| Day 1 |
| 8:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 8:45 am |
Conference Begins –
Introductory Remarks by the Chairs |
| 9:00 am |
Lessons from Recent Deals in the Canadian
Mining Sector
Kevin J. Thomson – Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (T)
Daniel Barclay – Managing Director, Head of Canadian M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Group - BMO Capital Markets
Rick McCreary, Head of Global Mining and Managing Director, Investment Banking, Mining Group – CIBC World Markets Inc.
Cameron G. Belsher – McCarthy Tétrault LLP (V)
David Farrell, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions – Endeavour Financial
Edward J. (Ted) McGurk, Vice President and Director – TD Securities Inc.
• Unique features of key mining (finance) transactions since the start of 2009
• Factors driving continued consolidation
• Trends to look for over the next 12 months
• Implications of current credit markets to deal making strategies
• Pitfalls you may face in successful mining deal completion |
| 10:00 am |
Future Opportunities for Debt Financing in
the Mining Sector
Daphne J. MacKenzie – Stikeman Elliott LLP (T)
Jonathan S. Drance – Stikeman Elliott LLP (V)
In the immediate aftermath of the credit crisis, many debt financing opportunities for mining companies dried up. This presentation will highlight some current trends and opportunities in the debt capital markets now and in the coming year.
• Availability of credit
• Sources of debt capital
– types of debt financing
– “horses for courses”
• Terms of credit
• Common pitfalls in moving from term sheet to drawdown |
| 11:05 am |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 10:50 am |
Impact Benefit Agreements in Aboriginal Law
Juli Abouchar – Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP (T)
Murray Rankin, Q.C. – Heenan Blaikie LLP (V)
• Aboriginal rights and aboriginal title: the constitutional dimension
• The duty to consult: theory and reality
• Recent implications to the mining industry: de facto veto?
• Accommodation and mining interests: examples of success and failure
• Environmental assessment: a vehicle?
• Doing business in a legal vacuum: participation agreements, impact benefit agreements and mining ventures |
| 12:00 pm |
LUNCHEON |
| 1:15 pm |
Equity Financing Trends for Junior &
Intermediate Mining Companies
Chad Accursi – Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP (T)
Geoffrey M. Sherrott – Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP (V)
• Review of what’s really happening in the markets
• Private Placements
– marketing of the Offering
– special warrants and subscription receipts
• Prospectus Offerings
– Technical Report Requirements
– significant acquisitions
– marketing of the Offering
• Strategic Investments |
| 2:15 pm |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 2:30 pm |
Due Diligence: What You Don’t Find Out
Will Hurt You
Michael N. Melanson – Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (T)
Brian E. Abraham – Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (V)
With the ongoing merger mania, it is vital to understand the parties situation – both good, which is probably well known, and not so good, which can be quite subtle.
• Questions to ask
• Check lists you’ll want to have
• Sample letters
• Privacy concerns
• Public records you should review |
| 3:20 pm |
Tracking the Trends in Mining In Toronto
Glenn Ives – Deloitte & Touche LLP (T&V)
Volatility seems a mild word to apply to what has been happening in the mining sector over the last couple of years. Mining companies and their advisors need to understand the issues and the trends to effectively weather the storms. Trends to be examined include:
• Securing local supply
• Volatility in commodities currencies and costs
• Ramping up is harder than switching off
• The spread of sustainability |
| 3:20 pm |
Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Update In Vancouver
Leon C. Botham, Principal, Mining Sector Leader – Golder Associates Ltd.
Pierre A. Gratton, President & CEO – Mining Association of British Columbia
Gary A. Letcher – Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP
• After Red Chris (new impetus for meaningful harmonization)
• Furthering Sustainability Through an Efficient Process
• CSR performance and reporting
• Current Issues |
| 4:10 pm |
Modernizing Ontario’s Mining Act In Toronto
Christine Kaszycki, Assistant Deputy Minister, Mines and Minerals Division – Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
Ontario’s Mining Act has guided mineral exploration and mine development in Ontario for over one hundred years. Over its history, it has been amended to address new opportunities and challenges as they have arisen. The new provisions in Ontario’s Mining Act respond to an evolving minerals sector and reflect the values of a modern Ontario, including:
• Incorporating aboriginal consultation in mining legislation and regulations
• Introducing a dispute-resolution process for aboriginal-related issues in mining
• Requiring awareness training to obtain a prospector’s license
• Strengthening environmental considerations during mineral exploration
• Creating an efficient, made-in-Ontario map staking system
• Protecting the property rights of private land owners who do not own their mineral rights. |
| 4:10 pm |
Tracking the Trends in Mining In Vancouver
Glenn Ives – Deloitte & Touche LLP (T&V)
Volatility seems a mild word to apply to what has been happening in the mining sector over the last couple of years. Mining companies and their advisors need to understand the issues and the trends to effectively weather the storms. Trends to be examined include:
• Securing local supply
• Volatility in commodities currencies and costs
• Ramping up is harder than switching off
• The spread of sustainability |
| 5:00 pm |
Concluding Remarks Day 1 |
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm |
COMPLIMENTARY NETWORKING
RECEPTION – Drinks & Canapés in the Foyer |
| Day 2 |
| 9:00 am |
Day 2 – Opening Remarks |
| 9:05 am |
Lessons from Africa: Balancing the Risks
& Opportunities
Manus Booysen – Webber Wentzel LLP, South Africa (T & V)
Kevin Hisko – McCullough O’Connor Irwin LLP (T & V)
William R. LeClair, President & CEO – Crew Gold Corporation, United Kingdom (V)
This session will address trends and major developments taking place in South, Central and West African countries, with the benefi t of input from resident lawyers and senior executives with ‘on the ground’ experience in these jurisdictions. Topics they will cover include –
• Changing mining codes
• The new mining order in South Africa
– The new mining law regime under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2004.
• Review of changes in other key jurisdictions
• Mineral endowment
• Chinese and indian economic growth
• Environmental issues
• Coping with political risk
• Access to capital requirements
• Black economic empowerment
• The ‘Nationalization ghost’ |
| 10:15 am |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 10:30 am |
International Joint Venture Agreements:
There Be Dragons
Brian C. Graves – McCarthy Tétrault LLP (T)
Roger R. Taplin – McCarthy Tétrault LLP (V)
The collapse of commodity and financial markets in 2008 has spurred greater innovation in deal making in the mining industry, for example many players are forming joint ventures on their international projects as an alternative means of raising finance, gaining technical expertise or mitigating political risk. Canadian companies continue to be at the forefront of this and other trends. This presentation will address some of the current trends and developments in international joint ventures:
• joint ventures with Chinese mining companies
• confidentiality: handle with care
• joint venture governance: who runs the show?
• form of the venture: what bucket do we put this in?
• when it all unravels: investment agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties
• Canadian initiatives on social license: the good and the bad |
| 11:25 am |
Chinese Investment and its Implications
to Canadian Mining Companies
Wei Shao – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (T+V)
2009 saw rapidly increasing Chinese investment and acquisitions in the Canadian mining industry. What does such increased interest and flow of investment mean to the Canadian mining companies? This presentation attempts to address the developments and related issues:
• trends and surge in the last 2 years
• Chinese players and their preferred forms and structure of investment
• Chinese policies and incentives with respect to outbound investment
• Challenges for Chinese companies and their Canadian counterparts
• “Money is not the issue” |
| 12:15 pm |
Concluding Remarks |
If you have a stake in Canada's mining industry, seriously consider attending, it will be worth the investment. Learn substative and practical intelligence you can use in your mining law practice or investments.
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