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Hochschild to buy Amarillo Gold for Posse

Hochschild Mining has agreed to buy Brazilian gold development company Amarillo Gold in a C$164.5 million cash deal to obtain the Posse gold development project in Goais, Brazil.

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Hochschild will pay C40c per share, a 78% premium over Amarillo's Monday closing price. The premium may sound high but the company views the deal as being relatively cheap at about 0.