Eldorado Gold - Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Eldorado Gold announced in August 2009 that it would buy Sino Gold for C$2.0 billion ($1.84 billion). The two companies expected the deal to close in December 2009.

In December 2011, Eldorado Gold Corp. agreed to buy European Goldfields Ltd. for about C$2.5 billion ($2.4 billion) in what would be its biggest acquisition. The acquisition proposal requires approval of at least two thirds of European Goldfields shareholders in a mid-February 2012 shareholders meeting.

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