Zhaojin secures Tietto Minerals’ majority ownership

China’s Zhaojin Capital, a unit of Zhaojin Mining, has won control of Australian-based gold producer Tietto Minerals after a six-month takeover battle that values the latter at A$733 million ($474.62 million), reportedReuters. Zhaojin’s original offer of A$0.58 per share was increased on 15 April to A$0.68 per share and declared “best and final” offer. Tietto’s board said it believed the…

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Tietto wet commissions Abujar

Officials with Tietto Minerals are eyeing a first gold pour in a matter of days after announcing on 3 January that wet commissioning had commenced at its Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The company said the 4.5 million t/y CIL processing system at the 3.45-million-ounce operation is fully operational, with wet commissioning returning up 10,000 t/d low-grade…

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