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AuRico Gold is an intermediate gold mining and exploration company that, until August 2011 operated only in Mexico. It reached intermediate gold producer status in August 2011 when Northgate Minerals agreed to be taken over for C$1.46 billion. Gammon Gold was an exploration company until 2004 when it started producing for the first time. Assets also include silver and copper. ==History== The company began as Golden Rock Explorations, Inc. on February 23, 1986 (date of incorporation). In 1998, it renamed Gammon Lake Resources, Inc. Over the next 13 years, it changed names two more times, first to Gammon Gold Inc on June 18, 2007 then to AuRico Gold in May 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Name Change Gammon Lake Resources Inc. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gammon Gold to become Aurico Gold )〕 On August 9, 2006, AuRico finalized the $451 million takeover of Mexgold Resources Inc., which owned the Guadalupe y Calvo gold and silver project in Mexico.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gammon Lake Resources and Mexgold Resources complete $1.6 billion business combination )〕 In April 2011, the company acquired Capital Gold for $408 million after 67% of Capital Gold's shareholders voted in favor of the deal. Assets included El Chanate and the Orion gold project in Mexico.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kirkland & Ellis LLP )〕 On May 16, 2011, it changed its name to AuRico Gold, the new name is a combination of Au ('Gold') and Rico (meaning 'rich' in Spanish).〔 On August 29, 2011, it acquired Vancouver-based Northgate Minerals in a C$1.46 billion deal (US$1.49 billion). The new company (62% owned by AuRico shareholders with the other 38% residing with Northgate's shareholders) will have 83% more gold resources than AuRico had beforehand;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AuRico acquires Northgate )〕 Including the takeover of Capital Gold, AuRico increased gold reserves by about 70% in less than five months. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AuRico Gold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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