Vault and Genesis agree to merge and create $8.71 billion Australian gold producer

Genesis has operations in the prolific Leonora district of Western Australia. (Image courtesy of Genesis Minerals.)

 Genesis Minerals (ASX: GMD) has agreed to acquire its smaller peer Vault Minerals (ASX: VAU) in a deal that would create an Australian gold producer with a market capitalisation of around A$12.6 billion ($8.71 billion), the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

The bid, announced last week, values Vault at about A$5.6 billion.

($1 = 1.4459 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)

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