Geoffrey Gilbert practises in the areas of infrastructure, mining, and project finance. He also provides ongoing general corporate and commercial law advice. Gilbert is repeatedly recommended in mining, infrastructure, project finance, and corporate commercial law by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. He is chairman of the national infrastructure practice. Gilbert has a history of involvement in all aspects of mining and mineral resource development. He regularly assists clients on both sides of the Canada-US border and internationally with royalty agreements and offtake arrangements, as well as public and private financing by mining entities, bank financing (including mine project financing and corporate lending), mergers and acquisitions of mining companies and assets, and structuring and implementing national and international mining joint ventures. From a projects perspective, Gilbert has experience in PPP, AFP, and mining projects. He has acted for governmental authorities, sponsors, lenders, contractors, and suppliers, meaning he can anticipate and understand issues and problems that may arise during a project and find constructive solutions.
On Aug. 16, Champion Iron Limited, through its subsidiary Quebec Iron Ore Inc., completed a $185-million Preferred Equity offering to CDPQ in addition to a US$200-million credit facility with the Société Générale and Bank of Nova Scotia.
On Aug. 16, Champion Iron Limited, through its subsidiary Quebec Iron Ore Inc., completed a $185-million Preferred Equity offering to CDPQ in addition to a US$200-million credit facility with the Société Générale and Bank of Nova Scotia.
On December 14, 2017, Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. completed its $325-million notes offering and $50-million revolving credit agreement. The Notes were guaranteed by each of the company’s subsidiaries and were secured on a second-priority basis by substantially all of the company’s assets, including the company’s 49-per-cent participating interest in the joint venture related to the Gahcho Kué diamond mine.
Aurcana Corporation (Aurcana), a Vancouver-based, silver producing company that owns the Shafter Silver Project, a silver deposit located in Texas, US, completed a restructuring transaction pursuant to which all of Aurcana’s secured debt obligations to Orion Mine Finance (Master) Fund I L.P., as lender, under Aurcana’s amended and restated senior secured credit facility dated April 29, 2014, were extinguished in exchange for Aurcana’s Mexican operations.
