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Gold Fields enters into US$48 million earn-in option and joint venture agreement with Torq Resources Inc.

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Client

Gold Fields Limited

On January 17, 2025, Gold Fields Pedernales Limitada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold Fields Limited (“Gold Fields”), finalized an earn-in option and joint venture transaction with Torq Resource Inc. ("Torq") on Torq’s Santa Cecilia copper-gold project in Chile. 

Gold Fields acquired a staged option to earn into up to a 75% indirect interest in the project by funding up to US$48 million over a period of up to 6 years, of which a committed minimum spend of US$6 million will earn Gold Fields an initial 10% interest. 

Fasken advised Gold Fields in connection with this transaction with a team led by Brian Graves and which included Myroslav Chwaluk and Nazish Mirza.

 

Jurisdiction

  • Chile

Team

  • Brian Graves, Partner | Mergers & Acquisitions, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4517, bgraves@fasken.com
  • Myroslav Chwaluk, Partner | Mergers & Acquisitions, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3413, mchwaluk@fasken.com
  • Nazish Mirza, Associate | Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4553, nmirza@fasken.com