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Primero Mining Corp. Announces a $1.2 Billion Merger Agreement With Northgate Minerals Corp.
July 14, 2011
Stephen D. Wortley, Leo Raffin, Grant Y. Wong, Amandeep Sandhu, Farzad Forooghian, Amanda M. Bichai, Erica Weiss, Alexis Cloutier, Arman G. Farahani, Michael H. Taylor, Herbert I. Ono, Tom Theodorakis, Damon Chisholm, Robert M. Scavone, David R. Dunlop, Dorothy Wong, Peter Botz, Christine Man, Kathy Wang, N. David McInnes, David Elenbaas, Lyndsay A. Wasser, Keith E. Clark, Carl De Vuono, J.R. Beaudrie, Matthew German, Robert Fraser, Cory Kent, Darrell W. Podowski, Laurel M. Petryk, James B. Musgrove, Karen Carteri
On July 13, 2011, Primero Mining Corp., a client of the firm, entered into a merger agreement with Northgate. The combination of their respective businesses would have created a $1.2-billion mid-tier gold producer which will produce approximately 300,000 ounces of gold per year.
The completion of this stage was lead by Stephen Wortley in the Vancouver office. The teams from the Vancouver and Toronto offices that worked for Primero include:
Securities: Leo Raffin, Grant Wong , Amandeep Sandhu , Farzad Forooghian, Amanda Bichai, Erica Weiss, Alexis Cloutier, and Arman Farahani
US Securities: Michael Taylor and Herbert Ono
Commercial and Security matters (dealing with Silver Wheaton (which owns the silver at our client's San Dimas mine, located near Durango, Mexico ) and with Goldcorp ( Primero's major shareholder ) ): Tom Theodorakis, Damon Chisholm, Robert Scavone, David Dunlop and Dorothy Wong
Tax: Peter Botz , Christine Man and Kathy Wang
Employment: David McInnis, David Elenbaas and Lyndsay Wasser
First Nations: Keith Clark
Multi jurisdiction Due Diligence (corporate and real estate): Carl De Vuono, JR Beaudrie, Matt German and Bob Fraser
Mining: Cory Kent, Darrell Podowski, Carmen Diges and Laurel Petryk
Anti Trust: James Musgrove
Court Applications: Karen Carteri
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