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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Commerce Resources Corp. | – | Mont Royal Resources | Scheme | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Wallabi Group (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Yelverton Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Farris LLP (buy-side) |
| Apr 2025 | Qenos | – | ESR Real Estate (Australia) | Acquisition | Completed | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | Grant Samuel (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Lavra Velha Gold-Copper Project | Pan American Silver Corp. | Alvo Minerals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Discovery Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Elizabeth Hill Silver Project | – | Errawarra | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Bennelong Venture Capital (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | The AZEK Company | – | James Hardie Industries | Acquisition | Completed | 13,972.3 | Building materials | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (sell-side)Jefferies (buy-side)BofA Securities (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Arthur Cox (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Henty Gold Mine | Catalyst Metals | Kaiser Reef | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Taylor Collison (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Henty Gold Mine and associated Tasmanian exploration tenements | Catalyst Metals | Kaiser Reef | Asset sale | Announced | 31.6 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Spartan Resources | – | Ramelius Resources | Scheme | Completed | 2,400.0 | Gold and silver | Sternship Advisers (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Van Uden Gold Project | Montague Resources Australia | TG Metals | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Futura Capital (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Lindsay's Project | Top Global Mining | Auric Mining | Asset sale | Announced | 4.0 | Gold and silver | SEER Financial Group (sell-side)CTC Geological (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Karora (Lakewood) | Westgold Resources | Black Cat Syndicate | Acquisition | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | CZR Resources | Mark Creasy (Creasy Group) | Fenix Resources | Takeover | Announced | 61.4 | Iron ore and steel | Thomsons (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | RPM Advisory Services | RPMGlobal Holdings | SLR Consulting Australia | Acquisition | Announced | 63.0 | Mining services and equipment | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)KPMG (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Hastings Technology Metals | – | – | Joint venture | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Clayton Utz |
| Feb 2025 | Neo Performance Materials | Hastings Technology Metals | Wyloo | Stake | Completed | 79.8 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Atlantic Gold Operations | St Barbara | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Matsa Resources | – | Patronus Resources | Takeover | Announced | 33.0 | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Blackwall Legal (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | IDM International | – | Blackstone Minerals | Scheme | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Discovery Capital Partners (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Stunalara Metals | – | Inca Minerals | Takeover | Announced | 1.8 | Gold and silver | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Moore Australia (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)Calder Roth & Co (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Orora Australian and New Zealand wine closures business | Orora | Interpack | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Flagstaff PartnersHamilton Locke (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Rhodes Ridge Iron Ore Project | VOC Group | Mitsui & Co | Stake | Completed | 4,785.4 | Iron ore and steel | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Red Hawk Mining | – | Fortescue | Takeover | Completed | 254.0 | Iron ore and steel | BDO (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Peloton Legal (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Aston Minerals | – | Torque Metals | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Amcor | – | – | Merger | Announced | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Goldman Sachs (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Bullabulling Gold Project | Norton Gold Fields | Minerals 260 | Acquisition | Completed | 166.5 | Gold and silver | HFW (sell-side)Greenhill (buy-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Patriot Battery Metals | – | Volkswagen | Stake | Completed | 74.7 | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Maximus Resources | Beacon Minerals | Astral Resources | Takeover | Completed | 31.0 | Gold and silver | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Taylor Collison (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | De Grey Mining | – | Northern Star Resources | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | KPMG (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side) |
| Oct 2024 | Mako Gold | – | Aurum Resources | Takeover | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| – | Boa Vista Gold Project | GoldMining | Australian Mines | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| – | Llahuin copper-gold-molybdenite project | Southern Hemisphere Mining | FMR Resources | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| – | Inform Plastics | – | DuroColour | Acquisition | Announced | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
| – | Subsurface exploration and mining rights neighbouring Zenith’s Dulcie Gold Project | – | Zenith Minerals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
Deals come from ASX announcements, scheme booklets, prospectuses, the advisers' own deal announcements and the press. How the data is built