Mining transactions require more than excellent technical legal skills; in-depth knowledge of the industry and the underlying drivers of success or failure are critical components in ensuring that the optimal results are achieved.

Our Mining Group has extensive hands-on experience in mineral industry issues, in Canada and internationally. Members of the Mining Group have been actively involved in issues and transactions through all stages of exploration, development and production (including the purchase and sale of mines and mineral product) and related environmental issues (including mine closure.) We advise on negotiations with First Nations, production financing, securities issues, bank financing, take-over bids, foreign investment, government relations, and corporate social and responsibility issues. In addition, the Mining Group provides mineral policy and strategy advice to governments and industry participants globally.

The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers selected two members of McMillan's Mining Group for inclusion in the 2008 Edition. Jeffery Snow and Carmen Diges were two of only sixteen Toronto lawyers selected for inclusions in the 2008 Edition of this publication, which selects leaders in the field of mining from 37 jurisdictions worldwide.

Our diverse mining client base includes governments, financial institutions, investment dealers, banks and investment funds of all types and companies engaged in all segments of the mineral industry from exploration through development and production, smelting, refining and metal marketing. Members of the Mining Group have worked in-house for major international mining companies and understand the need for cost-effective practical advice in getting deals done.

To complement our mining and minerals practice, we have a group of environmental practitioners with mining industry environmental experience. Our environmental lawyers are knowledgeable in all aspects of permitting, reclamation, as well as sustainable development. From our offices in Toronto and Montreal and through an international network of law firms and mineral industry contacts, our lawyers have helped clients complete mining transactions in more than 75 countries in recent years.

A number of members of the Mining Group have direct ties to or are from active mining regions around the world such as Russia, China and South America. Their in-depth familiarity with these jurisdictions enables them to provide on-the-ground experience and language capabilities to assist in the smooth execution of transactions in these areas of the world.

Our mining expertise is supported by other practice areas in the firm such as international dispute resolution, debt products and project financing, tax, employment law, litigation, securities and general corporate law as well as a number of other practice areas.

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	Representative Transactions/Cases
			Acted for BMO Nesbitt Burns in connection with debt and equity securities offerings of Apollo Gold Corporation the plan of arrangement transaction and acting for Apollo Gold Corporation in connection with the acquisition of the Glimmer Mine and Black Fox Property in Timmins, Ontario
			Acted for Boliden Limited in connection with equity securities offerings (in excess of C$1.5 billion), merger and acquisition transactions (acquisition of Westmin Resources, sale of Chilean copper assets and sale of Norwegian zinc smelter), the restructuring of its C$1 billion syndicated banking facilities and its “redomiciliation” from Canada to Sweden
			Acted for Chariot Resources on its acquisition of the Marcona Copper Project from Rio Tinto and Shougang and the implementation of certain joint venture arrangements with Korea Resources and LG-Nikko with respect to the ownership and development of the Marcona Copper Project and a C$27.5 million equity financing to fund Chariot's portion of the acquisition costs payable on closing and Chariot's listing on the TSX

	Publications / Presentations
	October 2009 New Trends for Financing Mining Projects in light of the Global Financial Crisis - Canadian Perspective Mining Law Bulletin Carmen Diges
	October 07, 2009 New Trends for Financing Mining Projects Presentation - International Bar Association Conference, Madrid Carmen Diges
	July 2009 Canada chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2009 Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2009 (published in July 2009; contributing editors Sean Farrell, Robert McDermott, Jeffery Snow - McMillan LLP). Sean Farrell, Michael Friedman, Carl Irvine, Robert K. McDermott
	February 27, 2009 After The Gold Rush: Emerging Trends in the Global Mining Industry Presented at the ABCs of Mining Seminar
	November 2008 TSX Listing Requirements for Mining and Exploration Companies Securities and Public Markets Bulletin
	September 2008 Asset Conservation Strategies for Mining Companies and the Use of Special Committees Mining Law Bulletin Sean Farrell
	July 2008 Mining Overview in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2008
	April 2008 Mining for an Ideal: Bilateral Financing Structures in a North - South American Context -- Paradigms and Practice 2008 Lexpert / American Lawyer - Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada Carmen Diges
	March 2008 The Future of Nuclear Energy in Canada International Energy Law Review, Issue 3 2008
	December 2007 Canadian conference focuses on carbon storage Mining Environmental Management, December 2007 / January 2008
	July 2007 Canada Chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2007 Michael Friedman, Mary-Ann E. Haney, Michael M. Peterson
	July 2007 Mining Overview Canada Chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2007
	June 2007 El Uranio argentino es muy atractivo (Available in Spanish only) Mining Press Carmen Diges
	May 2007 Mining: Recent Developments of Importance 2007 Lexpert / The American Lawyer - Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada Carmen Diges
	April 2007 Argentinean Uranium Exploration and Production Part of an International Nuclear Industry Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Federation Carmen Diges
	October 2006 Minería en Chile: ¿Despojo o Creación de Riqueza? Article written by Ricardo Irarrázabal for La Segunda
	October 2006 Mining in Canada: Living in the Strike Zone Article: The 2006 Lexpert Guide - Mining Carmen Diges
	August 2006 Mining Company Barred from Staking its Claim in an Ontario Court Cross-Border Litigation Bulletin Lisa Brost, Brett G. Harrison
	November 2005 Changes to National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects Natural Resources Group Bulletin
	September 2005 Bilateral Financing Structures for Mining Companies Across the North-South American Axis: A Concept Paper Article
	September 2005 Implementing Project Green: The Force of the Kyoto Protocol Energy and Environmental Law Bulletin Michael M. Peterson
	May 2005 Financing Opportunities in Canada for International Mining Companies Sean Farrell, Carmen Diges

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