On March 10, 2020, Leagold Mining Corporation (TSX: LMC, OTCQX: LMCNF) (“Leagold”) closed an at-market merger with Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX) (“Equinox”), creating one of the world’s top gold producing companies operating entirely in the Americas.
Leagold is a mid-tier gold producer with a focus on opportunities in Latin America. Leagold is based in Vancouver, Canada and owns four operating gold mines in Mexico and Brazil, along with a near-term gold mine restart project in Brazil and an expansion project at the Los Filos mine complex in Mexico. Equinox is a Canadian mining company with a multi-million-ounce gold reserve base and growth potential from three wholly owned gold mines. Equinox is producing gold from its Mesquite gold mine in California and its Aurizona gold mine in Brazil and is constructing its Castle Mountain gold mine in California with the target of pouring gold in Q3 2020.
Fasken advised Leagold with a team that was led by Georald Ingborg (Securities and M&A) and Amy Carruthers (Corporate) that included Sarah Gingrich (Securities and M&A), Johanna Fipke (Mining), Samuel Li (Securities and M&A), Perry Feldman (Securities and M&A), Martin Ferreira-Pinho (Securities and M&A) and Sarah Martin (Corporate).
