Benzinga | Jan 21, 2021 07:32AM EST

Eldorado Gold To Acquire QMX GOLD For C$132M

ELDORADO GOLD CORPORATION (TSX:ELD, NYSE:EGO) ("Eldorado") and QMX GOLD CORPORATION (TSXV:QMX) ("QMX") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which Eldorado will acquire all of the outstanding shares of QMX (not already owned by Eldorado) for total consideration of approximately C$132 million on a 100% and fully diluted basis or C$0.30 per QMX share (the "Arrangement"). Eldorado currently owns 68,125,000 shares of QMX, or approximately 17% of QMX shares outstanding, which it purchased at C$0.06 per share in a private placement on December 30, 2019.

Transaction Terms

Under the terms of the Arrangement, each holder of QMX shares will receive, for each QMX share held, (i) C$0.075 in cash and (ii) 0.01523 of an Eldorado common share (the "Arrangement Consideration"), for total consideration of C$0.30 per QMX share (based on Eldorado's closing price on January 20, 2021). The Arrangement Consideration represents a 39.5% premium to the closing price of QMX shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") on January 20, 2021.

Following the completion of the Arrangement, QMX shareholders will own approximately 2.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of Eldorado.