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Abdel-Barr, Khaled S. Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9233 kabdel-barr@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Abdel-Barr advises on acquisitions and dispositions, strategic partner-
ing and alternative financing arrangements in respect of mines and mining
projects, and on a broad range of mining-related matters both domestic-
ally and internationally.
Abols, Gesta A. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4186 gabols@goodmans.ca
Mr. Abols advises Canadian and international issuers, investors, boards
and special committees on public and private M&A, corporate finance,
strategic investments, business restructurings, governance and disclosure
obligations in a broad range of industries including mining. He is an adjunct
professor at U of T Law and a frequent author and speaker on corporate
finance, M&A and mining.
Abouchar, Julie A. Willms & Shier
Environmental Lawyers LLP
(416) 862-4836 jabouchar@willmsshier.com
Ms. Abouchar is a recognized expert in environmental, Aboriginal and
energy and natural resources law. She assists clients to plan and permit
renewable energy, transmission and mining projects, and has a substantial
Aboriginal law practice where environmental law matters bisect Aboriginal
law issues arising from natural resource project development.
Abraham, QC, Brian E. Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 443-7134 brian.abraham@dentons.com
Mr. Abraham's practice involves all phases of mining domestically and
internationally advising explorers, developers, producers, consultants,
prospectors, syndicates and financiers. He has experience participating in
background studies for mineral legislation in Canada and in foreign juris-
dictions. Mr. Abraham is a professional geologist and is active in mining
industry organizations.
Ainley, William M. Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (416) 863-5509 wainley@dwpv.com
Mr. Ainley has acted for numerous resource companies and their financial
advisers in corporate finance and M&A transactions. He has been lead
counsel for bidders in many of Canada's largest, most complex public
resource company acquisitions, and has advised many foreign purchasers
in acquisitions of and substantial investments in major Canadian
resource companies.
Alexander, Merle C. Gowling WLG
(604) 891-2271 merle.alexander@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Alexander practises Indigenous resource law. He specializes in the ne-
gotiation of interim accommodation, impact-benefit, project participation
and resource revenue-sharing agreements, within Exploration, Mining and
other resource industries. He has also advised on exploration and mining
regulation for Indigenous communities.
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couple of initial public offerings again and while
they haven't been monster IPOs — Superior Gold
Inc. raised $28.5 million, for example — Grieve
says, "We perceive it more as business getting back
to normal." at, he says, has been reflected in im-
proved analyst ratings for many gold companies.
He points to Detour Gold Corp., an intermediate
producer with a mine in Ontario, as one example
among dozens. Detour was trading around $14 in
the second quarter of the year, up from a low of
$2.88 just seven months earlier. "ere are lots of
them you can look at that were probably 90 cents
and are now $3," he says, indicating there has been
not just an investor shi back into the space, but
"an extraordinary reset."
at said, investors are still looking for qual-
ity projects and won't grab at just anything. But
when the quality is there, the money follows. For
the junior explorers, who have been slowly dying
on the vine for the past three or four years, "there
