** Shares of gold miner AR.TO up 2.2 at C$2.80
** Argonaut to sell its Ana Paula gold development project
in Mexico for $30 mln in addition to a C$10 mln ($7.58 mln
)contingent payment urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA015VL
** Argonaut will also receive 9.9% of outstanding common
shares of the acquiring firm, to be formed by AP Mining and
Pinehurst Capital II Inc
** Proceeds from the deal will be used to develop Argonaut's
Magino gold project in Ontario, Canada
** Stock up 43% YTD
($1 = C$1.32)
(Reporting by Shradha Singh in Bengaluru)
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