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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | APT Tungsten | – | Pinnacle Minerals | Acquisition | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Oakley Capital Partners (buy-side)AE Advisors (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Gecko Mining Company | Gold Valley Investment | CuFe | Acquisition | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Meteoric Resources | – | Lynas Rare Earths | Scheme | Announced | 968.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Pinheiro Neto Advogados (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)Barrenjoey (buy-side)Mallesons (buy-side)BMA Advogados (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Microbiogen | selling shareholders of Microbiogen | Novonesis | Acquisition | Completed | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Materra Metals | Dragon Field International | AIC Mines | Acquisition | Completed | 120.0 | Copper and base metals | Argonaut (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Redhill Copper Project | – | Narryer Metals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Futura Capital (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Global Lithium Resources | – | Titan Australia Mining | Scheme | Announced | 333.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Barrenjoey (sell-side)HFW (sell-side)Clifford Chance (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Royalty Interest over the Bowdens Silver Project (EL5920) | Fitzroy River Corporation | Bowdens Silver | Asset sale | Announced | 17.5 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Gadens (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Cozamin copper-silver-zinc-lead mine | Capstone Copper Corp. | Luca Mining Corp. | Asset sale | Announced | 546.8 | Copper and base metals | Scotiabank (sell-side)Blakes (sell-side)CREEL (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Two private royalties over the Bowdens Silver Project | – | Silver Mines | Asset sale | Completed | 26.0 | Gold and silver | Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Reliance Worldwide Corporation | – | Brookfield Capital Partners | Scheme | Announced | 4,100.0 | Building materials | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Oaktower Partnership (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Javelin Minerals | – | First Au | Takeover | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Tabar Islands Holdings | St Barbara | Lingbao Gold Group | Acquisition | Completed | 453.0 | Gold and silver | Allens (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | High Grade Holdings (HGH) | – | Aureka | Acquisition | Announced | 8.9 | Other mining and exploration | QR Lawyers (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)Measured Group (buy-side)Conarco Consulting (buy-side)QValue (buy-side)Harbury (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Aluminium Business | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Grant Samuel |
| Sep 2026 | New Simberi Gold Project | St Barbara | Lingbao Gold Group | Asset sale | Announced | 453.0 | Gold and silver | Allens (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Centenario lithium brine project | – | Liontown | Joint venture | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | KSK Contract of Work (BKM Copper Project) | Asiamet Resources | Norin Mining | Asset sale | Completed | 149.1 | Copper and base metals | Grant Samuel (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Fermacell (James Hardie's European sustainable walling and flooring business) | James Hardie Industries | Holcim | Acquisition | Announced | 1,376.3 | Building materials | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)DLA Piper (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Ausgold | – | OceanaGold | Scheme | Announced | 776.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Tenement E15/1802 and gold rights over E15/1705 and E15/1721 | Dynamic Metals | Corazon Mining | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Discovery Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Maas Group's construction materials business | – | Heidelberg Materials Australia | Asset sale | Completed | – | Building materials | Mallesons (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Canyon Resources | – | A2MP Investments FZCO | Takeover | Announced | 188.0 | Other mining and exploration | Thomsons (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Jefferies (sell-side)ERM (sell-side)Norton Rose Fulbright (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Carnaby Resources | – | Evolution Mining | Scheme | Completed | 213.0 | Copper and base metals | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)ERM (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Vault Minerals | – | Genesis Minerals | Scheme | Announced | 5,600.0 | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Hammer Metals | – | Austral Resources Australia | Scheme | Announced | 80.7 | Copper and base metals | BDO (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Argonaut (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Shaw and Partners (buy-side)GLG Legal (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Big Springs Gold Project | Capricorn Metals | Sentinel Metals | Acquisition | Completed | 13.7 | Gold and silver | Longreach Capital (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Davis Graham (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | South32 aluminium value chain assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Announced | 8,131.1 | Other mining and exploration | BofA Securities (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Thiess | Elliott Advisors | CIMIC Group | Stake | Completed | 1,180.0 | Mining services and equipment | A&O Shearman (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Ramler International | – | Southern Aluminum | Asset sale | Announced | – | Building materials | Mills Oakley (buy-side)Alvarez & Marsal (buy-side)Forvis Mazars (South Africa) (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Announced | 6,824.4 | Other mining and exploration | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Davis Polk (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Opuwo Cobalt Holdings (Proprietary) | Celsius Resources | Chinalco (Xiong'an) Mining Corporation | Acquisition | Announced | 21.8 | Lithium and battery metals | Minmetals Securities (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Edna May Gold Hub | Ramelius Resources | Forrestania Resources | Asset sale | Announced | 300.0 | Gold and silver | Azure Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Avanti Gold | – | Toubani Resources | Stake | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Zuleika Gold | – | CZR Resources | Takeover | Announced | 44.8 | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)HLB Mann Judd (sell-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Lodestone Iron Ore Project | Private interests associated with Hamish Halliday and Steve Parsons | Killi Resources | Acquisition | Announced | 20.4 | Iron ore and steel | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Hammer Metals | – | Larvotto Resources | Scheme | Withdrawn | 54.0 | Copper and base metals | Blue Ocean Equities (buy-side)MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Ciclón Copper Project | – | Norfolk | Asset sale | Announced | 70.3 | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Zenith Minerals | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Announced | 93.5 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)PKF (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Cygnus Metals | – | Central Asia Metals | Scheme | Completed | 232.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)AMC Consultants (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side)Fieldfisher (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Craton Mining and Exploration (Proprietary) | Greenstone Resources II L.P. (as manager of Omico Copper Limited) | Appian Omega Bidco | Acquisition | Completed | – | Copper and base metals | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Aztec Resources | MGX Resources | Crestlink | Acquisition | Announced | – | Iron ore and steel | Allens (buy-side)Voyager Legal (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Far East Gold | – | Xingye Gold (Hong Kong) Mining Company | Takeover | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Chalice Gold Project | Westgold Resources | Corazon Mining | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Discovery Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | European Lithium | – | Critical Metals Corp. | Scheme | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Poynton Stavrianou (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Winston Taylor (sell-side)Horizon Nexus Partners (sell-side)Valuation and Resource Management (sell-side)EY (sell-side)22 Corporate Advisory (sell-side)Cantor Fitzgerald (buy-side)Nova Legal (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Carp Fluorspar | – | Evion Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Other mining and exploration | BurnVoir (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Ewoyaa Lithium Project | Elevra Lithium | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co | Asset sale | Announced | 98.7 | Lithium and battery metals | BMO Capital Markets (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Atlantic Lithium | – | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. | Scheme | Pending | 292.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Vault Minerals | – | Regis Resources | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Azure Capital (buy-side)Mallesons (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Frontier Group CRM | – | Connected Minerals | Acquisition | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Jones Day (sell-side) |
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