Imperial Scooping Up Selkirk
Imperial Metals (TSE:III) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Selkirk Metals (CVE:SLK). The purchase price is $0.12 per Selkirk share or one Imperial share for each 30 Selkirk shares. With 87.5 million shares outstanding, this puts a value on Selkirk of approximately $10.5 million.
From Imperial’s press release:
Since it commenced operations, Selkirk has focused on the exploration and development of the Ruddock Creek Zinc/lead project and the Catface copper project. Both properties have a defined resource and development potential.