Newmont sweetens deal

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NEWMONT MINING CORP. $36 (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 532.7 million; Market cap: $19.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) is one of the world’s largest gold and copper producers. Its mines are in North America, South America, Australia and Africa. The company recently agreed to acquire Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc. (New York symbol GG) for roughly $10 billion in cash and shares. Newmont investors will own 65% of the combined company, with Goldcorp shareholders owning the remaining 35%. Both sets of shareholders must approve the merger at separate meetings in April. If the deal goes through, Newmont shareholders will also receive a special dividend of $0.88 a share on May 1, 2019. Goldcorp investors are ineligible for the payment. The cash for the special dividend will come from Newmont’s plan to fold its gold mines in Nevada into a new joint venture with Barrick Gold Corp. (New York symbol GOLD). Under the…