Eldorado, European Goldfields owners greenlight merger

Shareholders in European Goldfields and Eldorado Gold on Tuesday gave the nod to the $2.5-billion merger, first unveiled in December. Earlier this month, proxy voting firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co. recommended...

Quadra FNX shareholders approve KGHM's C$3bn bid

Shareholders of Canadian miner Quadra FNX approved a C$3-billion takeover offer from KGHM on Monday, the tie-up is set to geographically diversify the Polish miner's asset base and boost its copper output. The friendly deal announced in December...

Quadra FNX says ISS recommends Polish bid

There was no shortage of investors calling KGHM’s near-C$3-billion December bid for Vancouver’s Quadra FNX Mining cheap, but the target said on Monday Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said shareholders should give it the thumbs up....

Proxy firms back Capstone acquisition of Far West

Proxy firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co have both recommended that shareholders in Capstone Mining approve the company's plan to buy Far West Mining, the firm said on Thursday. Capstone announced on April 17 it had...

ISS recommends investors Ok Gran Colombia/Medoro tie-up

Proxy research and advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders in both companies vote in favour of junior Gran Colombia Gold's plan to buy Medoro Resources. Gran Colombia and Medoro, which both have gold...

ISS backs Alpha Natural-Massey deal

Proxy research and advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders in both companies vote in favour of coal miner Alpha Natural Resources' plan to buy Massey Energy. Alpha agreed in late January to buy Massey...

Tahoe investors to vote on poison pill

Shareholders in Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources will vote on an amended shareholder rights plan at the company's annual meeting on May 1, the firm said on Tuesday. Tahoe originally adopted the plan, also called a poison pill, effective March 3,...

Kinross still defending Red Back deal

Kinrooss Gold said on Friday it “rejects” a negative recommendation by proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on the gold-miner's $7-billion acquisition of West African-focused Red Back Mining. The Toronto-based gold miner...