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Preliminary Agreements

The Canadian Exacutive Forums Conference

June 2009

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This paper was written for The Canadian Executive Forums Conference, Canadian Mining Law & Finance 2009. The authors discuss the binding nature, pitfalls, principles and drafting considerations involved in Letters of Intent, MOUs, term sheets and Expressions of Interest.

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