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GT Voice: Canada s political interventions scupper normal business deal Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/23 19:48:40
Photo:XinhuaThe Canadian government vetoed a bid by China s Shandong Gold Mining Co to acquire the asset of TMAC Resources Inc on national security grounds, the Chinese state-owned company confirmed in a stock exchange filing on Tuesday.
Given strained China-Canada relations, the move came as no surprise but still caused some disappointment, especially for the two companies involved that have been trying hard to salvage the deal, amid a hostile geopolitical climate.
For Shandong Gold Mining, all the human and financial resources spent on the deal over the past months have been wasted, while indebted TMAC will have to handle its own financial problems. Even before the release of Canadian government s decision, the miner told the media that it faced difficulty raising enough money to repay the debt due next year.
Posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 10:20
The sale of a gold mine in Canada’s Arctic to a Chinese firm has been blocked by the federal government.
The $230 million deal was to sell all TMAC Resources shares and its Hope Bay gold mining project to Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd. It has now been blocked after a lengthy national security review under the terms of the Investment Canada Act. Shandong is a Chinese state-owned company.
A spokesperson for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the department which oversees investment, would not offer comment on the reasons for the rejection of the deal citing confidentiality provisions of the Investment Act.
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