-5.8 C
New York
Monday, January 26, 2026

Why One Of The World’s Biggest Gold Companies Is Making A Massive Bet On Copper

Courtesy of Joe Weisenthal at The Business Insider

Today Barrick Gold, one of the world’s biggest gold companies, announced that it’s buying copper company Equinox for $7.7 billion.

Barrick is diving on the news, as people wonder why a gold company is making such a big bet on a different industry.

In a presentation, Barrick spells out the rationale:

  • Positive copper fundamentals.
  • An opportunity to get a copper company in a non-hostile situation.
  • Earnings accretion.
  • Historically cheap financing.
  • More growth.

Click here to see key slides in the presentation >

Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Stay Connected

149,612FansLike
396,312FollowersFollow
2,640SubscribersSubscribe

Latest Articles

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x