Chinese Acquisition of Gold Mining Company Clears Canadian National Security Review

Excavators work at an open pit gold mine in Nova Scotia in a file photo. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

The federal government has not raised national security concerns about a Chinese company’s planned acquisition of a Canadian gold miner, clearing the way for the transaction.

Shareholders of Allied Gold Corp. voted in favour of China’s Zijin Gold International Co. Ltd.’s proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of the company last week.