Skip to main content

Mining


Our Global Mining team is a cut above.
Our reputation in the mining industry is unparalleled. We’ve built a top team, whose vast experience brings clarity to even the most complex mining projects around the globe.
Subscribe Fasken
Share
  • LinkedIn

Overview

Your priority may be to raise capital, buy, sell or develop a project, secure title, engage Indigenous communities, governments or other stakeholders, structure a complex transaction, or resolve a dispute. You’re in our sweet spot.

We are organized as an industry group and advise companies and other stakeholders on all matter of legal issues affecting the mining sector.

Our industry contacts and knowledge of material transactions, both domestically and internationally, are second to none among international law firms. Our team is skilled and experienced in all the various legal services required by mining clients, from exploration through development to operation and closure.

We have acted in respect of projects in virtually every country of the globe, with a special emphasis on the Americas and Africa, from our offices in Canada, London and Johannesburg. We rank among the top law firms for financings and new listings on the TSX, the AIM Market, and the JSE.

Our competence in common and civil law, and cross-border matters, make us uniquely qualified to advise the mining industry.

Achievements

Team

Primary Contacts
  • John S.M. Turner, Partner | Co-Leader, Global Mining Group and Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Group Chair, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4380, [email protected]
  • Andrew J. Gabrielson, Partner | Co-Leader, Global Mining Group, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4844, [email protected]
  • Sarah Gingrich, Partner | CO-LEADER, CAPITAL MARKETS AND MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (CM AND M&A), Calgary, AB, +1 587 233 4103, [email protected]
  • Michael J. Bourassa, Partner | Mining, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 5455, [email protected]
  • Virginia K. Schweitzer, Partner | Co-Managing Partner, Ottawa | Mergers & Acquisitions, Ottawa, ON, +1 613 696 6889, [email protected]
  • Frank Mariage, Partner | Corporate/Commercial, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7540, [email protected]
  • Tom Eldridge, Partner | Banking & Finance, London, +44 (0)20 7917 8663, [email protected]
  • Blaize Vance, Partner | Managing Partner, South Africa | Tax Law, Johannesburg, +27 11 586 6067, [email protected]

Experience

  • Blue Jay Gold Corp. enters into a binding share purchase agreement with Tincorp Metals Inc., [Deal - Blue Jay Gold Corp.], Blue Jay Gold Corp acquires Skukum Gold Project in the Yukon.
  • The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development completes C$3.85 million equity investment in Euro Manganese Inc., [Deal - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development], EBRD invests C$3.85 million into Euro Manganese Inc to advance the Chvaletice Manganese Project.
  • Riverside Resources Inc. completes spin-out of its Canadian projects and operations into Blue Jay Gold Corp., [Deal - Riverside Resources Inc.], Spin-out arrangement in mining space.
  • North American Construction Group Ltd. announces closing of private placement offering of $225 million senior unsecured notes, [Deal - North American Construction Group], Private placement offering of senior unsecured notes by a premier provider of heavy civil construction and mining services in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
  • MRF 2025 Resource Limited Partnership completes C$19.4 million initial public offering, [Deal - Middlefield Limited], MRF 2025 Resource Limited Partnership completes initial public offering.
  • Silver Tiger Metals Inc. completes C$15 million bought deal offering, [Deal - Silver Tiger Metals Inc.], Mineral exploration company engaged in exploring for gold and silver completes bought deal offering of common shares.
  • GoGold Resources Inc., a Canadian mining company, completes a C$86.25 million bought deal financing to support the development and exploration of its Los Ricos South and North projects in Mexico., [Deal - GoGold Resources Inc.], GoGold Resources Inc. completes a C$86.25 million bought deal financing to advance its Los Ricos South and North exploration projects in Mexico.
  • Infini acquires the Reynolds and Boulding Lake Uranium Projects, [Deal - ], Project acquisition in the mining sector.
  • SCP Resource Finance LP and Desjardins Securities Inc. co-lead C$33.5 million private placement offering of units of Magna Mining Inc., [Deal - SCP Resource Finance LP], Independent broker dealer specializing in the global mining sector leads private placement transaction for Canadian mining and exploration company.

Knowledge

Events

News

    Subscribe

    Receive email updates from our team

    Subscribe