White & Case LLP’s practice is co-led by Gary Felthun and Lloyd Christie; their team assists a client base of financial institutions and prominent mining houses with all aspects of mining work, including regulatory issues, acquisitions, project developments and dispute resolution. Christie is well known for his expertise in environmental law, and regularly acts for regulators and government agencies in mandates. Felthun has an excellent reputation for advising on large mining transactions, with noted strength in mining M&A.
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Key clients
- AHG Metals Group
- Anglo American plc
- Black Royalty Minerals (Pty) Ltd
- Buffelsfontein Gold Mine (Pty) Ltd
- Eco-bat Technologies
- Glencore plc
- Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Harmony (Freegold) (Pty) Ltd and Avgold Limited
- Ivanhoe Mines Ltd – Platreef
- Kelltech Limited
- Kopanang Gold Mining Company Limited
- MC Mining Limited
- Nedbank Limited
- Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited
- Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
- Tau Lekoa Gold Mining Co (Pty) Ltd
- TerraCom Limited
- Tharisa Minerals
- Village Main Reef and its parent company, Heaven Sent Gold Processing Company Proprietary Limited
- Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Limited
- African Rainbow Minerals Limited
- Norilsk Africa (Pty) Ltd
- PPC Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for Konkola Copper Mines PLC (KCM), currently in provisional liquidation, and its minority shareholder ZCCM Investment Holdings PLC (ZCCM-IH), the mining investment company of the Zambian government, in negotiations for the withdrawal of KCM from provisional liquidation and the return of the majority shareholder, Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited (VRHL), as controlling shareholder.
- Advising Sedibelo Resources Limited and its operating subsidiaries on its Triple Crown Project, involving obtaining a mining right in respect of a contiguous PGM deposit and consolidation with two adjacent mining areas into one mega PGM mine.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gary Felthun, Lloyd Christie