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Practice Areas: Natural Resources Law; Mining Law; Oil and Gas Law; ANCSA; Commercial Transactions.  

Additional Information: Tau Beta Pi. Author: "Liability of Lawyers to Third Parties for Negligent or Questionable
Advice or Opinions," 43rd Annual Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst., 1997; "The Great Land Divided But
Not Conquered: The Effects of Statehood, ANCSA, and ANILCA on Alaska," 34th Annual Rocky
Mt. Min. L. Inst., 1988; "Alaska Lands and Mineral Interests," Title VI, American Law of Mining,
Second Edition, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1984. Trustee, Rocky Mountain
Mineral Law Foundation, 1988- .

MEMBER: Alaska (Chairman, Natural Resources Law Section, 1984-1988; Chairman,
Law-Related Education Committee, 1986-1987) and American (Vice Chairman, Hard Minerals
Committee SONREEL, 1991-1993; Vice-Chairman, Ethics Committee SONREEL, 1997-1998)
Bar Associations.

TRANSACTIONS: Alaska United Fiber Optic Cable Financing (1998-1999); Upland Mining
Lease between Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority and Newmont Alaska LLC (1998);
Exploration Agreement and Option to Lease between Doyon, Limited and Ventures Resources
Alaska Corporation (1996); Illinois Creek Mine Financing (1996); Fort Knox Mine Financing
(1995); Red Dog Mine Refinancing (1995); Nixon Fork Mine Financing (1995); BP Acquisition of
Milne Point Unit (1993-1994); Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc. Acquisition of Major Permits for the
Fort Knox Mine (1993-1994); Agreement for the Purchase of Electric Power for the Fort Knox
Mine (1993); Illinois Creek Joint Venture between North Pacific Mining Corporation and Echo Bay
Exploration Inc. (1993); Cambior Inc. Acquisition of Camindex Interest in Valdez Creek Placer
(1991); Cambior Inc. Gold Loan and Hedging Facility to MVP Capital Corp. (1990); Exploration
Agreement and Option to Lease between Bering Straits Native Corporation and Kennecott
Exploration Company (1990); BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (1989); Red Dog Mine Financing
(1988).