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Patrick is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver with a practice focused on domestic and international transactions in the mining sector. He is sought out by clients for his expertise in metal stream and royalty financing transactions and has extensive experience advising clients on mining joint ventures and private mergers and acquisitions. Patrick’s practice also encompasses a broad range of corporate and commercial law matters. 

Clients trust Patrick to navigate complex transaction structures and appreciate his pragmatic approach to problem solving. 

Some of Patrick’s recent representative work includes:

• Advising B2Gold on its sale of a portfolio of royalties to Versamet Royalties (formerly Sandbox) for approximately US$90m in share consideration 
• Advising Wheaton Precious Metals on its US$530 million acquisition of metal streams on the Platreef, Kudz Ze Kayah and Curraghinalt projects from Orion Mine Finance
• Counsel to Taseko Mines on its US$50 million royalty financing transaction with Taurus Mining Royalty Fund for the Florence Copper project in Arizona
• Counsel to Sumitomo on its acquisition of the remaining 20% interest in the Frotet gold project in Quebec from Kenorland Minerals
• Counsel to Appian Capital Advisory on its acquisition of mineral sands deposits and processing facilities in Virginia and North Carolina from Iluka Resources
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$140 million silver stream and debt facility with Waterton Copper on the Mineral Park Mine in Arizona
• Advising Taseko Mines on its strategic partnership with Mitsui to develop the Florence Copper project, including a US$50 copper stream, offtake agreement and equity conversion option
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$300 million gold stream on Lumina Gold’s Cangrejos project in Ecuador
• Counsel to Zijin Mining Group on its US$360 million acquisition of the Rosebel mine in Suriname from IAMGOLD 
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$125 million gold stream with Sabina Gold and Silver on the Goose Project in Nunavut
• Counsel to Northern Dynasty on its US$60 million royalty financing with respect to the Pebble Project in Alaska
• Counsel to Wheaton on its C$240 million gold and platinum stream with Generation Mining on the Marathon project in Ontario
• Advising Wheaton on its US$300 million acquisition of a gold stream on Artemis Gold’s Blackwater project in British Columbia from New Gold, and its US$141 million silver stream on Blackwater from Artemis
• Advising Electric Royalties on its acquisition of various battery metal royalties on projects in North America, Europe and Australia
• Advising Taseko Mines on its ~US$50 million silver stream with Osisko Gold Royalties on the Gibraltar mine in British Columbia
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$175.5 million gold and silver stream with Adventus Mining on the Curipamba project in Ecuador
• Advising Newcrest Mining on its US$460 million acquisition of a gold prepay, stream facility and offtake agreement from Orion and Blackstone with respect to Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$175.5 million gold and silver stream on Capstone’s Cozamine mine in Mexica and its US$290 million gold stream on Capstone’s Santo Domingo Mine in Chile
• Counsel to Wheaton on its US$110 million gold and silver stream with Aris Gold (formerly Caldas) on the Marmato project in Colombia
• Counsel to Calibre Mining Corp. on its US$100 million acquisition of Nicaraguan assets from B2Gold Corp.
• Counsel to Vale on its US$690 million cobalt streaming transaction with Wheaton and Cobalt 27
• Counsel to Glencore on its establishment of the 50/50 BaseCore royalty and streaming joint venture with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the transfer to BaseCore of Glencore’s $300 million base metals royalty portfolio
• Counsel to Newmont (formerly Goldcorp) on its acquisition of a 50% interest in the Cerro Casale project from Kinross and Barrick and the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Barrick over the Cerro Casale, Quebrada Seca and Caspiche projects in Chile’s Maricunga district
• Counsel to Nexa Resources (formerly Milpo) on its US$250 million silver stream transaction with respect to the Cerro Lindo mine in Peru with Triple Flag
• Counsel to Newmont (formerly Goldcorp) on the formation of the $3.5billion Corridor joint venture with Teck Resources in relation to their respective El Morro and Relincho projects in Chile, including the concurrent acquisition by Goldcorp of New Gold’s 30% interest in the El Morro project for US$90 million and a 4% gold stream on future gold production

Patrick received his BSc, with great distinction, from the University of Saskatchewan in 2003 and his JD from the University of British Columbia in 2011. He was called to the British Columbia bar in 2012 and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of British Columbia.