CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL LICENCE AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

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Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Development, and Investment - Book 1
(Apr 2007)
CHAPTER 3
SOCIAL LICENCE AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Michael J. Bourassa
Attorney
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MICHAEL J. BOURASSA

Michael J. Bourassa is a Partner and co-ordinator of the Global Mining Group at the law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto, Canada. He has expertise in mining commercial agreements (joint ventures, royalties, options) and extensive experience in Canadian and international mining due diligence issues concerning title, technical matters and environmental risk.

Michael has been a guest speaker on numerous topics related to mining. He served as secretary of the Canadian Institute of Mines, Metallurgy and Petroleum's Mineral Valuation Committee, is a director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), the Chair of the Natural Resources and Energy Law section of the Ontario Bar Association, a member of the Ontario Minister of Mines Advisory Committee, and a director of the World Mines Ministries Forum.

Michael was named in the 2005 and 2006 editions of the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers which also named Faskens as the number one firm in the World for mining legal expertise. Michael recently participated in a special ad-hoc committee of the PDAC relating to the Canadian government's roundtable discussions on Corporate Social Responsibility and the mining industry.

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