Equinox Gold to acquire Orla Mining
May 13 (Reuters) - Equinox Gold EQX.TO said on Wednesday it would acquire Orla Mining OLA.TO in a deal that would create a North American-focused gold producer with an implied market value of about $18.5 billion. (Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore) ((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))