Canadian Mining M&A In Q1 2015

The M&A results and in and they are decidedly mixed in respect of the Canadian mining industry for Q1 2015. Although total M&A transactions and financing was down worldwide, Canadian companies were the dominant players in those M&A transactions which did take place during the quarter, and Canadian companies also had a dominant position in the raising of capital during Q1.

• During the first quarter of 2015, the global mining industry recorded its lowest number of M&A transactions in many years, only 14. This represented a drop of 46% compared to the number of transactions last quarter and a drop in deal value of 58% as compared to last quarter. On the plus side, however, Canada was by far the dominant player in Q1, representing both the major acquirer and the major target by a wide margin, and factoring into five of the eight top global transactions.