Gold Stocks

Gold Dominates Canada’s M&A Activity

Eduardo Richards — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:37:13 +0000

Gold was the main commodity of interest for Canadian transactions, accounting for almost 60% of mining M&A deal value and volume, even though , as noted by KPMG on Wednesday in a quarterly mining M&A newsletter “Canada was neither a major target nor a major acquirer,” During the first quarter of the year, Canada recorded 25 transactions above US$10 million in value, four of which were categorized as strategic investment by KPMG. “After rallying in the last quarter of 2011, mining M&A activity in Canada fell back to almost the same levels as experienced in Q3 2011,” said KPMG. “Deal value in the first quarter was down over 50% from Q4 2011, characterized by flower ‘blockbuster’ multi-billion dollar deals.” The largest Canadian mining transaction in the first quarter was the US$1.5 billion acquisition of Minefinders by Pan American Silver. “Also in the gold space, AuRico Gold announced the sale of its Stawell and Fosterville properties in Australia to Crocodile Gold for US$105M.” The first quarter also saw Rio Tinto effectively take control of Ivanhoe Mines, taking its total ownership in the huge Mongolian copper/gold development to 51%. KPMG observed that Canada’s reduced mining M&A activity in the quarter “did not prevent global M&A activity from increasing markedly. Total Q1 transaction value reached US$90Bn-a 130% increase over levels recorded in the previous quarter, driven mainly by the proposed mega-merger between Glencore and Xstrata.” “More than 81 mining transactions were announced during Q1 2012, compared to fewer than 50 during the previous quarter, representing an increase of 75% in volume-a strong rise without the Glencore/Xstrata announcement,” said KPMG. “Switzerland was both the dominant acquirer and the dominant target, capturing a 60% share of both measures by virtue of the fact that both Glencore and Xstrata are domiciled in that country. China, Chile and India combined to form about 25% of both the target and acquirer shares, while Canada played a minor role as both a buyer and a target.”

Collapse in Canadian mining deals in midst of global uncertainty (mining.com)
Crocodile Gold completes acquisition of Fosterville and Stawell mines from Aurico Gold (mining.com)

Technology News

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:22:22 +0000

Color Chooser for Ultimate Style Control
Color Chooser is a Gantry-Admin based control interface which, through simple controls, allows you to change all color and style elements of the template, such as text, link and background color.

You can also choose from a selection of Logo Styles with the Color Chooser.

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Business Developments

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:21:31 +0000

Moving from a 12 to 16 Grid Gantry Layout
Gantry structures the theme in widget rows, which usually conform to a 12 Grid structure i.e. 4 widgets will be distributed as 3|3|3|3. With a 16 grid layout, the distribution would be 4|4|4|4.

The layout is more compact due to different widths, paddings and margins.

Sporting Review

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:20:25 +0000

Triple Level Splitmenu Now Available
Triple Level Splitmenu is a multiple tied menu solution. It differentiates between parent items, 1st level children and all child items thereafter. By splitting these areas in the code, you can position and style them independently.

Styled Plugins

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:18:17 +0000

RocketTheme Plugins Galore
Syndicate boasts a vast catalogue of integrated RocketTheme Plugins, all subtly styled to match the stylistic intricacies of the theme. Ranging from RokStories to RokWeather, and many others, help to create a truly dynamic site.

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iPhone Theme

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:17:21 +0000

Mobile Browsing with Apple iPhone
Gantry offers an iPhone Theming facility, allowing a custom version of the template to be displayed for all visitors using an iPhone or iPod Touch.

RTL Support

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:16:50 +0000

Theme and Gantry RTL Support
Once RTL mode is detected in Gantry, it will implement its RTL features. These include the automatic inversion of positions within a widget row; as well as activating RTL specific CSS from the theme. The theme fully supports RTL in all modern browsers.

Fusion Menu

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:55 +0000

Now with MegaMenu Features
Fusion is an Mootools enhanced CSS dropdown menu. It sports a series of advanced features such as multiple column support, with custom width control; as well as grouped child items, amongst many other javascript controls.

20 Suffixes

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:11 +0000

49 Possible Suffix Combinations
Widget Variations add diversity to your site’s appearance. Syndicate is bundled with 20 widget class suffixes, 14 of which are style based suffixes that can be combined to create a total of 49 suffix variants.

16 Grid Layout

Eduardo Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:14:19 +0000

Using a 16 vs 12 Grid Layout
Gantry structures the theme in widget rows, which usually conform to a 12 Grid structure i.e. 4 widget will be distributed as 3|3|3|3. With a 16 grid layout, the distribution would be 4|4|4|4.