CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Graham H. Scott — McCullough O'Connor Irwin LLP, Vancouver

Current Mining Issues at the BC Securities Commission

Christopher Collins — Chief Mining Adviser, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

Arbitrating Mining Disputes

• recent appellate decisions on Arbitration Law
  • shoring up the finality of arbitration awards
  • changing approaches to contract interpretation
  • limitation period hodge-podge
• enforceability of arbitration awards, international and domestic

Robert D. Holmes, QC — Holmes & Bilawich, Vancouver

Current Trends in Confidentiality Agreements

Cyndi Laval — Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Managing Option Agreements

• current practice on option terms
• lessons from recent case law
• exercising an option with a reluctant optionor

Alan J. Hutchison — Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver

Joint Venture Risks

Michelle Grant — Ernst & Young, Vancouver

Questions

Lunch

Mining Company Disclosure — Practical Real-World Guidance

• regulations and regulators
  
• news releases
• websites and social media

Rod Young, P. Geo — Senior Manager, Geologist, Compliance & Disclosure, TSX Venture Exchange, Vancouver

The Regulators’ Duty of Fairness in Mining Development

• what does the duty of fairness entail?
• how does it relate to the Crown's consultation with Aboriginal groups?
• what can be done to best avoid unfair treatment, or address it if it happens?

Robin M. Junger — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Local Government Interaction and Potential Restrictions on Mining

• Case Comment on Cowichan Valley Regional District v. Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd. 2016 BCCA 432
• When is a mine regulated by local government land use power?
• Is mine reclamation a landfill?
• What land uses beyond extraction activities are integral to mining?

L. John Alexander — Cox Taylor, Victoria

Networking Break

An English Mining Company’s Introduction to Aboriginal Law Issues in British Columbia

Brenda Gaertner — Mandell Pinder LLP, Vancouver

Royalty Companies’ Effect on Royalty Agreements and Other Recent Trends

• nature of a royalty
• provisions found in "traditional" royalty agreements
• new provisions found in agreements used by royalty companies
• importance of a royalty being an interest in land — a current Ontario example

David Allman — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Alan L. Monk — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion