MINING

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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
Yukon government, First Nations enter agreement on new minerals legislation completion process
It will tackle all stages of the mining activity life cycle

BIG DEALS

Cassels, Fasken, Blakes among counsel
Cassels representing G2 Goldfields; Blakes advising G Mining
Davies, Blakes, DLA Piper, WeirFoulds among counsel
Cassels representing American Ocean Minerals

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN MINING

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Mélissa Devost
Year called to bar: 2006
Québec City, Québec
Marc Dorion
Year called to bar: 1979
Québec City, Québec
Ivan Grbesic
Year called to bar: 2002
Toronto, Ontario
Michael Burkett
Year called to bar: 2002
Toronto, Ontario
Michael G. Urbani
Year called to bar: 1997
Vancouver, British Columbia
Graeme D. Martindale
Year called to bar: 2003
Vancouver, British Columbia

2025 LEADING LAW FIRMS IN MINING

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
MLT Aikins LLP
Gowling WLG
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP