Taseko Mines Completes Sale to Private Japanese Consortium

On March 31, 2010, Taseko Mines Limited announced that it had sold a 25 per cent joint venture interest in its Gibraltar copper mine to a private Japanese consortium (Sojitz Corporation – 50 per cent, Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd. – 25 per cent, Furukawa Co., Ltd. – 25 per cent) for approximately $187 million.

Heenan Blaikie LLP acted for the consortium with a team consisting of Sonia Yung, Anjili Bahadoorsingh and Alex Farcas (corporate); Richard Lewin (tax) and Lynn Mitchell (environmental).

Acting for Taseko were its in-house counsel Trevor Thomas, and outside counsel Lang Michener LLP with a team consisting of Bernhard Zinkhofer, Lance Bredeson and Lisa Fang (venture capital) and John Morrison (banking)

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John D. Morrison Alexandru Farcas Richard Lewin Anjili I. Bahadoorsingh Lynn Mitchell Lance Bredeson Lisa Fang Bernhard J. Zinkhofer Sonia Yung

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