TMAC Resources: Plunges as Canada rejects Shandong Gold's bid to buy co
** Canadian gold producer's shares TMR.TO down 16.2% at
C$1.09 in morning trade
** Canada rejects Shandong Gold Mining's bid to acquire TMR,
the companies said, with the Chinese miner adding that the sale
was blocked on national security grounds urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2J20MV
** Shandong 600547.SS , 1787.HK in a regulatory filing,
said it had received notice of a decision by Canadian
authorities on Dec. 18 that it should not proceed with the deal
** In its own filing late on Monday, TMAC also said it been
informed of such an order under the Investment Canada Act
** Shandong planned to acquire TMAC Resources for C$230 mln
** TMR down 65.6% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
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