Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX:ORA) agreed to acquire Mineração Serra Grande S.A. from AngloGold Ashanti plc (NYSE:AU) for $72.8 million on June 2, 2025. A cash consideration of $76 million will be paid by Aura Minerals Inc. As part of consideration, a deferred consideration payment equivalent to a 3% net smelter returns shall also be received by AngloGold Ashanti plc. The consideration is subject to certain working capital adjustments. The transaction is subject to subject to antitrust regulations, completion of an ongoing decommissioning of a legacy tailings dam storage facility, completion of the Mineração Serra Grande S.A. subsidiaries transfer and No Material Adverse Event occurring prior to closing. The expected completion of the transaction is Q3 2025, and no later than Q4 2025.
BofA Securities, Inc. acted as financial advisor for Aura Minerals Inc. Demarest Advogados acted as legal advisor for Aura Minerals Inc. Gowling WLG LLP acted as legal advisor for Aura Minerals Inc. Aisling Zarraga, Kye-Ren Cheong, Rhian Parker, Aileen Buchanan, James Marlow, Alicia Vidal and of Linklaters LLP acted as legal advisor to AngloGold Ashanti plc.
Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX:ORA) completed the acquisition of Mineração Serra Grande S.A. from AngloGold Ashanti plc (NYSE:AU) on December 1, 2025.
Aura Minerals Inc. is a mid-tier gold and copper production company. The Company is focused on operating and developing gold and base metal projects in the Americas. It has four operating mines, including the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico, the Ernesto/Pau-a-Pique Project (EPP) and Almas gold mines in Brazil, and the San Andres gold mine in Honduras. The Company’s development projects include Borborema and Matupa, both in Brazil. It has unmatched exploration potential, owning over 650,000 hectares of mineral rights and focuses on advancing multiple near-mine and regional targets along with the Serra da Estrela copper project in the prolific Carajas region of Brazil. The Company has the right to explore the Pe Quente and Pezao Projects in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Aranzazu Mine is an underground copper mine that is located within the Municipality of Concepcion del Oro in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico. The San Andres Mine is an open-pit heap leach gold mine.
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