Australian M&A and equity raisings
1,881 deals since January 2025, each with its advisers and sources · as at 8 Nov 2026 · Venture rounds
183 deals · A$78bndisclosed · Materials and mining · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Lake Johnston Project | Horizon Minerals | Forrestania Resources | Asset sale | Announced | 35.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Wallabi Group (sell-side)A&O Shearman (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | MinRes lithium joint venture (Wodgina and Mt Marion) | Mineral Resources | POSCO Holdings | Stake | Announced | 3,900.0 | Lithium and battery metals | J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Promin Resource Holdings | Prospect Resources | Fatima Resources | Acquisition | Completed | 3.4 | Lithium and battery metals | Nurture Invest (sell-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Exploration licence EL007795 (Fosterville, Victoria) | S2 Resources | Agnico Eagle Mines | Asset sale | Announced | 17.0 | Gold and silver | Salient Corporate (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Cabin Lake Gold Project | – | FIN Resources | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Peak Asset Management (buy-side)Max Capital (buy-side)Meccano (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Larvotto Resources | – | United States Antimony | Scheme | Rejected | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allion Partners (sell-side)Jett Capital Advisors (buy-side)Henslow (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Kula Gold | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Completed | 58.9 | Gold and silver | Atkinson Corporate Lawyers (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Raptor Resources | – | Eastern Metals | Takeover | Completed | – | Other mining and exploration | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Robex Resources | – | Predictive Discovery | Merger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Peloton Legal (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Simmons & Simmons (sell-side)Crux Law (sell-side)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (sell-side)Laurel Hill Advisory Group (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)SCP Resource Finance (buy-side)Fasken (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Shafter Silver Project | – | James Bay Minerals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Womble Bond Dickinson (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Wolfram | – | PT BUMI Resources TBK | Acquisition | Announced | 63.5 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Thomsons (buy-side)Mishcon de Reya (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Doors Plus Group | owners of Doors Plus | Colinton Capital Partners | Acquisition | Completed | 60.0 | Building materials | Hall & WilcoxBDO (sell-side)Ellerston Capital Solutions (sell-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Cockatoo Island Project | Pearl Gull Iron | Buccaneer Resources | Asset sale | Completed | 4.5 | Iron ore and steel | Yelverton Capital (sell-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Konstantin Resources | – | Middle Island | Acquisition | Completed | – | Copper and base metals | Cygnet Capital (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Weld Range Project (right to mine iron ore) | Sinosteel Midwest | Fenix Resources | Asset sale | Announced | 60.0 | Iron ore and steel | Poynton Stavrianou (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Webbs Consol Silver Project | Lode Resources | Rapid Critical Metals | Asset sale | Announced | 3.8 | Gold and silver | Blue Ocean Equities (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Schlam Payload | – | USCO ITR | Acquisition | Completed | – | Mining services and equipment | Gresham (sell-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Incitec Pivot fertiliser distribution business | Dyno Nobel | Ridley Corporation | Asset sale | Completed | 375.0 | Chemicals and fertilisers | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Yangibana Rare Earths and Niobium Project | Hastings Technology Metals | Wyloo Metals | Joint venture | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Mineralis | – | Castle | Acquisition | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Greater Oko Project | Adamantium Exploration | Altair Minerals | Asset sale | Pending | – | Gold and silver | Sixty Two Capital (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Warriedar Resources | – | Capricorn Metals | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Discovery Capital Partners (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Valuation and Resource Management (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Longreach Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Copper Resources Australia | – | Austral Resources Australia | Acquisition | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Ballard Mining | Delta Lithium | – | Demerger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | New World Resources | – | Kinterra Capital GP Corp. II | Takeover | Completed | 250.0 | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)Moelis & Company (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | 50% stake in the Central Tanami Gold Project | Northern Star Resources | Mount Gibson Iron | Asset sale | Pending | 50.0 | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Mount Isa Quartz | – | Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners | Stake | Announced | – | Other mining and exploration | McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Aurumin | – | Brightstar Resources | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | BDO (sell-side)Allens (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Yandal Gold Project | Strickland Metals | Gateway Mining | Asset sale | Completed | 45.0 | Gold and silver | Longreach Capital (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Adriatic Metals | – | Dundee Precious Metals | Scheme | Completed | 1,997.6 | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Stikeman Elliott (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Tavistock (buy-side)BCLP (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Horse Heaven Antimony-Gold-Silver-Tungsten Project | – | Resolution Minerals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Oakley Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Greentech Technology International | – | Metals X | Takeover | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Yu Ming Investment Management (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Atlantic Tin | – | Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver & Tin Mining Co | Takeover | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Grant Thornton (buy-side)Mokhtari Avocats (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Limestone Estate | New Forests | OneFortyOne | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | MAC Copper | – | Harmony Gold Mining Company | Scheme | Completed | 1,580.0 | Copper and base metals | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Ogier (sell-side)Webber Wentzel (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Focus Minerals (Laverton) | Focus Minerals | Genesis Minerals | Acquisition | Announced | 250.0 | Gold and silver | Azure Capital (sell-side)HFW (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | Laverton Gold Project | Focus Minerals | Genesis Minerals | Acquisition | Completed | 250.0 | Gold and silver | HFW (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | New World Resources | – | Central Asia Metals | Scheme | Withdrawn | 185.0 | Copper and base metals | Sternship Advisers (sell-side)National Bank Financial (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Dorsey & Whitney (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Misima Gold Project | Kingston Resources | Ok Tedi Mining | Asset sale | Announced | 95.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)AMC Consultants (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Xanadu Mines | – | Bastion | Takeover | Completed | 160.0 | Copper and base metals | Jefferies (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)Bennett Jones (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)CIBC Capital Markets (buy-side)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Peak Rare Earths | – | Ganzhou Chenguang Rare Earths New Material Co. | Scheme | Completed | 150.5 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)RSM (sell-side)ERM (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | Ntsimbintle Mining (Pty) | Ntsimbintle Holdings Proprietary | Exxaro Resources | Acquisition | Completed | 930.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Jupiter Mines | – | Exxaro Resources | Stake | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Gold Road | – | Gold Fields | Scheme | Completed | 3,700.0 | Gold and silver | Gresham (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)PwC (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | Yarraloola Iron Ore Project assets | Zanthus Resources | Rio Tinto | Asset sale | Completed | – | Iron ore and steel | Allens (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Speewah Fluorite Project | – | Sumitomo | Joint venture | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Gilbert + TobinAllens (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Winu copper-gold project | Rio Tinto | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. | Stake | Announced | 430.4 | Copper and base metals | Allens (sell-side) |
| Apr 2025 | DeGrussa Processing Plant | Sandfire Resources | Boab Metals | Asset sale | Announced | 10.0 | Copper and base metals | GR Engineering Services (buy-side) |
| Apr 2025 | Molekulis | shareholders of Molekulis | Redox | Acquisition | Completed | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)Lane Neave (sell-side) |
| Apr 2025 | Mandalay Resources | – | Alkane Resources | Merger | Completed | 1,000.0 | Gold and silver | Clayton Utz (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (buy-side)Haywood Securities (sell-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side)Goodmans (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Bennett Jones (buy-side) |
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