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Mining Prospects (Volume 1, Issue 2)
We welcome you to our fall issue of Mining Prospects, the periodical of our global mining group. The period covered by this issue has seen a near-unprecedented decline in both equity and commodities markets. While the ultimate effects of these changes remain to be seen, we will endeavour to keep you updated on important changes to the legal landscape as they occur. The period covered by this issue also saw the real life drama of the decisions of the Québec Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada in the BCE Inc. matter. While we were hoping to include an analysis of the Supreme Court's clarifications on the duties of directors of public companies under Canadian corporate law, as of press time the Supreme Court's reasons had not yet been released. We look forward to commenting on this important decision in a subsequent issue. In addition to our roundup of recent regulatory and judicial actions and decisions, this issue includes (i) a primer on flow-through share financings, (ii) an article on the potential protections afforded by bilateral trade agreements for Canadians engaging in mining activities abroad, (iii) an article on the Equator Principles adopted by many of the world's leading lending institutions and their implications for mining companies seeking project finance, (iv) a summary of the recently introduced amendments to relax dissident proxy solicitation requirements, and (v) a commentary on two recent decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal related to sentences imposed on Aboriginal protesters for disrupting mining project operations. We hope you will let us know if you have any suggestions to make this publication even more helpful, or if there are topics or issues you would like to see covered in future editions. We were gratified with the feedback we received on our inaugural issue, and would like to thank those who took the time to provide us with that feedback. Brian Graves and Gary Litwack (Editors) Flow-Through Shares: A Primer and More
Bilateral Investment Treaty Protections Available to Investors in the Mining Sector Overview of the Equator Principles for Project Finance Transactions Activism Made Easier: Amendment to Dissident Proxy Solicitation RulesIn This Issue:
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