Alamos makes a savvy acquisition of a new mine

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Alamos is now undertaking an acquisition that will make it the third-largest gold producer in Canada. Notably, the new mine is next to its existing Island mine. That means lots of cost savings for Alamos in addition to higher overall production. ALAMOS GOLD, $20.56, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative)(www.alamosgold.com; Shares o/s: 397.0 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is now acquiring Argonaut Gold (symbol AR on Toronto) and its troubled Magino mine in northern Ontario in an all-stock deal valued at $325 million U.S. The transaction will create $515 million U.S. in cost-savings over two decades of production from Alamos’ Island mine and the neighbouring Magino mine. Argonaut started commercial production at Magino in November 2023 after construction costs almost doubled to nearly $1 billion and led to the ouster of its CEO. Alamos will use Magino’s larger mill and tailings facilities instead of Island’s. Total Alamos output is expected to increase by about a quarter to…