南非黄金矿商Gold Fields提出以270亿美元收购Northern Star Resources，旨在打造全球第二大黄金生产商，以期在部分矿山接近开采寿命终点时实现长期盈利。
South African gold miner Gold Fields offered to buy Northern Star Resources in a $27 billion deal that would create the world’s second-largest gold producer, part of an effort to build longer-term profits as some of its mines near the end of their lives.
然而，Northern Star称此举“极具投机性”，并表示此类收购将使澳大利亚公司的股东面临“司法和运营风险”。
Northern Star branded the approach “highly opportunistic,” however, and said such a takeover would expose the Australian firm’s shareholders to “jurisdictional and operational risks.” The rejection highlights the discount African exposure carries for gold miners, as governments across the continent seek to cash in on record prices. Ghana, for example, introduced a royalty of up to 12% this year and declined to renew a Gold Fields’ licence, while in the Sahel, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso have seized mines or raised stakes.
此次拒绝凸显了非洲业务在黄金矿商眼中所面临的折价压力，因为非洲各国政府正试图从创纪录的金价中获利。
Northern Star branded the approach “highly opportunistic,” however, and said such a takeover would expose the Australian firm’s shareholders to “jurisdictional and operational risks.” The rejection highlights the discount African exposure carries for gold miners, as governments across the continent seek to cash in on record prices. Ghana, for example, introduced a royalty of up to 12% this year and declined to renew a Gold Fields’ licence, while in the Sahel, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso have seized mines or raised stakes.
例如，加纳今年引入了最高12%的特许权使用费，并拒绝续签Gold Fields的许可证；而在萨赫勒地区，马里和布基纳法索的军政府已接管矿山或提高了持股比例。
— Tiisetso Motsoeneng