Major Transactions

Mining

Hans Merensky Holdings: Acquisition of Eastern Cape forestry package, South Africa.

Review of legislation, commenting on, drafting and negotiating various documents including lease, sale of business agreement and shareholders agreement and advised on all legal aspects of the privatisation of the transaction. Acquisition of E Cape forestry assets of Safcol. Mining

Financiers: Capital Refurbishment of a Copper Mine, Zambia

Advised the lender on the financing of the capital refurbishment by Konkola Copper Mines of its copper and cobalt mining and processing assets acquired from Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited.

Mining Concessions, Zimbabwe

Advised a South African junior mining company in relation to its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in a Zimbabwean mining company which holds the rights to a range of gold and copper mining rights in Zimbabwe.

Standard Bank, Mine in DRC

Currently advising Standard Bank on a major limited recourse mining project in the DRC.

Turnkey Supply of Operational Diamond Mine, Lesotho

Advised the arrangers of the financing for the supply of a fully operational diamond mine on a turnkey basis at the Letseng-La-Terae diamond mine in the Mokhotlong district in north-eastern Lesotho for purposes of exploiting a concession.

Note: Some transactions may be listed in more than one category.

We have listed some of our recent pan-African transactions, divided into various categories.

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