Mining & Resources

The resource sector is a core part of our business.

The majority of our resource sector clients are ASX listed juniors who are metals producers or mineral explorers or at the feasibility and development phase of their projects. The legal services we provide cover ASX Listing Rule, Corporations Act, Australian mining statue and foreign investment compliance advice, capital raising, commercial transactions and activity related contracting, mergers and acquisitions and everything in between.

We have considerable experience in:

acquisitions and disposals of mining tenements
acquisitions and disposals of private and subsidiary companies that hold mining tenements
farm-ins
joint venture agreements
mineral rights sharing arrangements
royalties
services and supply agreements
liaising with ASX, ASIC and relevant government departments
takeovers and takeover defences
initial public offerings
share purchase plans, rights issues and other capital raisings
project financing (including with multilateral agencies such as International Finance Corporation and European Reconstruction and Development Bank)
sales agency and product marketing agreements.

We understand that junior corporates need the legal advice and assistance to be hands on and intimate, timely and very relevant both legally and commercially. Our depth of experience in this sector and the approach we take ensures that we deliver.

As our smaller resource sector clients achieve the results that enable them to grow and become larger and more complex we can confidently maintain the excellence and relevance of our advice and assistance.

Peter Watson’s experience in the field is vast. He worked as a client and as general counsel with a company that at the time was Australia’s largest gold mining company (and the sixth largest worldwide) and Watsons Lawyers has done a significant amount of work for one of the world’s current largest gold mining companies.