Deal activity drops over 5% in Canada’s mining industry in January

M&A was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 32 deals which accounted for 91.4% of all deals, followed by private equity with three deals accounted for 8.6% of overall deal activity in the country’s metals & mining industry during the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in Canada’s metals & mining industry with total deals worth $23.37m, while private equity deals totalled $20.24m.

Canada metals & mining industry deals in January 2020: top deals

The top five metals & mining industry deals accounted for 73.7% of the overall value during January 2020.

The combined value of the top five metals & mining deals stood at $32.12m, against the overall value of $43.61m recorded for the month.

The top five metals & mining industry deals of January 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

• Portal Capital’s $17.8m private equity deal with North American Helium
• The $7.12m asset transaction with Legault Metals and Ressources Jessie by Dore Copper Mining
• Palisades Goldcorp’s $2.61m acquisition of Mexican Gold Mining
• The $2.43m asset transaction with First Mining Gold by Auteco Minerals
• Pacton Gold’s asset transaction with TomaGold for $2.16m.