RE:Synergy saving in the combination...The usual BS when people gush about mergers. Yes there will be savings but we won't see them for years and who knows where gold will be then. Costs will increase short-term as well as HR gets busy handing out packages. Maybe they'll chop and monetise a few higher cost mines along the way.
Kirkland had the horsepower to grow by itself. I never thought Tony's KL would want to become a behemoth via a merger with a higher AISC company like Agnico.
I'm not sure how much staying power KL's faithful will have while waiting for the new Agnico golden rainbow; it could be years away before anything positive happens.
Fingers crossed that someone else will step up to the plate and save the day.