Michael J.
Bourassa
Partner
Michael Bourassa is the co-ordinator of the Global Mining Group. He is listed in the 2007 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of Canada's leading lawyers in mining law. Michael was named in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 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. He was featured prominently in the January 2006 issue of Canadian Lawyer along with John Turner and Al Gourley in a cover story about mining. Michael has extensive experience with international mining due diligence issues concerning title, technical matters and environmental risks and has travelled to Africa, Central Asia and South America on his clients' behalf. He has negotiated and drafted, and advised clients on issues in connection with, joint venture agreements, option agreements, purchase and sale agreements, royalty agreements, and other mining-related agreements. 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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- Chair, Ontario Bar Association, Natural Resources Section
- Member, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
- Director, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
- Director, World Mines Ministries Forum
- Member, (Ontario) Minister's Mining Act Advisory Committee
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Toronto
416 865 5455
416 364 7813 fax
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B.Sc. (Hons) - Physical Geography, 1976
University of Saskatchewan
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LL.B., 1984
University of Ottawa
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