Cameco sells Centerra

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CAMECO CORP. $33.01 (Toronto symbol CCO; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (306-956-6200; www.cameco.com; Shares outstanding: 392.7 million; Market cap: $13.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) has agreed to sell its 48.5% stake in Centerra Gold (Toronto symbol CG) for $872 million. Cameco currently holds 113.9 million Centerra shares. It will sell 88.6 million of these to the public for $10.25 each. It will then transfer the remaining 25.3 million shares to the government of Kyrgyzstan. That fulfills a condition of a deal that Centerra reached with the government on its Kumtor gold mine earlier this year. Combined with Cameco’s current cash holdings, the Centerra sale will give the company about $1.5 billion. It may use these funds to buy properties or other companies related to its core uranium and nuclear-power businesses. Cameco is still a buy. buy…