"The company (Paladin) continued to assess merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities, Mr Borshoff told the conference.
"We have Australian projects backing up behind these (African projects) and will continue to look for other projects to acquire," he said.
"Up to 2011, we'll be expanding production at our two operations, we'll be exploring in Niger, looking at M&A opportunities, and we are preparing the Australian projects for final investment decisions in 2012, assuming that Queensland politics allow.
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