The Northern Miner October 10 2016 Issue

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SERENGETI RESOURCES

THE PHILIPPINES

ROBERT FRIEDLAND

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Companies need to take a ‘granular’ view of Mexico

Kirkland Lake, Newmarket unveil $1B merger GOLD

| Creating mid-tier gold miner with assets in Ontario and Australia

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| Violence escalates due to drug cartels BY TRISH SAYWELL tsaywell@northernminer.com

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report by the Eurasia Group says the government of Mexico will remain ineffective in its fight against crime. The political risk analysis and consulting group notes that homicides in Mexico in August rose 24% year-on-year to 1,938, while extortions were up 22%, and kidnappings climbed 31% — “underlying a deterioration of the country’s security conditions.” The Eurasia report stated that “violence continues to escalate nationwide, as conflict persists among various drug cartels. Spending cuts at the ministries in charge of security will probably further hinder the fight against crime.” The New York-headquartered group also warns that violence will remain a serious issue for the rest of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration. Neil Brown — a principal with KKR, a global investment fund founded by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerry Kohlberg in 1976, which as of June 30 managed $131 billion — told The Northern Miner in an email that while he remains bullish on investing in Mexico across sectors, investors “also have to take a granular look at the local level to assess the security situation.” He said that “most of the country doesn’t pose especially aggravated security concerns, but other areas See MEXICO / 2

Ball mills spinning at Kirkland Lake Gold’s Macassa gold-processing facility in northern Ontario.   KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD BY MATTHEW KEEVIL mkeevil@northernminer.com VANCOUVER

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ntario-based Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KLG; US-OTC: KGILF) has reached across the globe in a bid to become the next intermediate gold producer. On Sept. 29, the company unveiled a merger with Australia-focused Newmarket Gold (TSX: CRK; USOTC: NMKTF) that would create a mid-tier miner with a $2.4-billion market capitalization and annual 500,000 oz. gold production. The deal is a reverse takeover, wherein Kirkland Lake shares would be exchanged for 2.1053 Newmarket shares. The ratio

equates to $5.28 per Newmarket share based on the closing prices at the time of the deal, and implies a $1-billion equity value. Kirkland Lake shareholders would own 57% of the combined company. The new Kirkland Lake would have seven mines and five mills, and crank out 510,000 equivalent oz. gold this year at all-in sustaining US$1,000 per oz. cash costs. Production would continue from Kirkland Lake’s Macassa and Taylor gold mines in northern Ontario, and Newmarket’s Fosterville gold mine in Australia’s Victoria state. “We’re combining a portfolio of underground assets in two safe jurisdictions that are profitable and cashflow generating,” Kirkland Lake president and CEO Tony Makuch

said during a conference call. “In both cases we’re in countries where we understand how to do business and we have district-scale land positions in established gold camps. Behind the producing assets we have a strong pipeline of growth, and feel that with the existing reserve-resource base and exploration upside, we can demonstrate growth at low costs,” he continued. Newmarket burst onto the scene in mid-2015 after a $185-million deal for Crocodile Gold, which resulted in the acquistion of three underground mines in Australia, comprising the company’s crown jewel, Fosterville, as well as the

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