Michael H. Taylor * Partner Vancouver Tel : 604.691.7410 Fax : 604.685.7084 Email : michael.taylor@mcmillan.ca * Law Corporation VCard :

Professional Activities

Michael Taylor is a key partner in the Securities Practice Group in McMillan's Vancouver office. He advises a broad range of technology, industrial and resource companies that are traded in Canada on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges, in the United States on the NYSE Amex Exchange and the OTC Bulletin Board, and in Hong Kong on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Mainboard. Mike's experience over his 15 years of representing publicly traded companies includes:

• advising on all stages of the "going public" process, from corporate organization through to public trading
• completion of prospectus and private placement offerings under Canadian and U.S. securities laws
• assisting issuers with ongoing continuous disclosure obligations under Canadian and U.S. securities laws
• stock exchange listing applications and ongoing compliance with exchange listing regulations
• completion of mergers, acquisitions and "reverse takeover" transactions
• advising on corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley issues

Special Recognition

• Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 and 2012 as a leading lawyer in Securities Law.
• Listed in The Legal Media Group - Guide to Leading Practitioners: China - Mergers & Acquisitions 2011

Memberships

• Canadian Bar Association
• State Bar of Nevada
• Foreign Law Consultant, Washington State

Seminars and Presentations

• Team leader on Century Iron Mines' listing on the TSX with related $110 million private placement financings and joint ventures with WISCO International Resources
• Team leader on Primero Mining's $510 million acquisition of San Dimas mines from Goldcorp and related $300 million prospectus offering of subscription receipts in 2010
• Canadian securities counsel to Uranerz Energy in US$17 million cross-border (MJDS) public offering in October 2009 
• Lead counsel to Tranzeo Wireless Technologies on $2.8 and $6.9 million short form prospectus offerings in 2009
• Lead counsel to TSX-V listed issuer on $30 million offering of senior secured convertible notes in 2008
• Lead counsel to Uranerz Energy in connection with listing on the TSX in 2007 and $23.6 million private placement financing in 2008
• Lead counsel on initial public offering of Tranzeo Wireless on the TSX in 2005 and $8 million prospectus offering in 2007

• Underwriter's Canadian counsel to major US investment bank in connection with listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange of China International Gold in 2010
• Underwriter's counsel in TSX-V listing and concurrent $30 million financing of Asia Bio Chem in June 2008 and subsequent $10 million financing in January 2011
• Underwriter's counsel in TSX-V listing and concurrent $7.5 million financing of Changfeng Energy in January 2008

• Listing of Primero Mining on the NYSE in 2011
• U.S. securities counsel to Detour Gold in $282 million bought deal prospectus offering in July 2010
• U.S. securities counsel to Great Basin Gold in C$126.5 million bought deal public offering of convertible debentures in October 2009
• U.S. securities counsel to Vitran Corporation, a Nasdaq Global company, in US$23 million "PIPE" private placement in September 2009
• U.S. securities counsel to Great Basin Gold in C$130 million cross-border (MJDS) public offering of units in March 2009
• U.S. securities counsel to Teck Resources in its acquisition of Global Copper Corp. in 2008
• U.S. securities counsel to Great Basin Gold in C$150 million cross-border (MJDS) public offering in 2007
• U.S. securities counsel to Continental Minerals in its C$87 million acquisition of U.S. public company with mineral property located in China in 2006

March 2011 Hong Kong Dual Listings by Canadian Public Companies Canadian Mining Investment Forum