Allied Gold drops as sale to Zijin is terminated
BUZZ-Allied Gold drops as sale to Zijin is terminated Updates
** Shares of Allied Gold AAUC.TO fell more than ~18% to C$24.29
** AAUC says its planned C$5.5 billion ($3.90 billion) sale to China's Zijin Gold 2259.HK was terminated after the companies concluded they were unlikely to satisfy closing conditions by the agreed deadline
** "The termination of the Arrangement Agreement relates to broader external factors applicable to cross-border transactions of this scale" - AAUC
** Says Zijin agreed to invest $295 million for a 9.2% stake in AAUC
** Including session's moves, AAUC shares were down 23.3% YTD
(Reporting by Sumit Saha and Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
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