Laurel M. Petryk Partner Vancouver Tel : 604.691.7480 Fax : 604.893.2675 Email : laurel.petryk@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Professional Activities

Laurel Petryk is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office. Laurel's practice consists of advising public and private companies on securities and corporate law matters with expertise in the area of mining. Laurel has extensive experience with strategic alliances, property option agreements, joint venture transactions, royalty agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other contracts related to mining projects and companies worldwide.

Laurel is an expert on the Canadian securities rule National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, which is an international standard for mining related disclosure. She has written numerous articles on the subject, many of which have been published internationally as well as locally. Laurel has extensive technical and legal expertise reviewing technical reports and feasibility studies for mining companies in all stages of development.

Laurel regularly advises companies with respect to regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure requirements, and corporate governance. She has experience in corporate finance in local, national, and international markets, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange listings and compliance, private placements, and initial public offerings. She also has experience with mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and contract law.

Prior to joining the firm, Laurel was legal counsel with the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC") in the corporate finance department. She also participated in various BCSC policy initiatives and assisted industry to understand and comply with their regulatory obligations.

Memberships

• Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC)
• Vancouver Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
  • Past Chair, Securities Subsection
• Brazil Canada Chamber of Commerce
• Past member, Securities Law Advisory Committee, BCSC
   

Laurel has been involved in the following representative work:

• Antofagasta Minerals S.A. of Santiago, Chile - numerous option and joint venture earn-ins and strategic alliances for mining projects worldwide.
• Great Basin Gold Ltd. CDN$130 million equity financing.
• Keegan Resources Inc. bought deal share offering of CDN$19.3 million.
• Nord Resources Corporation US$23 million cross-border special warrant financing and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
• Rockwell Diamonds Inc. Toronto Stock Exchange listing and inter-listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with concurrent CDN$15 million private placement.
• Energy Fuels Inc. offering pursuant to a private placement to raise gross proceeds of CDN$30,100,000.
• Continental Minerals Corporation merger with Great China Mining.
• Gryphon Gold's initial public offering of 6.9 million units at a value of CDN$5.9 million.

March 26, 2012 Presented, Opportunities for Mining Companies that are Interested Today or in the Future in the TSX and TSX-V, the Main Stock Exchanges in the World for Mining enfoque nas oportunidades para as Empresas de Mineração e Investidores do Setor Mineral, com interesse, hoje ou no futuro próximo, na TSX - Bolsa de Valores de Toronto e na TSX-V Bolsa de Valores de Toronto "Venture Exchange", uma das principais Bolsas, de Valores do mundo, dentre outras, para a Mineração. ACMinas (Associacao Comercial e Empresarial de Minas / Commerical Association), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

March 20, 2012 Presented, Brazilian Companies: How to Obtain Resources for Mining Companies at TSX and TSX-V Empresas Brasileiras: Obtenção de recursos através da Toronto Stock Exchange com foco em Mineração , CCBC (Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá / Brazil Canada Chamber of Commerce), Sao Paulo

March 16, 2012 Presented, Business Opportunities for Brazilian Companies (Mining) to Raise Capital at TSX and TSX-V, Considered the Main Exchanges in the World for the Mining Sector Oportunidades para as empresas de mineração na Bolsa de Valores de Toronto (TSX) e na Bolsa de Valores de Toronto "Venture Exchange" (TSX-V), consideradas as principais bolsas do mundo para o setor, IBRAM (Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração / Brazilian Mining Association), Brasilia, FD, Brazil

January 2012 Mining - Recent Developments of Importance The 2012 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada - 14th Edition Co-authored by Robin Junger, Darrell Podowski, and Laurel Petryk