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Our Global Mining team is a cut above.
Our reputation in the mining industry is unparalleled. We’ve built a top team, whose vast experience brings clarity to even the most complex mining projects around the globe.
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Overview

Your priority may be to raise capital, buy, sell or develop a project, secure title, engage Indigenous communities, governments or other stakeholders, structure a complex transaction, or resolve a dispute. You’re in our sweet spot.

We are organized as an industry group and advise companies and other stakeholders on all matter of legal issues affecting the mining sector.

 

Our industry contacts and knowledge of material transactions, both domestically and internationally, are second to none among international law firms. Our team is skilled and experienced in all the various legal services required by mining clients, from exploration through development to operation and closure.

 

We have acted in respect of projects in virtually every country of the globe, with a special emphasis on the Americas and Africa, from our offices in Canada, London and Johannesburg. We rank among the top law firms for financings and new listings on the TSX, the AIM Market, and the JSE.

 

Our competence in common and civil law, and cross-border matters, make us uniquely qualified to advise the mining industry.

Achievements

Team

Primary Contacts
  • John S.M. Turner, Partner | Co-Leader, Global Mining Group and Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Group Chair, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4380, jturner@fasken.com
  • Andrew J. Gabrielson, Partner | Co-Leader, Global Mining Group, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4844, agabrielson@fasken.com
  • Sarah Gingrich, Partner | CO-LEADER, CAPITAL MARKETS AND MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (CM AND M&A), Calgary, AB, +1 587 233 4103, sgingrich@fasken.com
  • Michael J. Bourassa, Partner, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5455, mbourassa@fasken.com
  • Virginia K. Schweitzer, Partner | Co-Managing Partner, Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, +1 613 696 6889, vschweitzer@fasken.com
  • Frank Mariage, Partner, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7540, fmariage@fasken.com
  • Tom Eldridge, Partner, London, +44 (0)20 7917 8663, teldridge@fasken.com
  • Blaize Vance, Partner | Managing Partner, South Africa, Johannesburg, +27 11 586 6067, bvance@fasken.com

Client Work

  • Beacon Securities Limited leads brokered private placement offering of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., [Deal - Beacon Securities Limited], Independent global investment bank leads syndicate of agents in private placement offering and concurrent best-efforts private placement of non-flow-through units and flow-through common shares of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., a mining exploration company.
  • Delta Resources Limited announces closing of its C$5 million non-brokered private placement offering of charity flow-through units, [Deal - Delta Resources Limited], Canadian mining exploration company completes a non-brokered private placement of charity flow-through units.
  • Discovery 2024 Short Duration LP initial public offering raises C$22.2 million, [Deal - RBC Dominion Securities Inc.], Initial public offering featuring an actively managed, diversified portfolio, primarily consisting of equity securities of Canadian gold mining companies.
  • Harfang Exploration Inc. completes the acquisition of NewOrigin Gold Corp., [Deal - Harfang Exploration Inc.], Harfang Exploration Inc. completes the acquisition of NewOrigin Gold Corp.
  • Aris Mining closes US$450 million senior notes offering, [Deal - Aris Mining Corporation], Senior notes offering for Aris Mining
  • Golden Minerals Company completes sale of El Quevar Silver Project to Argenta Silver Corp. (formerly Butte Energy Inc.), [Deal - Golden Minerals Company], Precious metals exploration and development company divests high-grade pure silver mineral project located in Argentina.
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc. defends against claims of negligence in the context of alleged sexual assaults in the location of a foreign subsidiary, [Case - Hudbay Minerals Inc.], Canadian mining company defends against negligence claims relating to alleged human rights abuses in Guatemala.
  • A syndicate led by Eira Thomas completes acquisition of Clara Rough Diamond Sales Platform, [Deal - Eira Thomas]
  • Rome Resources Plc completes acquisition of Rome Resources Ltd, an associated private placing and re-admission to AIM, [Deal - Rome Resources Plc (formerly Pathfinder Minerals Plc)], Reverse takeover in the mining sector.

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