Equinox Gold, a mining company, completed the acquisition of Mesquite Gold Mine, a producing, open-pit, run-of-mine heap leach gold mine, from New Gold, a gold mining company, for $158m. “The Mesquite acquisition immediately transforms Equinox Gold from a developer to a producer, bringing meaningful gold production from a well-established operation. We welcome the Mesquite team to Equinox Gold and look forward to leveraging their operations expertise as we expand our presence in California with development of the Castle Mountain gold mine,” Christian Milau, Equinox Gold CEO.