Recent McCarthy Tétrault Mining Engagements
Set out below is a list of selected mining financings, M&A transactions and other engagements announced or completed between January 1, 2009 and April 1, 2010 in which McCarthy Tétrault was involved.
Financings |
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Atlas Precious Metals Inc. |
Private placement of subscription receipts exchangeable for units comprising common shares and warrants ($15 million) |
B2Gold Corp. |
Secured credit facility for feasibility study ($20 million) |
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation |
Private placement of flow-through shares ($20 million) |
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation |
Bought deal public offering of conventional units, each comprising one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant, and flow-through units, each comprising one flow-through common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant ($44 million) |
Detour Gold Corporation |
Bought deal short form prospectus offering of common shares ($48.4 million) |
Etruscan Resources Inc. |
Best efforts private placement of common shares ($10.5 million) |
European Nickel Plc |
Private placement of ordinary shares (£4.3 million) |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. |
Corporate debt financing secured by tradeable securities ($250 million) |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. |
Public offering of common shares ($345 million) |
General Moly, Inc. |
Investment by Hanlong (USA) Mining Investment Inc. including a $665-million guarantee of a bank loan facility, $80-million equity investment, a $20-million bridge loan and long-term molybdenum supply off-take agreement |
Mavrix Explore 2009-I FT Limited Partnership |
Public offering of limited partnership units ($6.6 million) |
McWatters Mining Inc. |
Private placement of common shares to International Royalty Corporation (US$160 million) |
Metanor Resources Inc. |
Private placements of flow-through common shares ($7.0 million) |
Orocobre Limited |
Private placement of subscription receipts with underlying shares qualified by long form prospectus ($20 million), followed by listing of the ordinary shares on the TSX |
Orsu Metals Corporation |
Public offering of units each comprising one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant ($28 million) |
Osisko Exploration Ltd. (renamed Osisko Mining Corporation) |
Private placement of unsecured convertible debt and warrants ($20 million) |
Pan-Pacific Metal Mining Corporation |
$5 million investment in Selwyn Resources Inc. |
Quadra Mining Ltd. |
Refinancing of $37.5 million Centenario Copper Corporation project finance |
Rio Tinto Plc |
Investment in an additional 10% of the shares of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (US$388 million) and reorganization of funding and security arrangements for the Oyu Tolgoi copper/gold project in Mongolia |
Selwyn Resources Ltd. |
Non-brokered private placement of shares and share purchase warrants to Pan Pacific Metal Mining Corporation, a Canadian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company ($3 million) |
Sidex Limited Partnership |
Private placement investments in debt and equity securities of selected TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies with exploration properties in the Province of Québec |
Soltoro Ltd. |
Private placement of units, each comprising one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant ($1.35 million) |
Taseko Mines Limited |
Public offering of common shares ($25 million) |
Victoria Gold Corp. |
Private placement of special warrants followed by qualification of underlying shares by short form prospectus ($15 million) |
Xstrata Canada Corporation |
Provision of US$600 million secured carried funding loan facility to New Gold Inc. |
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Mergers And Acquisitions |
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Angus & Ross Plc |
Acquisition of Nalunaq Gold Mine from Crew Gold Corporation for US$1.5 million. |
Brilliant Mining Corp. |
Sale of its 25% joint venture interest in the Lanfranchi nickel mine to Panoramic Resources Ltd. |
Carpathian Gold Inc. |
Completed gold purchase and sale agreement for its RDM gold project in Brazil (US$30 million) |
CBR Gold Corp. |
Spin-out of North Country Gold Corp. by plan of arrangement, listing on TSXV and brokered private placement ($6 million) |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce |
Acquisition of 50% interest in the assets of TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated for $81 million, and related acquisition by African Rainbow Minerals Limited of all of the shares of TEAL by plan of arrangement |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. |
Acquisition of Kiwara Plc for cash and share consideration (US$260 million) |
Forsys Metals Corp. |
Proposed $579-million acquisition by George Forrest International Afrique S.P.R.L. by plan of arrangement |
Gold Fields Limited |
Sale of 19.9% interest in Sino Gold Mining Limited to Eldorado Gold Corporation for US$282 million in shares pursuant to a prospectus |
Gold Fields Limited |
Option and joint venture agreement with Cascadero Copper Corporation regarding the Toodoggone copper-gold project |
Lake Shore Gold Corp. |
Acquisition of the Bell Creek West property from Goldcorp. Inc. and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. for $20 million in cash and share consideration |
Mindanao Gold Inc. |
Acquisition of Apex Mining Company and all related assets from Crew Gold Corporation (US$7 million) |
Quadra Mining Ltd. |
Acquisition of Centenario Copper Corporation by plan of arrangement for C$57 million in Quadra shares |
Rambler Metals and Mining Plc |
Acquisition of Nugget Pond Processing Facility from Crew Gold Corporation for $3.5 million |
Royal Gold, Inc. |
Acquisition of International Royalty Corporation for cash and share consideration ($700 million) |
Wuham Iron & Steel (Group) Corporation |
US$240 million strategic investment in Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited and Bloom Lake joint venture. |
Xstrata Copper Canada |
Entered into a copper concentrate supply agreement with Northgate Minerals |
Zambia Copper Investments Limited |
Initial hostile take-over of African Copper Plc. resulting in a $9.9 million equity investment, a US$31.1-million term facility, and Zambia Copper owning 82% of African Copper |
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