Big hint in this article eh?15 Jan 2019 20:33
Brenton Saunders, an analyst with Sydney-based fund manager Pendal Group, said Newcrest was more likely a buyer than a target.
“My sense is they want to buy something - not small, but manageable - more of a single asset somewhere in the Americas.”
Newcrest spokesman Chris Maitland told Reuters, “If we can see an asset where we can ... use one of our competitive advantages to increase the value of that asset, that’s how we’d approach M&A.”
Newcrest, which has expertise in a type of mining called blockcaving, is vying with BHP Group (BHP.AX) (BHPB.L) as major stakeholders in Ecuador’s SolGold (SOLG.L).