DLA Piper Canada advised Adventus Mining on merger with Luminex to create growth-focused copper-gold company in Ecuador
On November 21, Adventus Mining Corporation ("Adventus") (TSXV: ADZN) and Luminex Resources Corp. (“Luminex”) (TSXV: LR) announced that they have entered into an arrangement agreement in which Adventus will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Luminex. Adventus and Luminex also announced a concurrent financing of up to US$20 million with lead investments from Ross Beaty, Altius Minerals and Wheaton Precious Metals.
The transaction will create a combined company that intends to lead the advancement of the El Domo-Curipamba copper-gold project towards production and consolidates a large and prospective gold-copper development and exploration portfolio in Ecuador totalling over 135,000 hectares and including the preliminary economic assessment staged Condor Gold Project.
Adventus is an Ecuador-focused copper-gold exploration and development company and majority owner of the 215 sq. km Curipamba copper-gold project. Luminex is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on gold and copper projects in Ecuador.
You can read more about this transaction here.
The DLA Piper Canada deal team in this transaction was led by Partner Denis Silva and included Jennifer Poirier, Sydney Kert, Patrick Webb, Beatriz Albuquerque, and Kaleigh Nevin.
