Date Closed

September 17, 2010

Lead Office

Toronto

Value

7.10 Billion USD

On September 17, 2010, Kinross Gold completed a friendly merger with Red Back Mining through a plan of arrangement whereby  it acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Red Back that Kinross did not already own, for a combination of cash and Kinross shares having a total value of approximately US$7.1 billion. 

McCarthy Tétrault LLP represented Rothschild, the financial advisor to Kinross Gold, with a team led by Brian Graves.