Biography: Mining

Mr Scott combines 29 years as a resource and corporate finance lawyer with eight years of practical experience as an exploration geologist to give clients expert, balanced advice on all resource-related matters. He represents a diverse group of clients in the mining industry, ranging from individual prospectors to multinational mining companies. In such work, Mr Scott has negotiated and prepared participation and joint venture agreements for properties throughout the world.

Mr Scott has represented numerous junior resource companies as they go public, and has assisted them in raising over a billion dollars for exploration and development projects worldwide. He was involved in the early stage financing of several of Canada's best-known diamond properties, including the Snap Lake Mine, now owned by De Beers. He has presented papers on securities law and mining law matters and has chaired many legal and industry conferences.

Mr Scott is listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada. He holds a BSc in Geology, King's College, London, 1968; an MS (Economic Geology), State University of New York, 1970; and LLB from the University of British Columbia, 1980.