RESOURCES AND MINING CAPABILITY
DAMIEN CRONIN
Damien Cronin is the principal of Law Investigated project risks and their Projects, a specialist legal and company management. secretariat consultancy to the resources and energy sectors. He is, and has been, a Advised on the due diligence aspects specialist legal and commercial consultant of Omega Energy/Coal Resources to Blue Energy, Global Petroleum, Corporation proposed acquisition of Queensland Gas, Sonoma Coal and Queensland Coal Mine Management’s Sunshine Gas (serving as the Company interest in the Jellinbah East Mine and Secretary and General Counsel to Blue the Lake Vermont Coal Project. Energy and Sunshine Gas (both listed public companies), a Non-Executive Advised on the due diligence aspects Director and Company Secretary of Global of Coal Resources Corporation’s Petroleum (a listed public company), the acquisition from Felix Resources of General Counsel to Sonoma Coal and the the Yarrabee Coal Mine. Secretary of the Operating Committee of Advised Shell Coal in relation to its the Sonoma Coal Joint Venture). He has Ackland Open Cut Coal Mine Project also been a specialist adviser to the Boards and its Theodore and Grosvenor of Ergon Energy and Powerdirect Australia. Appraisal Projects for combined open He was a consultant to McInnes Wilson a cut and underground steaming coal boutique commercial law practice. He was mines. also a partner of, and remains a consultant to, DLA Piper, the world’s largest Negotiated and managed successful international legal firm and a significant joint venture agreements with French presence in the Australasian legal services and German Government owned co- market. Damien has over 40 years’ venturers (Compagnie Générale des experience in private and corporate legal Matiéres Nucleaires and practice, including over 30 years’ Urangessellschaft) for uranium experience in the resources and energy exploration and the development of sectors. He has held senior legal and proven uranium ore bodies and commercial roles in the resources and managed the sensitive political, energy sectors, including roles with Rio environmental and community Tinto, Comalco, Shell Coal, Incitec and relations issues associated with those Duke Energy. He is admitted to practice in projects. every jurisdiction in Australia as well as in Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United Negotiated the acquisition by Rio Tinto Kingdom. of the Westmoreland Uranium Project from Queensland Mines and the Areas of Expertise project’s later sale to Compagnie Générale des Matiéres Nucleaires. Extensive ‘hands-on’ experience in all aspects of the mining industry, including Managed the orderly divestment of exploration, mine development, financing, surplus tenements. operations and commodity sale arrangements. Exploration
Project Investment and Undertook detailed commercial and Divestment legal due diligence regarding possible exploration project acquisitions. These Lead detailed reviews and significant involved a detailed review of existing due diligence enquiries and prepared joint venture and various royalty and definitive feasibility studies of major exploration agreements against resources investments, including accepted criteria for valuing those for the expansions of the Boyne exploration tenements and careful Island and Tiwai Point Aluminium consideration of the tax effectiveness Smelters. of royalty payment structures and the
valuation of mining tenements containing processes and procedures for compliance with inferred and indicated resources. corporate objectives.
Prepared proposals for and negotiated and Participated in an international study, funded by documented farm-in arrangements and Rio Tinto Exploration, of international tax agreements, acquisition and divestment regimes as they apply to exploration activity. agreements, option agreements, licence and royalty arrangements and agreements, and joint Undertook land tenure audits and provided venture, alliance and study arrangements and advice and the clearance opinions on underlying agreements, and associated confidentiality land tenures and mining exploration, production agreements and assignment and assumption and infrastructure tenements, including pipeline agreements, for exploration and production in licences for slurry pipelines. both Australia and overseas with both Australian and foreign co-venturers. Managed the orderly Reviewed, negotiated and drafted Drilling divestment of surplus tenements. Services Agreements, Maintenance Agreements, Geophysical and Geological Advised on, and negotiated and documented, Services Agreements, Resources Certification option, access, and arrangements with impacted Services Agreements, Aircraft Charter landholders for access to land for exploration, Agreements, Analytical Assaying and Laboratory appraisal, production and facility construction. Testing Services Agreements and other Managed significant litigation relating to agreements for specialist operational services compensation and access. for mineral, coal and geothermal exploration, appraisal and development projects for Advised on competitive tenders to Federal, State Comalco, Geodynamics, Rio Tinto Coal, Rio and Territory Governments for exploration Tinto Exploration, Shell Coal, Sonoma Coal and access to onshore hydrocarbon, coal and Western Metals. mineral reserve areas and offshore hydrocarbon areas. Advised Rio Tinto Exploration on all aspects of its large scale operational exploration projects, Advised on all dealings with governments including the Dugald River Project in regarding exploration tenements. This included Queensland, the Lepanto Project in the liaison with government mining authorities in Philippines, the Sepon Project in Laos and the multiple jurisdictions, including Algeria, Australia, Wafi Project in Papua New Guinea. Canada, Guinea, Indonesia, Laos, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Papua New Negotiated and documented for Sunshine Gas Guinea regarding the grant of tenements and and Blue Energy major Farm-in, Exploration, their renewal, the tenements’ work programmes Joint Venture and Asset Sale and Purchase and their re-negotiation. Agreements with Ensham Resources and Stanwell Corporation. Advised on all aspects of environmental compliance under environmental legislation, Advised Metgasco on its CSG Exploration including advice on the conditions to Licence and on the terms of grant of an environmental approvals, authorities and Exploration Permit for Coal. licences relating to exploration tenements. Advised Geodynamics regarding obtaining and Successfully applied for Federal Government maintaining its Geothermal Exploration Permits. Research and Development Grants for exploration expenditure. Advised Zamia Metals on its Queensland exploration tenements and on landholder General Manager Commercial with commercial compensation. and legal responsibility for all the Rio Tinto Group’s exploration and near mine exploration Advised the Queensland Government, as part of projects in Eastern Australasia. This involved its aid initiative to East Timor, on the administration of an A$20 million annual establishment of an on-shore coal and minerals, exploration budget. and an on-shore and off-shore hydrocarbon, exploration, development and production Responsible, as General Manager Commercial, tenement regime, including advice on the for management of all of Rio Tinto Exploration’s administration of the regime and on the tenements, including applications, renewals, administrative process of registration of interests relinquishments, divestments and surrenders. in tenements. Managed the input of two Undertook studies to assess, select and acquire seconded technical officers of the Queensland optimum tenement management software Department of Mines and Energy. Prepared a systems. Reviewed all tenement management definitive report with recommendations on the establishment and maintenance of a coal,
minerals and hydrocarbons tenement regime for Geodynamics, Georgetown Mining, Plentex and East Timor. Republic Gold.
Participated in exploration joint venture Advised Bemax Resources on all aspects of its management and operating committee Pooncarie Sand Mining Project. meetings. Negotiated and documented Technology Negotiated and documented arrangements for Transfer and EPCM Agreements for Tiomin the funding of exploration and production Resources for the Kwale Sand Mining Project in activities. Kwale, Kenya.
Reviewed and drafted confidentiality, data swap, Negotiated and documented, for Sandvik Mining exclusivity, non-solicitation and non-compete and Construction, a Services Joint Venture agreements in relation to exploration data. Agreement in respect of Freeport’s Grasberg Mine in Irian Jaya. Project Development Negotiated and documented Co-Ordination and Obtained and maintained project approvals, Co-Development Agreements between coal including investment, environment and planning miners (BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Ensham consents, from all levels of government. Advised Resources, New Hope Coal, Northern Energy, Q on the preparation of environmental impact Coal, Sonoma Coal, Stanmore Coal and Vale) statements. and CSM explorers and producers (Blue Energy, Queensland Gas, and Sunshine Gas) and Advised on all aspects of environmental negotiated the terms of grant of Coal Mining compliance under environmental legislation, Leases and Petroleum Leases. Advised on including advice on the conditions to alterations to these agreements necessitated by environmental approvals, authorities and amendments to the Minerals Resources Act licences relating to developmental tenements. 1989 (Qld) and by the Minerals and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 Advised on the designation of resource projects (Qld). as significant major projects under Queensland project support, facilitation and planning Assisted in advising New Coal Energy on farm-in legislation. arrangements, and negotiated and documented Farm-in Agreements and Joint Venture Project Counsel for the Sonoma Coal Project. Operating Agreements, with Bandanna Energy, Negotiated and documented the project’s Guildford Coal, Rey Resources, Nordic Oil and contract mining arrangements with Leighton Gas and Western Warner Oils for access to coal Contractors (A$500 million), the Coal Washplant exploration acreage in Australia, New Zealand Operations Agreement with Sedgman and the and Canada for the development of in-ground Rail Transportation Agreements with coal gasification projects. Managed the Queensland Rail (Aurizon) and the Port User associated due diligence processes. Agreements with the Queensland Ports Corporation for access to the Abbot Point Coal Advised Century Zinc on its sale and the sale of Loading Facility and advised on amendments all its assets, including the Century Zinc Mine and renewals of all these agreements. Project to Pasminco and all associated aspects of the Century Zinc Mine Project, including the Advised the Sonoma Joint Venture on the Century Zinc Project Act 1997 (Qld). earthworks contracts for the Coral and Two Mile Creeks diversions. Advised Rio Tinto Iron Ore on all aspects of the development and construction of its Marandoo Advisor to the Sonoma Joint Venture on all Mine. aspects of mine operations. Undertook for Bougainville Copper an Advised QCoal on the terms of grant of its exhaustive review of, and a definitive report on, Mining Leases. its existing tenement coverage on Bougainville and prepared applications for further exploration Appointed Project Counsel for Rusal’s bid to the and production tenement coverage in Queensland Government in an international anticipation of resumed operations. bidding process for the development rights for the former Pechiney Bauxite Mining Leases at Advised Worley Parsons on Minerals Aurukun and associated downstream refining Concession Agreements in Algeria. and smelting developments.
Reviewed and audited exploration and production tenures for Auzex Resources,
Operation Specialist adviser to the Chief Executive of Sohar Aluminium. Advised on all aspects of mineral and coal exploration and production activities, including Advised Argyle Diamonds, Australian Mining and the health and safety aspects of all operations. Smelting, Bougainville Copper, Boyne Smelters, Century Zinc, Cleveland Cliffs, Coal and Allied, Advised on all aspects of environmental Cobar Mines, Comalco, Consolidated Rutile, compliance under environmental legislation, D’Aguilar Gold, Dampier Salt, Eastern Copper, including advice on the conditions to Ensham Resources, Forrest Gold, Gold Mines of environmental approvals, authorities and Australia, Gympie Gold, Halco Mining, licences relating to mining leases. Hamersley Iron, International Gold Mining, Kaltim Prima Coal, Kelian Equatorial Mining, Advised Comalco on changes to, and excisions Lihir Gold, Mary Kathleen Uranium, Mitchell from, its Special Bauxite Mining Leases granted Plateau Bauxite, Mount Leyshon Gold Mines, under the Commonwealth Aluminium New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, North Corporation Pty Limited Agreement Act 1957 Parkes, Oxiana, Pacific Coal, Pasminco, Peak (Qld) (Comalco Act). Gold, Placer PNG, QCoal, Queensland Alumina, Queensland Mines, Rio Tinto Coal, Rio Tinto Advised Comalco, in respect of the Comalco Exploration, Savage River Mines, Shell Coal, Act, and Hamersley Iron, in respect of the Iron Sonoma Coal, Summit Gold, Tarong Coal, Ore (Hamersley Range) Agreement Act 1963 Tolokuma Gold Mines, Werrie Gold, Western (WA), on all operational aspects of their private Metals, Wimmera Industrial Minerals, Woodlawn electricity generation, transmission and Mines and Zinifex on all aspects of their mining distribution facilities servicing their bauxite and and minerals processing operations. iron ore mining operations, including the procurement, operation and maintenance of Advised Comalco in relation to various turbines and transformers, and in respect of the expansion and improvement projects at its supply of electricity to the towns of Mount Tom Weipa mining and processing operation, Price, Paraburdoo and Weipa. including the A$25 million Andoom Upgrade Project. Advised Comalco on all aspects of its local authority service obligations for the town of Acted for Western Metals in the A$20 million Weipa under the State Agreement enshrined in expansion of its Mt Gordon Mine. the Comalco Act. Subsequently advised Comalco on the town normalisation process Advised Mary Kathleen Uranium on all aspects involving the freeholding of Weipa and the of its operations, including yellowcake sales devolution of its local authority service functions agreements and on the eventual closure of the to the Weipa Town Authority. mine, environmental rehabilitation and lease surrender. Advised on all aspects of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 Advised on Government Ratified Agreements (Cth) and facilitated registration and reporting by between State and Provincial Governments and the responsible entity for the Sonoma Mine. mine owners, including those underpinning Drafted amendments to all operating contracts, Bougainville Copper’s (Mining (Bougainville including the contract mining arrangements, Copper Agreement) Act 1967 (PNG)), necessitated by the legislation. Also advised on Comalco’s (Comalco Act) and Hamersley Iron’s compliance with the Clean Energy Act 2011 (Iron Ore (Hamersley Range) Agreement Act (Cth) and related legislation underpinning the 1963 (WA)) operations. Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme/Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and the Carbon Advised Comalco on its riparian and other water Tax/Pricing Mechanism under the Climate rights, rights to fell and take timber and Change Plan, that Act’s repeal by the Clean associated forest products and other profit á Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Act prendre rights under the Comalco Act. 2014 (Cth) and its associated retention of a Carbon Credits Scheme. Advised Kaltim Prima Coal, Kelian Equatorial Mining and Sandvik Mining and Construction on Documented the Royalty, Licence and Contracts of Works arrangements in Indonesia. Securitisation Agreements (including the lodgement of consent caveats) between Barrick Advised Sonoma Coal on the basis of Mines and Ivanhoe Mines relating to the calculation of coal tonnage levies by the Osborne Mine. Australian Coal Association and the Australian Coal Research Association under their Documented Royalty and Exploration respective Contribution Agreements. Consultancy Agreements for Zamia Metals.
Assisted in advising Beacon Hill Resources on a and time charter parties, long term contacts of Coal Mining Agreement in respect of production affreightment, freight forwarding arrangements from the Minas Moatize Coal Mine in and arrangements for the fixing of vessels. Mozambique. Advised on all aspects of shipping disputes, including sale of goods disputes, bill of lading Advised on private mineral and coal rights and and charterparty disputes, bulk and liquid cargo associated royalties arising from the terms of contamination and shortfall claims, charterparty, grants by the Crown of freehold land in the casualty and salvage arbitrations (in respect of Hunter Valley in New South Wales and the Mary both vessels and aircraft), and Court of Marine River Valley in Queensland. Inquiry proceedings (MV TNT Alltrans), and advised on, and secured, the arrest of vessels Advised on freehold sub-surface land ownership (MV Mare Italico, MV Maersk Sentosa) (and rights, including private mineral and coal rights, aircraft, acting for Aérospatiale). Assisted in and on compensation agreements with the Advising P and O on governmental requisition of freeholders of such sub-surface land for access vessels. for exploration. Advised on shipbuilding contracts, the transfer of Advised on applications for surface land title by ownership interests in vessels and on ship adverse possession under the Land Title Act mortgages. 1994 (Qld). Negotiated and documented for Pacific Coal in Advised quarry owners and operators on all 1986 some of the earliest coal sale agreements aspects of their extractive operations. for coal supply to Chinese steel mills.
Third Party Access Advised Metal and Mineral Resources on Sale, Agency and Sale Representation Agreements Advised Comalco and Hamersley Iron on their for coal, iron ore and manganese. private rail and electricity networks and on access principles to their port, road, rail, Assisted in advising Beacon Hill Resources on a electricity and other facilities. This involved high Coal Marketing Agreement and associated Coal level strategic advice on the possible impact of Prepayment and Loan Facility Agreements, Off- the Ely Project on Weipa infrastructure access. take Agreement, Master Coal Spot Sales Agreement, Shareholder Agreement and Advised the Dalrymple Bay Joint Venture on Transportation Agreement in respect of third party access principles. production from the Minas Moatize Coal Mine in Mozambique. Product Supply and Transportation Negotiated and documented Rail Freight, Advised on all aspects of long term and spot Transfer Facility and Coal Treatment, sale agreements, and agency and sales Infrastructure and Rail Crossings, and Port representation agreements, for bulk Facilities User Agreements with Queensland commodities, including alumina, bauxite, coal, Rail (Aurizon) and Queensland Ports copper concentrate, iron ore, iron pellets, kaolin, Corporation for the railing and shipment of bulk mineral sands, phosphate, potash, salt, and zinc commodities. concentrate. Advised Comalco and Hamersley Iron on all Advised on and documented alumina swap aspects of the operation of their port facilities at agreements. Weipa, Cape Lambert and Dampier.
Advised on specialist sale agreements for Advised other port authorities on all aspects of proppants, light and precious metals, including their operations. aluminium and tungsten, and for yellowcake. Advised Comalco and Hamersley Iron on all Advised on LME sales agreements. aspects of the operation of their private rail networks, including the procurement, operation Advised on sale agreements for finished, and maintenance of locomotives and rolling extruded metal products, including product stock. supply for use in construction and shipbuilding. Advised manufacturers, suppliers and operators Advised on the federal and state suite of Vienna of specialised mine transportation systems, Convention international sale of goods including underground mine and mine pit legislation. railways and haulage road vehicles, light rail, Advised on all aspects of the seaborne trade of suspended and straddle beam monorails, bulk and liquid commodities, including voyage overhead catenary systems (road, rail and
suspended transporters), aerial bucket systems Lobbied governments at senior executive and and belt conveyer and slurry pipeline systems. ministerial level, and prepared and presented submissions to government on mining and Advised Bougainville Copper, Comalco and Rio resources issues. Tinto on all aspects of the operation of their private aircraft fleet (Rio Tinto’s being operated Made submissions to, represented various in a joint venture with BHP Billiton, company and industry interests at, and Amalgamated Airlines), including the appeared before, Federal, State and Territory procurement of new aircraft. parliamentary committees and local authorities on mining and resources issues. Advised British Steel on road transportation arrangements. Liaised with all necessary government regulators for all required transactional approvals. Corporate and Commercial Represented various company interests on the Director and Company Secretary of Global Australian Minerals Council and various State Petroleum. Executive Director of Rio Tinto and Territory Minerals and Resources Councils Exploration and Rio Tinto Aluminium Smelter and other peak industry bodies, including the Development. Alternative Director of Rio Tinto Association of Mining and Exploration Aluminium. Company Secretary and General Companies, the Australian Aluminium Council, Counsel of Rio Tinto Aluminium Smelter the Australian Coal Association, the Australian Development, Rio Tinto Exploration, Sunshine Petroleum Exploration and Production Gas and Blue Energy. Secretary of the Association and the Clean Energy Council, and Operating Committee of the Sonoma Coal Joint represented the energy and resources sectors Venture. on various government and industry committees and working groups. Reviewed reports and announcements to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Ensured Responsible, as Manager Government and compliance with all exchange listing, reporting Public Affairs, as Comalco’s media spokesman and continuous disclosure requirements. and for all statements and releases to all media.
Additionally advised on the requirement for, and Participated on behalf of Rio Tinto in a review of the form and content of, expert reports under the Mining Act 1968 (Qld). Advised on the ASX Listing Rules and Regulatory Guides, Mineral Resources Bill which resulted in the including prospectus reports, reports on Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld). transactions requiring shareholder approval and reserves reports to the JORC Code and PRMS Litigation reporting standards. Managed significant litigation impacting on Negotiated and documented share sale and resource projects (including, class actions, purchase agreements in relation to entities litigation relating to tenements, landholder holding exploration and production assets, asset compensation and land access, patent litigation sale and purchase agreements in relation to and litigation seeking an accounting for profits) to direct exploration and production assets, and all contested hearings and trials in Australian State necessary ancillary documentation. and Federal Courts (and to contested appeals to appellate courts, including, the State Courts of Advised on the transfer duty and capital gains Appeal, the Full Federal Court and the High Court tax implications of share sale and purchase of Australia) and in superior and appellate courts agreements in relation to entities holding in London (including, the High Court of Justice, exploration and production assets, asset sale the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and, and purchase agreements in relation to direct previously, the House of Lords and the Privy exploration and production assets, and the Council) and other overseas jurisdictions transfer of tenements. (including, the European Court of Justice). Undertook the taking of evidence on commission Attended to the management and transfer of on behalf of United States Courts. Managed tenements and the noting of royalties, arbitration (including ICC and LMAA arbitration in mortgages, caveats and other security London), case appraisal, expert determination documentation against tenements. and other alternative dispute resolution processes, as well as having conducted, and Stakeholder Liaison represented parties at, mediations of large commercial disputes. Prosecuted and defended Represented various stakeholder interests on large scale mining, production and exploration all manner of interlocutory procedures, and the joint venture operating committees. taxation and assessment of contested legal costs.
Successfully pursued and defended equitable under the Lawn Hill Joint Venture between the remedies, including Mareva injunctions and parties of Rio Tinto Exploration’s discovery of Anton Piller orders, as well as specialised the Century Mine zinc, lead and silver deposits processes and procedures, such as tracing, in on Rio Tinto Exploration’s adjoining exploration litigation in Australian and overseas jurisdictions. tenements.
Additionally managed the defence of class Assisted in advising Hamersley Iron on action litigation in respect of the alleged arbitration proceedings with Hancock incidence of occupation asthma at the Boyne Prospecting and Wright Prospecting. Island, Bell Bay and Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelters. This involved an exhaustive review of Assisted in advising Bougainville Copper on the medical literature with eminent internationally landholder litigation brought in various recognised epidemiologists and respiratory jurisdictions, including the United States. specialists, reviewing the incidence of the condition at other Australian and overseas Assisted in advising on litigation in multiple aluminium smelters (including, the Anglesey overseas jurisdictions to enforce indemnity from Aluminium Smelter, being the same design as the business interruption insurers following the the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter), compiling a forced cessation of operations at Bougainville defence manual, and the development and Copper’s Panguna mine. implementation of a ‘state of the art/unavoidable Assisted in advising Mary Kathleen Uranium on incidence’ defence strategy. environmental litigation brought in various Advised Comalco regarding its successful jurisdictions, including the United States. defamation action against the Australian Represented Mary Kathleen Uranium in litigation Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in both the in the Queensland Supreme Court relating to Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court and environmental restoration of the mine site and on appeal to the Full Federal Court (Comalco v the surrender of the Mining Lease. ABC 50 ACTR 1 and 12 FCR 510) in response to an episode of the Four Corners television Advised Rio Tinto Exploration on litigation in the current affairs programme ‘Strangers In Their Victorian Supreme Court in relating to disputed Own Land’, on the appeal by the ABC to the exploration leases. High Court, subsequently abandoned, and on the terms of an agreed apology subsequently Advised on disputes under royalty agreements. broadcast. The judgment of the Full Federal Court is a leading authority on parliamentary Successfully defended actions against mine privilege. operators under the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) and the Workers’ Additionally advised Comalco in relation to Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) actionable imputations against it in the and predecessor legislation. documentary film ‘Couldn’t Be Fairer’ also broadcast by the ABC. Successfully defended actions for negligence against mine operators on the basis of the Advised Comalco on, and managed litigation in defence of inevitable accident. the Queensland Supreme Court to challenge, increases of royalties under the State Successfully claimed immunity for Sudley Agreement enshrined in the Comalco Act. Pastoral Company (a Comalco subsidiary Advised on the effect of Commonwealth undertaking commercial pastoral grazing Aluminium Corporation Limited v Attorney activities on the Comalco Bauxite Leases) under General for Queensland [1976] QdR 231 the House of Lords decision known as the rule in (Comalco Case). The Comalco Case is the Searle v Wallbank [1947] AC 341. Provided leading constitutional authority on the advice to coal, minerals and hydrocarbon amendment of Government Ratified Agreements explorers on their liabilities under compensation by subsequent legislation. arrangements with pastoralist landholders for negligence and nuisance under the rule in Advised Comalco in relation to patent litigation in Searle v Wallbank. Undertook an extensive the United States. review of the literature on the rule.
Assisted in advising Wimmera Industrial Represented various company interests at Minerals on patent litigation. Mining Wardens’ and Coronial Inquiries into fatal and non-fatal incidents at exploration and mining Advised Rio Tinto Exploration on, and managed, sites, and at minerals processing and other the successful defence of significant litigation industrial facilities. These included fixed wing brought in the Federal Court by Diversified Mineral Resources claiming non-disclosure
and helicopter aircraft accidents at exploration sites.
Successfully defended prosecutions for environmental, health and safety and other offences. Publications and Presentations
‘Energy Supply Risk Management’, AMPLA Queensland State Conference, Twin Waters, 1999.
‘Sovereign Risk and Undeveloped Leases’ (2003) 22 ARELJ 415.
‘EPC Contracts Master Class’, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur and Vung Tau, 2014, Johannesburg, 2015.
‘EPCIC Contracts Master Class’, Singapore, 2014.