Davies is acting for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its C$204-million strategic acquisition of O3 Mining. The transaction is structured as a friendly takeover bid – one of only a few in the Canadian market in the last ten years.
O3 Mining Inc. owns the Marban Project, which is adjacent to Agnico’s Canadian Malartic complex and will serve to strengthen Agnico’s long-term gold production pipeline in the region.
The Davies team acting for Agnico includes: Patricia Olasker, Marc Pontone, Andrew Mihalik, John Aziz and Puneet Aujla (Public M&A); Jim Dinning and Umang Khandelwal (Competition).
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