There has been a succession of mergers and acquistions in the gold space, said mining audiences manager Michael McCrae. On Friday McCrae recorded a podcast with editor Neils Christensen and Kitco correspondent Paul Harris. This past week it was announced that Evolution Mining would buy Glencore's Ernest Henry Mining copper-gold mine in Queensland, Australia, for A$1 billion ($730 million).Earlier this month top ten Australian miner Newcrest picked up Pretium for $2.8 billion. In October there was the Agnico Eagle-Kirkland Lake tie up. If the merger is approved, Agnico Eagle will be a number three gold miner.