MINING

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Ontario’s natural resource permit reforms to focus on low-risk and routine activities
Province says changes aim to hasten mining and infrastructure projects
MiningWatch, other civil society groups ask MPs not to ratify Canada–Ecuador free trade agreement
Concerns include deepening human rights crisis, investor-state dispute settlement mechanism
Ontario’s Crawford Nickel Project gets positive outcome in impact assessment process
Federal environment minister deems possible impacts in federal jurisdiction justified
Emerita Resources sues Lithium Ionic before Ontario court relating to competing mining claims
Ontario Securities Commission previously alleged ex-mining executives diverted project rights
Champion Iron general counsel Steve Boucratie named chief legal and strategy officer
He continues to serve as corporate secretary

BIG DEALS

Record streaming deal unlocks silver value while preserving BHP’s base-metals exposure
Deal broadens Champion’s high-purity iron ore portfolio and European reach
Sale hands JCHX-led consortium full ownership of the Colombian copper-gold project
Combined company spans high-grade silver-gold assets in Alaska and British Columbia

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN MINING

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Geoffrey G. Gilbert
Year called to bar: 1998
Ottawa, Ontario
Khaled S. Abdel-Barr
Year called to bar: 1996
Vancouver, British Columbia
Albert J. Hudec
Year called to bar: 1981
Vancouver, British Columbia
Steve Malas
Year called to bar: 1991
Montréal, Québec
Shawn Doyle
Year called to bar: 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia
Kristopher Miks
Year called to bar: 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia

2025 LEADING LAW FIRMS IN MINING

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Goodmans LLP
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Miller Titerle + Company
Bennett Jones LLP
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP