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110 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « MINING » Partner – Mining. Practice focuses primarily on securities and corporate fi nance law. Experience includes structuring and negotiating mergers & acquisitions and securities, joint ventures, commercial and fi nancing-related transactions. Acts for issuers, investment dealers and investment advisors in a broad range of areas. Has acted on numerous business combinations, mergers, acquisitions, take-overs, joint ventures and fi nancings. Extensive experience in dealing with stock exchanges and securities regulatory authorities. Consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal and Chambers Global in the area of mining. Also recognized by ! e Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading lawyer in natural resources law every year since its inception. Holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1990. » Partner – Mining. Practices in the area of securities law with a focus on resource companies with 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 dra ing of mining and oil & gas concession agreements, joint-venture agreements, operating agreements and farm-in agreements in a variety of countries. Consistently listed in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Named in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1973. » Partner – Corporate & Commercial and Natural Resources. Practices corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on mining and natural resources. Acts for Canadian and international mining companies on acquisitions and dispositions of mines, mining projects and mining companies; project development; and mine operations in Canada and throughout the world. Advises on the structuring and negotiation of option and joint-venture agreements, shareholder agreements, royalty arrangements and o ake agreements. Extensive experience with all legal aspects of the development, construction and operation of mining projects, including advising on Aboriginal issues and claims, environmental and regulatory compliance matters, permitting issues and mine closure, decommissioning and reclamation issues. Advises mining clients on energy-related issues, such as power procurement, interconnection and transmission services. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1999. » Partner and head of Bennett Jones LLP's Mining Group. Practices public markets fi nance and M&A with focus on the global mining industry. Acts for issuers and underwriters in international securities issues and in a range of M&A mandates. A leading lawyer in Mining Law, ! e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; in global mining, Lexpert® 2013/14 Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining; in mining law and natural resources law, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2013; in mining law (Canada) 2012, 2013 and 2014 and mining law: experts abroad (Australia) 2013 and 2014, Chambers Global: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business; in M&A by IFLR1000 2013; in mining law, Who's Who Legal 2012, 2013 and 2014; and 2012 International Law Offi ce Client Choice Awards. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1998. Jay Goldman Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 860-6474 Fax: (416) 644-9337 Toronto John H. Craig Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 869-5756 Fax: (416) 350-6951 Toronto Erik Goldsilver Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 860-2901 Fax: (416) 640-3177 Toronto Sander Grieve Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 863-1200 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto jgoldman@casselsbrock.com jcraig@casselsbrock.com egoldsilver@casselsbrock.com grieves@bennettjones.com