GOLD (MSM)

Alamos Gold and AuRico Gold to Combine

[PR Newswire] – TORONTO, April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Alamos Gold Inc. (“Alamos”) (TSX/NYSE:AGI) and AuRico Gold Inc. (“AuRico”) (TSX/NYSE: AUQ) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their respective companies (the “Merger”) by way of a plan of arrangement, creating a new, leading intermediate gold producer (“MergeCo”). Upon completion of the Merger, former Alamos and AuRico shareholders will each own approximately 50%

AngloGold in talks to sell part, all of U.S. mine

[Other] – Africa’s top gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti is entering second-round talks with two potential partners or buyers for its Cripple Creek & Victor (CC&V) mine in the United States, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Newmont Mining Corp and Canada’s Kinross Gold Corp are discussing a deal with AngloGold for part or all of Cripple Creek, the paper said. At least two other Canadian mining companies Iamgold Corp