Mining Law

• Earn-in agreements, joint venture agreements and partnership agreements related to mining properties 
• Joint ventures, options and farm-in/farm-out arrangements, off-take agreements and royalty agreements
• Regulatory advice on mining and land matters, structuring of security and title work in respect of mining rights, and due diligence in respect of mining production and exploration properties
• Environmental permitting for mining operations, pipelines and other related activities including environmental impact assessment and environmental and social impact assessments
• Regulatory compliance
• Construction and infrastructure development, including tendering, negotiating and drafting of project-related contracts, including EPC/EPCM, construction, civil works, rail, road and infrastructure matters, supply, lease and easement and aboriginal contracts
• Mine reclamation, decommissioning and closure issues, including financial assurance
• Aboriginal and community consultation
• Energy including renewable-energy production and transmission
• Dispute resolution and arbitration
• Domestic and international corporate taxation matters in respect of public and private mergers and acquisitions of entities operating in the resource industry

Representative Experience

• Barrick Gold Inc. on its acquisition of the Golden Giant Mine Properties and other properties at the Hemlo Camp in northern Ontario from Newmont Mining Corp.
• IAMGOLD on the development of a 15 MW solar power plant at its Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso.
• Matamec Explorations Inc. on the negotiation and completion of a Property Rights Exchange Arrangements Agreement with International Explorers & Prospectors Inc. (IEP), Glencore Canada Corporation and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. with respect to the sale by Matamec and IEP of certain properties located in Hoyle and Matheson Townships in Timmins, Ontario.
• Barrick Gold Corporation on the negotiation and completion of its transaction with Osisko Mining Inc. with respect of an exploration earn-in on the Kan property located in northern Quebec.
• Barrick Gold Corporation on the negotiation and completion of its transaction with ATAC Resources Ltd. with respect of an exploration earn-in on the Orion Project,  the central portion of ATAC’s Rackla Gold Property located in the Yukon and in the flow-through private placement by ATAC which formed part of a donation arrangement.
• Matamec Explorations Inc. with the creation of a joint venture with Resources Québec inc. in relation to the Kipawa heavy rare-earths deposit.
• Matamec Explorations Inc. on the sale to Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. of its royalties on the Hoyle-Matheson Royalties and Montclerg properties.
• CRH Canada Group Inc. on the approval of a significant dolomite mine in Southern Ontario, in a hearing before a joint panel of the Ontario Municipal Board and the Environmental Review Tribunal. Significant endangered species and wetlands and protection issues were addressed through ground-breaking public benefits and environmental protection agreements with affected municipal governments.
• A major mining company on the renewal of its water licence, the filing of a revised closure plan and the negotiation of financial assurance for a closed site located in Nunavut.
• A major mining company with respect to the acquisition of a mining camp located in the Labrador trough. 
• Bloom Lake General Partner Limited, on a defence of a major multi-year investigation conducted by Environment Canada and defence of prosecutions under the Fisheries Act (Canada) and the Metal Mine Effluent Regulation (Canada) related to various several incidents including the breach of a tailings pond dam.