On July 15, 2024, G Mining Ventures Corp. (“GMIN”) and Reunion Gold Corporation (“Reunion Gold”) completed their merger to form a leading intermediate gold producer by combining Reunion Gold’s Oko West project located in Northwest Guyana with GMIN’s Tocantinzinho mine located in Brazil. The business combination was completed by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. The transaction was valued at $875 million.
GMIN was represented internally by Marc Dagenais, its Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, and externally by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team that included Howard Levine (lead lawyer), Patrick Menda, Julien Michaud, Siobhan Mullan, Antoine Sabourin, Philippe Berthiaume, Rami Zaid, Anne Sophie Massicotte, Emile Forcione, (Securities/M&A); François Auger, Alexe Corbeil-Courchesne (Tax); Francis Laperrière-Racine (Employment); and Ryan Morris (Litigation).
Reunion Gold was represented internally by Carole Plante, its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and externally by Stikeman Elliott LLP, with a team that included Jay Kellerman, Daniel Borlack, John Lee, Wei Yan, Bita Ghiasi, Michael Bruno, Taisa Morsky, Craig Harasymchuk, David Morson, Isaac Ameerally (Corporate); John Lennard, Natacha Ngo (Tax); Stephanie Weschler, Serena Fontes (Employment); Natasha vandenHoven (Benefits); Patrick Welsh (Environmental); and Eliot Kolers, Jordan Wajs (Litigation).
