The firm’s mining lawyers represent a wide variety of domestic and international clients, ranging from junior exploration companies to large producing mining companies, as well as individuals and landowners. Our mining lawyers’ extensive domestic and international transactional experience includes mineral exploration and option agreements, mining leases, mining purchase and sale agreements, mineral exploration joint ventures and development and operating agreements. We have represented buyers and sellers in multi-million dollar transactions involving producing mines and processing facilities and regularly perform all associated due diligence, negotiations, documentation and closing matters for such transactions.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber mining lawyers advise clients on mining title and ownership issues, render mineral title opinions, consult on severed mineral rights, mineral royalties and associated rights and the respective rights of surface and subsurface owners, including access and surface use matters. We regularly advise landowners and mining clients on a wide array of federal, state and Tribal laws applicable to mineral exploration and development, such as exploration permits, state and federal mineral leases, patented and unpatented mining claims and transactions involving Tribal lands. Our mining lawyers have been involved in projects for sand and gravel, gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, zinc and uranium, among other commodities. In addition to transactional and property related services, our mining services include compliance, permitting and legislative and administrative matters. Lewis Roca Rothgerber’s mining lawyers work with a wide range of lawyers having legal experience in such areas as environmental and water law, civil litigation, financing, commercial, bankruptcy and mergers and acquisitions to deliver the best possible, cost effective legal services to our mining clients.