Towards this transaction, Barrick sold 79,268,800 shares of Shandong priced at HK$20.50 ($2.65) a share. Credit: Dennis Crabtree.

Canadian precious metals miner Barrick Gold has sold a partial stake in Chinese gold miner Shandong Gold Mining for $210m.

Barrick sold 79,268,800 shares of Shandong priced at HK$20.50 ($2.65) a share. It now holds a stake of about 2.05%.

Barrick bought the shares in the fourth quarter of 2018 at a cost basis of HK$10.50 a share.

In a press statement, Barrick said: “Barrick continues to hold 10,250,000 shares of Shandong Gold, representing a 2.05% interest in Shandong Gold’s Hong-Kong listed (H-class) shares, re-affirming its commitment to the strong existing long-term strategic partnership between the two companies.

“The shares were sold by an accelerated book building process and were placed primarily with new and existing institutional shareholders of Shandong Gold.”

Morgan Stanley served as Barrick’s Sole Placing Agent for the transaction.

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