Fasken’s Global Mining Group invites you to attend a five-part series of webinars in June. Each session will feature lawyers from our global offices as well as some guest speakers from Canada, the United States and Australia. Besides the current pandemic, there are many changes to the mining industry which we plan to discuss. We hope you can participate in some or all of the following sessions.
Monday, June 1, 2020
Current Issues Facing Canadian Mining
Shortly after the PDAC conference in Toronto, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, economies throughout the world were put on hold by national governments. While some mining operations continued, the mining industry was not immune to these decisions. Now that mining activities in Canada have, to a certain extent, recommenced from coast to coast, the webinar aims to look at some of the challenges, opportunities and risks the Canadian mining industry may face in this unfolding post-confinement era. This program will be moderated by Frank Mariage and John Turner.
Speakers:
Norm Keith, Elaine Léger, Andrew House, Kevin O’Callaghan, Stuart Brotman, Frank Mariage
Monday, June 8, 2020
Mine Financing in the Current Environment
The adverse circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic raise challenges for mining companies related to M&A, capital raising, financing opportunities and private equity considerations. In addition, social distancing requirements can create obstacles to effective communication with shareholders. This webinar will discuss available financing structures and alternatives. M&A considerations and potential pitfalls, as well as virtual shareholder meeting matters will also be explored. This program will be moderated by Sarah Gingrich and
John Turner.
Speakers:
Grant McGlaughlin, John Torrey, Guy Winter , Gesta Abols, Sarah Gingrich, Darren Reed, Krisztian Toth, Bradley Freelan
Monday, June 15, 2020
International Mining Investment and Developments: The Path Forward
Mining companies around the world have faced many changes over the last few months. We’ve seen mining declared essential in some jurisdictions and non-essential in others. This session will explore how mining has been impacted, including addressing global disputes, how the markets are reacting (and it’s not all bad!) and what opportunities we are seeing. This program will be moderated by Alison Lacy and John Turner.
Speakers:
Paul Fornazzari, Michael Boehm, Godfrey Malesa, Mmaphuti Morolong, Brian Graves, Peter Mantas
Monday, June 22, 2020
Critical Minerals Supply Chains for Clean Technology: A New Economic Opportunity
The energy of the future will be driven by technologies which in turn are dependent on minerals. All countries have a competitive and security interest in ensuring that their developing clean energy industries have these minerals available to them - however some of those minerals are in short supply. Finding ways to foster and support the exploration, development, and refining of those minerals is a huge opportunity. This session will discuss those opportunities in the context of traditional allies: Canada, Australia, and the United States. This program will be moderated by Kevin O’Callaghan and John Turner.
Speakers:
Guy Winter, Paul Fornazzari
Guest Speakers:
Simon Scott, Partner, MinterEllison
Nora Pincus, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Donald Bubar, President & CEO, Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Key ESG Issues Facing the Mining Industry
Throughout the mining industry and across its spectrum of stakeholders, ESG and related sustainability issues are taking on increasing importance. This webinar will explore five key areas of particular relevance as the industry navigates its way through the varying aspects of ESG. This program will be moderated by Tanneke Heersche and John Turner.
Speakers:
Janet Howard, Francois Joubert, Kai Alderson, Clifford Sosnow
Guest Speaker:
Lisa DeMarco, Partner, DeMarco Allan LLP
Agenda
- 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (ET) Program and Q&A
Type
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For the Law Society of British Columbia’s annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements: the session has been loaded as part of a series, titled “Global Mining Group Webinar Series – June 2020” and will be available for claiming through the LSBC CPD website as of June 30, 2020.
For CPD/CLE in other jurisdictions, please contact your local Law Society.
