Representative Transactions:

• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition of mineral and royalty interests in the Republic of Mongolia and the progression of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold resource project from the development stage to production, including the negotiation of a strategic alliance with one of the world’s leading mining groups to finance and jointly manage the development of the project, and the ultimate acquisition of the company by the international mining group, including all corporate, securities and related litigation matters.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition, exploration, development and financing of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-cobalt-copper project in Labrador, including the negotiation of a technical cooperation agreement to assist in the development of the project, the equity-based acquisition of a minority interest in the project by a major Canadian mining company, and the ultimate acquisition of the company by the major Canadian mining company, including all corporate, securities and related litigation matters.
• Represented a Canadian mining company in connection with its acquisition of coal properties in the Republic of Mongolia and their exploration, development and financing (including the company’s initial public offering on the TSX Venture Exchange, its graduation to The Toronto Stock Exchange, a convertible debt financing with the sovereign wealth fund of the People’s Republic of China, and its global equity offering and secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), and the development of a major coal project in the South Gobi region to production.
• Represented a privately-owned U.S. mining company in connection with its reverse takeover of a TSX-listed Canadian public company, its acquisition and financing of an operating molybdenum mine in British Columbia, its acquisition by plan of arrangement of a Canadian public mining company and financing of its copper-gold mine, also in British Columbia, including the negotiation of a goldstream transaction with a publicly-traded U.S.-based mineral royalty and streaming company, and an equipment financing with a major U.S.-based construction equipment manufacturer.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties (precious and base metals) in three provinces of the People’s Republic of China and the development of a producing gold mine in the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, its graduation from the TSX Venture Exchange to the Toronto Stock Exchange, its global equity offering and primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition of mineral interests and production of iron ore in Australia, copper and gold through joint ventures with government entities in Kazakhstan and Myanmar, mineral joint ventures with government and corporate entities in the People’s Republic of China, and the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition, exploration and development, financing and sale of interests in various mineral properties in the United States, the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China, including the negotiation of various joint ventures and gold loan finance agreements.
• Represented a publicly-traded U.S. mining company in connection with the acquisition of all the Canadian mineral exploration properties of the Canadian mineral division of a major publicly-traded Canadian energy company.
• Represented a private Canadian mining company in connection with the development of platinum properties in the Republic of South Africa, the acquisition and development of copper properties in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its initial public offering on the TSX.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with its negotiation of a joint venture with a major international mining group in respect of a diamond exploration and development project in Nunavut.
• Represented a Canadian private venture capital company in connection with the acquisition, exploration and development of interest in various mineral properties in Myanmar, Indonesia, Mongolia, Venezuela and Papua New Guinea, and the acquisition of joint venture interests (industrial minerals), Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China.
• Acted for a major publicly-traded mining company in connection with an Australian mining joint venture agreement and a corporate reorganization of certain mining and mineral interests.
• Represented a publicly-traded Canadian mining company in connection with the acquisition, exploration and development of interest in various mineral properties in Venezuela, including the negotiation of joint venture agreements.
• Represented publicly-traded Canadian natural resource companies in connection with institutional private placements and public offerings in Canada, the United States and Europe, and the subsequent qualification of the private placement securities for resale in Canada and the United States.