Rio2 Limited. Fenix Gold financing

1.      Deal Description

Guerrero Olivos represented Canadian listed mining company, Rio2 Limited, and its related companies (Fenix Gold Limitada and  Lince S.A.), in its international project financing of USD135 million to fully fund its Fenix gold mine to production in Chile.

Our corporate, mining, financing and mining areas worked jointly in this relevant transaction. Complexity was to structure the financing in different steps, including a streaming agreement for gold acquisition, a loan and a private placement of Rio2 shares, among others. The transaction was multijurisdictional (Chile and Canada).

Other parties included Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd., BNP Paribas, Scotiabank, CIBC Capital Markets and Raymond James, Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, Sprott Capital Partners LP, and Cormark Securities Inc.

2.      Counsel list

Counsel to Rio2 Limited and related companies in Chile: Guerrero Olivos

Leading partner: Juan Enrique Allard (corporate and financing)

Partners: Miguel Coddou (financing), Alejandro Chechilnitzky (tax), Benjamín Pérez (mining) and Pedro Lyon (mining).

Associates: Jerónimo Zabala (mining) and María José Morales (mining)

International counsel to Rio2 Limited: DLA Piper Canada

Counsel to the underwriters: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Canada

3.      Date of closing

10/08/2021. Closing date of the financings first stage

4.      Deal Value

USD135,000,000

5.      Jurisdictions involved

Canada and Chile