Randgold merger gets big thumbs up from Barrick shareholders

The shareholders of Barrick Gold on Monday voted to approve the acquisition of Randgold Resources in a $6.1-billion deal. NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick said that 99.8% of votes at a special meeting of shareholders were in favour of the share-for-share transaction, which would create a gold leader with the industry’s greatest number of so-called tier-one gold assets.