Newmont targets Golden Triangle

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NEWMONT CORP. $63 remains a buy. The company (New York symbol NEM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 801.2 million; Market cap: $50.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.3; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.newmont.com) has now completed its acquisition of the 85.1% of GT Gold Corp. (Toronto symbol GTT) that it did not already own. GT Gold is developing the Tatogga property, in the Golden Triangle region in northwestern British Columbia. Newmont has other properties in this highly promising area, which cuts the risk of the purchase. They include Newmonts 50% interest in the nearby Galore Creek property. The company paid $325 million for the additional GT stake. To put that price in context, it earned $594 million, or $0.74 a share, in the first quarter of 2021. Newmont is a buy. buy…