Artremis Capital: Gold miners

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Gold miners

(by market cap)
Ticker Company Country Market Cap▼

NEM Newmont Corp USA 110.80B
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Canada 83.34B
B Barrick Mining Canada 67.59B
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Canada 55.66B
AU AngloGold Ashanti Plc USA 45.89B
FNV Franco-Nevada Canada 42.29B
GFI Gold Fields Ltd South Africa 34.55B
KGC Kinross Gold Canada 31.85B
PAAS Pan American Silver Canada 20.65B
RGLD Royal Gold Inc USA 18.23B
CDE Coeur Mining Inc USA 18.11B; gold, silver, zinc, and lead miner
AGI Alamos Gold Inc Canada 15.26B
HMY Harmony Gold South Africa 10.63B
IAG Iamgold Canada 9.76B
EGO Eldorado Gold Canada 8.63B
EQX Equinox Gold Canada 8.29B
OR OR Royalties Inc Canada 6.54B
SSRM SSR Mining USA 6.42B
OGC OceanaGold Corp Canada 5.92B
BTG B2gold Corp Canada 5.73B
AUGO Aura Minerals Inc USA 5.32B
ORLA Orla Mining Ltd Canada 3.59B
ARIS Aris Mining Corp Canada 3.43B
NG Novagold Resources USA 3.42B
CGAU Centerra Gold Canada 3.29B
AAUC Allied Gold Canada 3.23B
SA Seabridge Gold Canada 3.19B
FSM Fortuna Mining Canada 2.81B
HYMC Hycroft Mining USA 2.38B
DRD DRDGold South Africa 2.11B
IAUX i-80 Gold Corp USA 1.34B
CNL Collective Mining USA 1.19B
ODV Osisko Development Corp Canada 807.19M
GROY Gold Royalty Canada 730.25M
MAKO Mako Mining Canada 710.11M
DC Dakota Gold Corp USA 660.27M
THM International Tower Hill Mines Ltd Canada 578.22M
GAU Galiano Gold Inc Canada 574.66M
IDR Idaho Strategic Resources Inc USA 560.30M
NFGC New Found Gold Corp Canada 559.24M
CTGO Contango Silver & Gold Inc USA 522.50M
CMCL Caledonia Mining Corp Plc United Kingdom 403.33M
VGZ Vista Gold USA 348.87M
TRX TRX Gold Canada 298.26M
USAU U.S. Gold Corp USA 261.54M
GLDG GoldMining Inc Canada 203.96M
MINE Mayfair Gold Corp Canada 173.89M
PZG Paramount Gold Nevada Corp USA 106.37M
NAMM Namib Minerals Cayman Islands 100.79M
AUST Austin Gold Corp Canada 17.39M
BGL Blue Gold Ltd Cayman Islands 14.48M

KGJI Kingold Jewelry, Inc. USA 114.56M
LODE Comstock Mining, Inc. USA 112.61M
MDW Midway Gold Corp. USA 104.92M

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Mergers, Acquisitions & Rebrandings

Gold Resource Corporation (GORO), a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer based out of Denver, Colorado, to merge with Canada-based Goldgroup Mining. (2026)
New Gold (TSX: NYSE American: NGD) was acquired by Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CDE). (finalized March 2026)
Sandstorm Gold (SAND) was acquired by Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD) for approx. US$3.5 billion. The merger closed on October 20, 2025
Silvercrest Metals (formerly trading as SVLC/SILV) was acquired by Coeur Mining (CDE) in a $1.7 billion all-stock transaction that closed on February 14, 2025.
Yamana Gold (AUY) was acquired and split up in March 2023 in a nearly US$4.8 billion transaction. The Canadian mining company was jointly taken over by Pan American Silver (PAAS) and Agnico Eagle (AEM).
Kirkland Lake Gold (KL), based in Toronto, owned and operated several gold mines in Canada and Australia. In February 2022, it merged with Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) in an all-stock deal with Kirkland's stocks being delisted.
Golden Star Resources (GSS) was acquired by the Chinese mining firm Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining in January 2022.
Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV) was acquired by Orla Mining Ltd. (ORLA) in August 2022 and delisted from the TSX and NYSE American exchanges.
Corvus Gold (KOR) acquired by AngloGold Ashanti (AU). (? 7/2021)
Asanko Gold (AKG ) is now known as Galiano Gold Inc., trading on the NYSE American under the ticker GAU (and on the TSX as GAU). The company officially changed its name in April 2020 to better reflect its broader operations.
Rubicon Minerals (RBY) rebranded to Battle North Gold Corporation in 2020. Battle North was subsequently acquired by Australian-based gold miner Evolution Mining in 2021.
Tanzanian Gold Corporation (TRX) and changed its name to TRX Gold Corporation. (2019)
Goldcorp (GG) was acquired by Newmont Mining (NEM) for $10 bln. (Jan 2019)
Randgold Resources Limited (Nasdaq:GOLD), headquartered in the Channel Islands, was acquired by Barrick Gold (ABX) for $18.3B (Sept 2018). Barrick's trading symbol on the NYSE was changed to GOLD. In May 2025, the company officially rebranded to Barrick Mining Corporation to better reflect its diversification into copper and other metals. Its NYSE ticker changed from 'GOLD' to 'B'.
Primero Mining Corp. (PPP) was acquired by First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) in 2018,
Nevsun Resources (NSU) was acquired by Zijin Mining in late 2018 and subsequently delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NSU) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: NSU).
Banro Corporation (BAA) was a Canada-based gold miner with operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and was delisted in 2017.
Sibanye Gold (SBGL) changed its name to Sibanye-Stillwater in 2017 following its acquisition of the US-based Stillwater Mining Company. It changed its NYSE ticker symbol from SBGL to SBSW to highlight new corporate structure and diversified asset mix. (Feb. 2020)
Timmins Gold Corp. (TGD) was renamed Alio Gold Inc. (ALO) in May 2017. It was then acquired by Argonaut Gold Inc. on July 1, 2020. Argonaut Gold Inc. was acquired by Alamos Gold (AG) in 2024.
Lake Shore Gold (LSG) was acquired by Tahoe Resources Inc. in a business combination valued at approximately $945 million (April 2016).
AuRico Gold (AUQ) was a Canadian intermediate gold producer that operated primarily in North America (including Canada and Mexico). The company was acquired by Alamos Gold (AGI) in a US$1.5 billion merger of equals in July 2015.
Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSE:ANV) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2015. The company reorganized, emerged as a privately held entity (later operating as Hycroft Mining Corporation),
Brigus Gold Corp (BRD) was acquired by Primero Mining Corp for approx. $220 million. (March 2014)