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Tian Yuan has been providing high-quality professional services to domestic and foreign clients, such as a number of Canadian mining and exploration companies engaged in venture exploration and mining business, to facilitate their mineral and natural resources development projects and operations in China and abroad. Along with the rapid growth of investment in mineral and natural resources, the work of Tian Yuan attorneys on projects of mineral and natural resources exploration, mining and joint development has bean increasing substantially during the past years. Tian Yuan attorneys have worked on many mineral and natural resources projects in the northwestern, northeastern and Inner-Mongolian regions, and in Jiangxi and other provinces in China, covering petroleum, coal bed methane, oil shale, gold, diamond, coal, copper, dolomite and rare earth. Our services in this area mainly include:
- Investment or acquisition project structuring
- Legal due diligence investigation
- Preparing and issuing title opinions for the foreign companies to start exploration projects in China
- Advising foreign companies on establishing entities in China to undertaking exploration and mining business, such as joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs)
- Preparing and reviewing project documents, such as product allocation agreement, mining title transfer agreement, joint exploration agreement, Chinese-foreign joint venture contracts and articles of association (in both English and Chinese)
- Participating in project negotiations
- Assisting in establishing venture exploration entities and mining development companies, including Chinese-foreign joint ventures and WFOEs
- Advising and assisting in obtaining and transferring exploration permits
- Advising and assisting clients in their mine or mining company acquisition projects in China
- Assisting clients in selecting qualified appraisers for mine evaluation when needed for the projects
- Advising on and assisting in completing related government and statutory registration procedures, such as applying for approval, filing for the record, and registration
- Assisting clients in contacting and coordinating the relationship with relevant Chinese authorities in charge of natural resources administration and mineral exploration and development
- Providing legal services for project financing
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