Jonathan Veeran and department deputy Rita Spalding lead Webber Wentzel’s prominent mining practice, which is well versed in handling instructions across the whole lifecycle of mining matters. Veeran has a solid track record in assisting with mining regulatory issues and structuring related transactions, and Spalding has experience in advising on restructurings and M&A work in the mining industry. Giada Masina has expertise in assisting with high-profile mining transactions. Bruce Dickinson, Kate Collier and consultant Manus Booysen are further key figures in the group.
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Key clients
- African Metals Management Services Limited
- Africoal
- Afrimat
- Anglo American
- Assore
- Bauba Resources
- Bushveld Minerals
- Exxaro Resources
- Fraser Alexander
- Glencore
- Gold Fields
- Harmony Gold
- Impala Platinum
- Ivanplats
- Khoemacau Copper Mining
- Northam Platinum
- Ndalamo Resources
- Palabora Copper
- Rio Tinto
- Royal Bafokeng Platinum
- SAIL Group
- Sasol Mining
- SepFluor
- Sibanye-Stillwater
- Siyanda Resources
- TGME
- Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining
- Universal Coal
- Vedanta Resources
- Vergenoeg
Work highlights
- Providing ongoing assistance to African Metals Management Services Limited and Southern African Metals & Minerals Limited on the sale of their respective interests in Amzim Minerals Limited and African Minerals Limited (and an indirect 74% interest in Bikita Minerals (Private) Limited) for US$180million.
- Advising Triple Flag International on providing US$80m to Prieska Copper Zinc Mine (a majority owned subsidiary of Orion Minerals), in exchange for an agreement for the purchase and sale of gold and silver relating to mining rights held by PCZM.
- Advising Northam on the acceleration and wind-up of the empowerment transaction concluded between Northam and Zambezi Platinum (RF) Limited (Zambezi), involving an offer by Northam to acquire all of the preference shares issued by Zambezi on the JSE; the acquisition by Northam Platinum Holdings Limited (Northam Holdings) of all the shares in Northam listed on the JSE; and a new extended empowerment transaction up to 26.5%, with an emphasis on participation from the client's employees.
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Jonathan Veeran, Rita Spalding