Geoffrey Gilbert is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada. He practises Canadian and US corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on infrastructure, mining, and project finance. He regularly assists clients with public and private financing by mining entities; bank financing (including mine project financing and corporate lending); mergers & acquisitions of mining companies and assets; royalty agreements and offtake arrangements; and the structuring and implementation of national and international mining joint ventures. From a projects/infrastructure perspective, Geoff is experienced in PPP and AFP projects with a particular emphasis on complex transit projects. Working for both public and private sector clients, he is able to anticipate and understand issues and problems that may arise during the course of a project and find constructive solutions. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1998 and the New York Bar in 2000. He is recognized as a leader in his field by The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global 2021.
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.
