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Benjamin J. Gal

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Benjamin Gal has a corporate commercial and securities law practice with a focus on corporate finance, corporate governance, commercial transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Ben summered and articled with the firm. While articling, Ben was seconded to the Corporate Finance Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission.

In law school, Ben completed a specialization in business law and was the recipient of the Law Society of Ontario Award for Outstanding Achievement.

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York University, BSc (Hons.), 2016, summa cum laude University of Western Ontario, JD, 2020, with distinction

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Ontario, 2021

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i-80 Gold in its US$184-million bought deal public offering and related private placement of units
CSAC Holdings in its sale of the Cimarron Project in Sinaloa, Mexico to Silver Viper Minerals
 
Alkane Resources in its A$559-million merger with Mandalay Resources 
Canada Nickel Company in its bought deal prospectus offering of common shares, flow-through shares and charity flow-through shares for aggregate gross proceeds of C$51.6 million
Culico Metals in its spinout from Karora Resources and listing on the TSXV as the first ever listing under the TSXV Sandbox program
Discovery Silver in its US$425-million acquisition of the Porcupine Mining Complex from Newmont Corporation and related C$247.5-million bought deal public offering
Hot Chili in the sale of an NSR royalty on its Costa Fuego project to Osisko Gold Royalties for US$15 million
Hot Chili in its C$33.8-million Canadian IPO and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
i-80 Gold, a Nevada-focused mining company, in its brokered private placement offering
i-80 Gold, a Nevada-focused mining company, in its US$135-million streaming, offtake and debt financing package with an affiliate of Orion Mine Finance and a fund managed by Sprott Asset Management USA
 
Karora Resources in its C$69-million bought deal public offering of common shares
 
O3 Mining in the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of its wholly owned subsidiary, Chalice Gold Mines (Québec), to Cartier Resources for a 17.5% equity interest in Cartier
Premium Nickel Resources in its reverse take-over and concurrent $10.1-million offering of subscription receipts to form a newly listed entity 
Sprott Mining Idaho Holdings in its sale of the remaining 40% interest in the Galena Complex in Idaho to Americas Gold and Silver
Karora Resources in its plan of arrangement merger with Westgold Resources
Hot Chili in its A$29.9-million brokered private placement, LIFE offering and fully underwritten share purchase plan financings
Arizona Sonoran Copper Company in its C$30-million bought deal public offering of common shares
Osisko Mining Inc. in its 50-50 joint venture with Gold Fields Limited for the joint ownership and development of Osisko’s Windfall gold project, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban Township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec
Glass House Brands in its US$50-million senior secured loan
Osisko Metals in its C$107.4-million "bought deal" brokered private placement of flow-through and hard units
Equitable Bank in its C$230-million public offering of subscription receipts to finance, in part, its acquisition of Concentra Bank
O3 Mining Inc. in its $204 million-acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited by way of a negotiated take-over bid 
Dore Copper Mining in its sale to Cygnus Metals by way of plan of arrangement
O3 Mining in its C$21-million "bought deal" public offering of units
Argonaut Gold in its sale to Alamos Gold representing an enterprise value of US$555 million and in its concurrent spin-out of its US and Mexico assets into a new junior gold producer, Florida Canyon Gold
Florida Canyon Gold in the sale of its Mexican business unit, including the San Agustin mine, to Heliostar Metals 
Florida Canyon Gold in its sale to Integra Resources by way of a court approved plan of arrangement for implied consideration of approximately C$95 million
Osisko Mining in its approximately C$2-billion sale to Gold Fields
Argonaut Gold Inc., in its $85-million "bought deal" public offering of common shares
 
Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, a leading independent investment bank, as underwriter in an equity offering on a private placement basis by Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd.
O3 Mining Inc. and Osisko Development Corp., in the spin-out transaction resulting in the formation of a new venture, Electric Elements Mining Corp., and its subsequent seed round equity financing
AffiniPay, LLC in its sale of all of issued and outstanding shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Devlos Software Inc. dba Soluno to a subsidiary of Actionstep Limited
Gold Flora, LLC in its business combination with TPCO Holding Corp. (The Parent Company), to create a leading vertically-integrated California cannabis company
Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. in its $8-million brokered private placement of common shares to Paradigm Capital Inc.
Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in its issuance of US$195,000,000 of 9.000% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2025
Argonaut Gold Inc., in its $195.3-million public offering of common shares
Cresco Labs, LLC in its US$125-million offering of subordinate voting shares
TerrAscend Corp., in its C$224-million non-brokered private placement with 80% of commitments from four large US institutional investors including Wasatch Global

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Silver Viper Minerals to Acquire Cimarron Gold-Copper Project from CSAC Holdings Inc.

May 27, 2025
       

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Alkane and Mandalay Propose Combination to Create Growing Gold and Antimony Producer

April 28, 2025
       

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A Flurry of Mining Announcements in Ontario to Start 2025

February 03, 2025
       

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