Deals

Perth-based fast food chain Croissant Express has been acquired by a specialist investor in the quick service sector led by former Hungry Jack's CEO, Tim Tighe.

Mermaid Marine managing director Jeff Weber has joined Wesfarmers executives Richard Goyder and Terry Bowen in selling down their respective companies' stock to pay for the exercise of incentive op

Drilling fluids specialist Imdex has sold part of its stake in Sino Gas & Energy, to raise around $24 million.

Bega Cheese has made a $319 million play for fellow dairy producer Warrnambool Cheese and Butter that could create one of Australia's largest listed food companies.

Ramelius Resources is forging ahead with exploration and development at its newly-acquired Vivien gold deposit near Leinster, launching a $16.3 million capital raising to fund the activities.

Australia's largest beef cattle producer plans to raise almost $300 million through the sale of new shares.

Metals of Africa has announced plans to raise nearly $2.5 million to fund exploration activities and first drilling at the Rulio prospect at its Rio Mazoe base metals project in Mozambique.

Perth property syndication business Primewest has secured a 20.42 per cent stake in the South Central retail centre from a group of the property's founding investors, including John Poynton and Lin

Westfield Group looks set to offload its stake in two major shopping centres in suburban Perth just days after it was given the green light to increase ownership of the Karrinyup centre.

Quickflix is seeking to raise $5.5 million to increase the content of its online video streaming service and secure more users.

Corazon Mining has raised $3 million through a share placement, to fund exploration and drilling operations at its Top Up Rise project in Western Australia, as well as its Canadian gold and nickel

Engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz has been bought out by global giant Jacobs Engineering in a deal worth around $1.3 billion.

Perth-based oil and gas exploration firm Pura Vida Energy has lined up $7 million to progress works at its Nkembe block, off the coast of Gabon.

Manganese miner Consolidated Minerals has boosted its coffers by around $111 million, after selling its 23 per cent stake in iron ore junior BC Iron.

Westfield has been given the green light to buy all of Karrinyup Shopping Centre if it releases ownership of nearby shopping centre Westfield Innaloo.

Iron Ore Holdings has struck its fifth deal in the past 18 months, agreeing to sell its North Marillana tenements to private company Maiden Iron.

Shares in Antipa Minerals made solid gains on the ASX today, after the exploration firm announced it would merge its Paterson province copper-gold tenements in the Pilbara with a suite of landholdi

Ramelius Resources has secured an agreement to raise $5 million, which it will use to finalise its acquisition of the Vivien gold project from Gold Fields subsidiary Agnew Mining.

Perth ‘cashbox' Core Services Group has shown how hard it can be to complete a deal in the current market, announcing today a third iteration of its plan to buy a business that is already part-owne

Tungsten Mining has attracted $15 million of investment to fund a definitive feasibility study at its Kilba tungsten development in the Gascoyne.

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Castillo Copper is seeking to raise $3.5 million to fund continued drilling at its copper projects in Chile.

Shares in VDM Group have been punished on the ASX today, falling more than 47 per cent on news the contractor had been turfed off one of its major client's mine sites, forcing it to restructure its

Silver Lake Resources has detailed plans to raise up to $63.7 million, to repay its debts and provide working capital for its ongoing operations.

Galaxy Resources has restructured its debts and will now turn its focus to its operations after announcing its long-running capital raising has secured $17.2 million to date.

Payment solutions provider Emerchants has raised $7.5 million to fund an expansion of sales, marketing and product development initiatives.

Cleveland Mining Company has raised $3 million to accelerate development at its Premier gold mine in Brazil.

South Africa's Keaton Energy Holdings has made a $20 million all-cash takeover bid for Perth-based coal explorer Xceed Resources.

Resources explorer Mining Group has raised $3 million from investors, to continue development works at its El Roble copper project in Chile.

Norton Gold Fields has secured $US25 million in finance from a subsidiary of its major shareholder, China's Zijin Mining Group.

South African miner Gold Fields will splash $US300 million purchasing Barrick Gold's Granny Smith, Lawlers and Darlot gold mines in the Yilgarn region, near Southern Cross, and plans to integrate t