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MINING MINING Mark T. Bennett Partner – Mining and Securities. Practices corporate and securities law primarily in the natural resources sector with an emphasis on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance. Acts for Canadian and international mining companies involved in negotiated business combinations, contested take-over bids, domestic and cross-border public equity and debt offerings, private placements, and stock exchange listings. Advises exploration, development and producing natural resource companies on property acquisitions, joint ventures and option agreements. Extensive experience representing investment dealers retained as underwriters or financial advisors. Acted on transactions involving resource properties in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Advisor to boards of directors and special committees on related-party transactions, corporate governance and securities law compliance, including mineral project disclosure. Member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1995. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 869-5407 Fax: (416) 360-8877 Toronto mbennett@casselsbrock.com Michael J. Bourassa Named "Mining Lawyer of the Year" in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Who's Who Legal. Extensive experience with international mining due diligence issues concerning title, technical matters and environmental risks. In his mining practice he negotiates, drafts and advises on public financings, commercial mining agreements (joint venture, option, purchase and sale, royalty and other mining-related agreements) and litigation support. A frequent speaker and author on a wide range of mining-related topics, including corporate social responsibility. A director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, member of the International Bar Association's Mining Executive Committee, and a trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF). Former legal counsel to the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. BSc in physical geography in 1976 from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in the uranium exploration industry prior to graduating from law school. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1986. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-5455 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto mbourassa@fasken.com John H. Craig Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Partner — Mining. Practices in the area of securities law with a focus on resource companies and an emphasis on dealings with the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ontario Securities Commission. His mergers & acquisitions experience involves mergers of public companies, plans of arrangement, take-over bids and issuer bids. Also involved with international resources in negotiation and drafting of mining and oil & gas concession agreements, joint-venture agreements, operating agreements and farm-in agreements in a variety of countries. Consistently listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Named in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1973. Tel: (416) 869-5756 Fax: (416) 350-6951 Toronto jcraig@casselsbrock.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 119 D-00-Bios.indd 119 13-05-29 1:01 PM