Australia's Newcrest Mining rises on buying Canadian copper-gold mine

Imperial Metals

10/03/2019 23:33

** Shares of gold miner Newcrest Mining  NCM.AX  rise as
much as 3.6 pct to A$25.38, their highest since Feb 26
    ** Co says it has agreed to acquire a copper and gold mine
in Canada from Toronto-listed Imperial Metals Corp  III.TO  for
$806.5 mln; Chief Executive Sandeep Biswas says the miner is
still open to new purchases  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20X0F7  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20X0OF
    ** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since Jan 30
    ** Stock among the top intraday movers on the Australian
Gold Index  .AXGD , also among the top boost to the index

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