Mining, Minerals and Natural Resources
Mining, Minerals and Natural Resources
Navigating the dynamic and complex mining landscape and its numerous challenges requires in-depth knowledge and specialised legal advice to ensure compliance, mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities.
Our team can advise you on:
- Public and private mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Establishing acquisition facilities
- Due diligence
- Broad-based black economic empowerment transactions
- Policy and regulation (including the South African Mining Charter)
- Specific mining transactions
- Competition-related matters
- Royalty financing
- Leveraged and management buyouts
- Asset-based financing for mining equipment
- Debt and equity funding
Major publishable transactions
- Advised Impala Platinum Holdings in relation to a gold streaming agreement with Triple Flag.
- Advised Moolmans Mining as lead counsel in relation to restructuring of their African businesses.
- Advised Moolmans Mining as lead counsel in relation to equipment financing transactions for fleet replacements and new mining contracts.
- Advised Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd as lead counsel in relation to their USD and ZAR based revolving credit facilities.
- Advised Newrak and Rhino Mining as lead counsel in relation to their ongoing mining contracts with various customers.
- Advised Impala Platinum in its public acquisition of all of the shares in Royal Bafokeng Platinum, a company listed on the JSE. The transaction entailed a voluntary offer that then became a mandatory offer, followed by a compulsory squeeze out of minorities. This was a major transaction on the JSE and involved Northam Platinum intervening and a number of proceedings before the Takeover Regulation Panel.