20f-414c95c079a5\">to acquire a 51% stake<\/a> in state-owned Shalateen Mining, and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7d6acc37-7a7f-4797-9b61-4dd3b5d7fd39\">has shown interest in bidding<\/a> in the gold exploration tender, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6b6dc75f-f325-4023-ac97-64fff07b8999\">which got underway last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold has been on the slide since the covid-19 pandemic began to roil the markets, but Sawiris sees gold as king in a crisis: <\/strong>\u201cI believe that when there is crisis, when people are done covering their margin cost, it\u2019s gonna go up,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m still a buyer and I\u2019m still increasing my position.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M&#038;A WATCH- Endeavor to acquire Semafo in June, creating West Africa\u2019s largest gold producer: Canada\u2019s Endeavour Mining will acquire Toronto-listed gold producer Semafo in a USD 690.7 mn agreement set to be completed in June, Reuters reports. 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