Recent Experience
Osisko Mining Inc. in its 50-50 joint venture with Gold Fields Limited for the joint ownership and development of Osisko’s Windfall gold project, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban Township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec.
The syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Eight Capital and Sprott Capital Partners, in the $26-million initial public offering of 52,900,000 units of Silver Mountain Resources Inc.
Osisko Metals Incorporated in its joint venture transaction with Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP, in which Appian acquired a 60% interest in Pine Point Project for approximately $100-million.
Nippon Steel Corporation in its $1.15-billion investment in Elk Valley Resources Ltd., a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources Ltd.
Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement.
Park Lawn Corporation, in connection with its bought deal prospectus offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $148.5-million.
Noront Resources Ltd., in its approximately $9.7-million private placement of an aggregate of 34,403,748 common shares.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (Osisko Royalties) in connection with the "spin-out" of its mining assets and certain marketable securities to form "Osisko Development Corp." (Osisko Development), a newly-listed issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange, by way of a "reverse takeover" of Barolo Ventures Corp., and concurrent private placements of subscription receipts and flow-through shares for aggregate gross proceeds of over $250 million, and an implied market capitalization of approximately $1 billion.
Paradigm Capital Inc., co-leading a syndicate of agents, in the $18-million public offering by Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust.
IBI Group Inc., in connection with its bought deal prospectus offering and concurrent private placement of $46,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior unsecured debentures.
Excellon Resources Inc., in its $32.3-million acquisition of Otis Gold Corp by way of a Statutory Plan of Arrangement under the BCBCA.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd, in its approximately $338-million acquisition of Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.
BSM Technologies Inc., in its approximately $117.3 million sale to Geotab Inc. by way of plan of arrangement.
Crius Energy Trust, in its acquisitions by Vistra Energy.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its $300-million offering of senior unsecured debentures.
Crius Energy Trust, in its acquisition of U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc. for US$172.5 million and its bought deal offering of C$116.5 million of trust units to fund a portion of the purchase price.
Ascendant Resources Inc., in its $19.5-million brokered private placement of subscription receipts through Dundee Capital Partners qualified by prospectus.
Crius Energy Trust, in completing the acquisition of remaining interest in Crius Energy, LLC
Seabridge Gold, Inc., in its proposed acquisition of SnipGold Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $10.8 million in stock.
Calico Resources Corp., in its business combination with Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets for a bought deal prospectus offering of approximately $173 million.
Oban Mining Corporation, in its acquisition of NioGold
Mining Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $60 million and concurrent $12.6 million private placement of subscription receipts.
Oban Mining Corporation, in its acquisition of Northern
Gold Mining Inc. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement.
C2C Industrial Properties Inc., in its $226-million acquisition by Dundee Industrial REIT.
A syndicate of agents led by Dundee Securities Ltd., in a private placement financing of units of Dunav Resources Ltd. raising gross proceeds of $15 million.
A syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc., in a bought deal short form prospectus offering in Canada and private placement in the United States of 56,465,000 common shares by Yamana Gold Inc. for gross proceeds of $299,264,500.
Crius Energy Trust, in its $100-million initial public offering of trust units.
Crius Energy Trust, in its $46.1-million bought deal short form prospectus offering co-led by Cormark Securities Inc., Scotiabank and RBC Capital Markets, and including Desjardins Capital Markets and Mackie Research Capital Corporation for the primary purpose of increasing its ownership in Crius Energy, LLC from $26.8% to 43.1%.
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited, in its $200-million high yield note offering in Canada and the U.S. as part of a $510-million refinancing.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust, in the implementation of its conversion from an income trust structure to a corporate structure by way of a plan of arrangement.
Noront Resources Ltd., in its acquisition of chromite properties in the Ring of Fire mineral region in northern Ontario from certain subsidiaries of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. for a purchase price of US$27.5 million pursuant to an Approval and Vesting Order granted by the Québec Superior Court on April 28, 2015.
Oban Mining Corporation, in a $13.1-million private placement of flow-through shares.
Oban Mining Corporation, in a proposed five-way combination of Oban with Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation, Temex Resources Corp., Ryan Gold Corp. and Corona Gold Corporation and a concurrent strategic investment in Oban of up to $20 million by Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets for a bought deal private placement of approximately $200 million.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its business combination to acquire Virginia Mines Inc. for approximately $461 million.
Osisko Mining Corporation, in its response to Goldcorp Inc's unsolicited offer and subsequent agreement with Yamana Gold Inc. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited to jointly acquire 100% of Osisko's issued and outstanding common shares for total consideration of $3.9 billion.
Quantum International Income Corp., in its $20-million bought deal short form prospectus offering of subscription receipts led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation and including Canaccord Geunity Corp.
Sendero Mining Corp., (formerly QRS Capital Corp.) in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Halo Resources Ltd. pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Advantage-Rent-a-Car pursuant to a sale process under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
Threshold Power Trust, in its proposed initial public offering of trust units.
Wheels Group, Inc., in its corporate reorganization and subsequent acquisition by Radiant Logistics Inc. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $100 million.
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