Firefinch is set to pocket $100 million from institutional investors to advance the Morila gold and recently revised Goulamina lithium project in Mali.
Shares in mega stock market float APM Human Services International made a soft start today, falling slightly but still leaving the company worth more than $3 billion.
De Grey Mining is looking to institutional investors to fund the development of what it believes may become one of the largest producing gold mines in Australia.
Karl Simich-led Sandfire Resources is set to become one the largest listed copper producers through the $2.6 billion cash acquisition of an operation in Spain.
West Perth-based human services company APM has appointed Goldman Sachs and Gilbert + Tobin to assess a stockmarket float likely to be worth in excess of $1.5 billion.
Three Perth dealmakers are behind an early-stage iron ore explorer that is seeking to list on the ASX despite ongoing disputes with its neighbour on Cockatoo Island.
Perth-based mining technology company Kinetic Logging Services has been sold for a bumper price of more than $150 million, with local investor Viburnum a big winner.
The board of West Perth-based Nusantara Resources has accepted a takeover proposal from a major shareholder that values the gold explorer at about $80 million.
Goldminer Firefinch is raising $47 million to finance a ramp-up in production at its Morila site in Mali while preparing to list its lithium business on the ASX.
Rockingham-based WA Kaolin has kicked off a capital raising to fund the scale-up of its WA operations; it joins several companies planning to mine the specialist industrial mineral.
Subiaco-based Perseus Mining is set to gain control of a potential new gold project near its Sissingue mine after announcing a friendly takeover bid for Exore Resources in a scrip deal worth around $60 million.
Panoramic Resources has formally rejected the takeover bid from Independence Group and confirmed it is seeking to raise $31 million to fund its operations, including the underperforming Savannah nickel mine.
Perth-based Mincor Resources has received commitments to raise $30 million through a placement, backed by major shareholders Andrew Forrest and Independence Group, and is looking to raise a further $5 million through a share purchase plan.
Panoramic Resources has advised shareholders not to take action in respect of the off-market takeover offer launched last week by Independence Group, while also criticising some of the conditions attached to the offer.
Northern Star Resources has announced a $193 million takeover offer to acquire Echo Resources, less than an hour after executive chairman Bill Beament said the company was exploring a range of growth options to take advantage of the high gold price.
Canadian company Stantec has disclosed it paid C$135.8m ($147 million) for Perth-based Wood & Grieve Engineers, which it acquired in March, nearly 60 years after the Perth-based company was established.
Navitas directors have recommended shareholders accept an increased $2.1 billion takeover proposal by a consortium that includes its founder and former chief executive, Rod Jones, who says the new ownership would boost the company's prospects .
Mineral Resources has struck a deal to sell a 50 per cent stake in its Wodgina lithium project for $US1.15 billion ($1.6 billion), with the company set to form a joint venture with US outfit Albemarle Corporation.
BCI Minerals has confirmed it is in discussions with multiple parties over the sale of its Pilbara iron ore assets, including three current producers and one aspiring port developer.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA companies participated in 175 corporate finance transactions worth $7.6 billion in the September quarter, with one of the most complex and innovative being the recapitalisation of Eastern Goldfields.
Canada-based forest products company Mercer International has confirmed it will acquire privately owned Indian sandalwood producer Santanol for an unspecified sum.
A three-year battle over an exploration licence in the northern Goldfields has resulted in a win for prospector Andrew Paterson, who appealed against a ruling by the former mines and petroleum minister in favour of listed company Connected IO.
Perth investor Andrew Hopkins' planned $508 million buyout of national panel beating business AMA Group has been cancelled after the group failed to get an expected ruling from the Australian Taxation Office.
Applecross-based Mineral Resources is looking to sell a 49 per cent stake in its Wodgina lithium project, as work to investigate the feasibility of a lithium hydroxide or carbonate processing plant at the site continues.
Perth-based Andrew Hopkins has led a $508 million buyout of national panel beating business AMA Group, with the deal backed by private equity giant Blackstone.
The value of Western Australia-related equity capital markets deals jumped to $4.2 billion in the March quarter, helped to a large degree by a handful of large transactions.
Diversified mining services company Mineral Resources has announced plans to acquire Atlas Iron in a scrip deal that values the iron ore miner at $280 million.
