Peter Hambro Mining was founded by Peter Hambro and Pavel Maslovsky in 1994 and both their sons, Jay and Alexei, have joined the company since. Peter and Jay Hambro are descendants of the Hambro Merchant Banking family that formed Hambros Bank. Peter Hambro started his career as a banker at Hambros Bank in 1966 before moving into the gold sector at Mocatta and Goldsmid. He is a non-executive director of SG Hambros Bank & Trust Co. Ltd. the name under which the old Hambros Bank now trades. Pavel Maslovsky was a Professor in plasticity at Moscow University until 1991 when he launched his business career.
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Jakarta moves to axe Newmont’s licence
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Newmont eyes IPO to fend off Bumi
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Barrick Announces Pricing of African Barrick Gold plc Initial Public Offering 03/19/2010
TORONTO ― All amounts expressed in US dollars unless otherwise indicated
Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick") (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) announced today the pricing of the initial public offering of African Barrick Gold plc ("ABG"), a new company whose equity will be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. An offer price of GBP 5.75 per ordinary share has been set and the net proceeds of the offering are expected to be approximately $834 million, which will be paid to Barrick.
ABG is selling approximately 101 million ordinary shares in the offering, or about 25% of its equity and Barrick will retain an interest in approximately 303 million ordinary shares, or about 75% of the equity of ABG (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised). In addition, an over-allotment option of up to approximately 10.1 million ordinary shares, representing about 10% of the offer size has been granted, exercisable for a period of up to 30 days from the pricing of the offering.
"As an Africa-focused public company, we believe that African Barrick Gold will be better positioned to generate shareholder value from its operating platform, value which Barrick will continue to benefit from as a majority shareholder. African Barrick Gold's range of growth options and ability to finance those options will be expanded and the intensity with which these options will be pursued will be improved and will be driven by an incentivized management team, guided by an experienced Board of Directors," said Aaron Regent, Barrick's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Based on the offer price, the market capitalization of ABG immediately following the offering will be approximately $3.55 billion. ABG has an initial cash balance of approximately $280 million. The offering is expected to close on or about March 24, 2010.
Barrick Gold Corporation's vision is to become the world's best gold company by finding, acquiring, developing and producing quality reserves in a safe, profitable and socially responsible manner.
BEIJING―The World Gold Council has signed an agreement with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. to cooperate on developing new gold investment products and programs for the Chinese lender's clients, council chairman Ian Telfer said in an interview.
The arrangement with ICBC, China's largest bank by assets, is designed to promote continued strong demand for gold in China at a time when the country's recent rapid growth in gold production seems likely to slow, creating more need for imports, Mr. Telfer said Wednesday.
"The demand is out there and we're going to help [ICBC] create vehicles that people will find interesting so that they can accumulate gold," said Mr. Telfer, who is also chairman of Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc., one of the world's largest gold-mining companies.
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China's demand for gold has grown an average of 13% annually for the last five years, reaching about 443 metric tons last year, second only to India. About 80% of China's annual gold consumption goes toward making jewelry. The World Gold Council, established by a group of large mining companies to stimulate demand for the metal, wants to increase demand for gold in China for investment purposes.
ICBC has more than 16,000 branches in China and more than 200 million individual clients. One program the council hopes to promote as part of its deal with the bank is a "gold accumulation plan," in which investors give the bank money which it uses to buy gold on their behalf in daily increments over a period of time. The goal is to smooth out price differentials for investors, so they aren't put off from investing by gold's daily price volatility. The World Gold Council started a similar program about 20 years ago in Japan, which has worked well, said Albert Cheng, managing director for the Far East.
A news department official for ICBC declined to comment.
Mr. Telfer said that while he expects Chinese demand to continue growing strongly, supply growth is likely to weaken in coming years. As gold prices have risen over the last decade, annual output from Chinese gold mines has increased 84%―far more than anyone in the industry expected, Mr. Telfer said. China became the world's biggest gold producer in 2007, overtaking South Africa.
But gold is getting harder to find. At current rates of production, China would exhaust its known gold reserves in about six years, he said. While that doesn't mean China will have to stop mining in six years―it is highly likely to find more gold in the meantime―the figure nonetheless underscores the metal's scarcity in China. Mr. Telfer said the comparable figure in most countries with large gold reserves is about 15 years.
Chinese mines are already very expensive to operate relative to major mines abroad, because their deposits tend to be small and hard to reach. Mr. Telfer cited figures from one major Chinese miner, which he didn't name, that produces just over a million ounces of gold a year from about 20 different mines. Goldcorp, by comparison, produces about three million ounces a year from just 11 mines.
Mr. Telfer said China is likely to buy more gold from abroad in future years. "I see that import number increasing and increasing, because the demand continues to strengthen but the supply will be flattish," he said.
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Glencore plans to list its main gold business next year in a move that people close to the largest commodities trader expect will value the operation at least $5bn.
As the Swiss-based trader itself takes steps towards becoming a public company, Glencore said it also planned “a partial spin-off or initial public offer of Kazzinc’s gold unit during the course of 2011”.
The business owns Kazakhstan’s largest gold mine, with production expected to reach 700,000 ounces in 2011.
Glencore owns 50.7 per cent of Kazzinc, which also mines zinc, lead and copper. The company was formed in 1997 through the merger of Kazakhstan’s three principal base metals miners.
With bullion trading near an all-time high of $1,264 an ounce, miners are seeking to extract value from their bullion operations by listing them.
Barrick, the world’s largest gold miner, this year listed part of its African business, which now has a market capitalisation of $3.6bn. Other gold miners with a similar production level to Kazzinc’s gold unit are valued at up to $8bn.
Glencore on Thursday reported that its first-half net income had surged 42 per cent from the same period in 2009 on the back stronger economic growth and higher commodities prices. Excluding exceptional items, net income rose to $1.53bn, up from $1.09bn.
The results came slightly below expectations as second-quarter net income fell to $677m, down from $886m between January and March.
The drop in quarterly income is the first since the last quarter of 2008.
“Interim profits from Glencore are strong, but the second-quarter performance is a little disappointing,” said Miriam Hehir, at RBC Capital Markets in London.
The company blamed lower base metals prices in May and June, and one-off events, such as strikes and production problems. But it said that since then base metals prices had improved and output was normal.
Glencore, led by South African Ivan Glasenberg, is undergoing a radical transformation, breaking with nearly four decades of private ownership.
The company issued $2.2bn in convertible bonds to strategic investors in the US, Singapore and China in December.
The company is mulling its next steep: either an IPO or a merger with Swiss-based miner Xstrata, in which it owns a 34.4 per cent stake.
As of December, 485 employees owned Glencore shares, with “key management” – 65 executives – controlling 57.5 per cent of them.
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