Goldcorp successfully acquires 80.5% Exeter stake, extends offer

Canadian gold major Goldcorp has secured an 80.5% interest in Exeter Resource Corp. The acquisition is part of a series of transactions that will result in the creation of a new 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Goldcorp and Barrick Gold over a new project located in the Atacama region of Chile, that combines Barrick and Kinross Gold’s Cerro Casale project, with Exeter’s Caspiche project.