Michael J. Bourassa

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Michael Bourassa is the co-ordinator of the Global Mining Group. He was named in the 2005-2009 editions of the "International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers" which also named Fasken Martineau as the number one firm in the world for mining legal expertise for 5 years in a row. Michael was also named by Who's Who Legal as "Mining Lawyer of 2010". He has extensive experience with international mining due diligence issues concerning title, technical matters and environmental risks. He has negotiated and drafted, and advised clients on issues in connection with, public financings, commercial mining agreements (joint venture, option, purchase and sale, royalty, and other mining-related agreements) and litigation support. Michael joined Fasken Martineau in 2003, having been a senior member of another national firm's Natural Resources and Environmental Law Groups. Prior to that, Michael was legal counsel to the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and participated in drafting the 1990 Amendments to the Ontario Mining Act.

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Past-Chair, Ontario Bar Association, Natural Resources Section
Member, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Director, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Member, Mining Committee, International Bar Association
Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Member, Mining, Metals and Energy Financing Working Group of the Toronto Stock Exchange