Sneak Preview: Mergers & Acquisitions in Mining Tech with Ivan Gustavino
In this sneak preview, Ax Legal’s Managing Partner Cody McFarlane speaks with Ivan Gustavino, Managing Director at Atrico, who has advised over 100 high-growth companies in mining, industrial tech, and software. With M&A activity heating up, Ivan breaks down what investors and buyers really look for in mining technology companies today.
Water issues in Latin America are very important, particularly in Chile, given the reduced rain fall which has limited fresh water for agriculture and personal use over the past 10 years. Companies such as Utilis are providing technologies that are helping water utilities to save water and increase efficiencies of their distribution systems
The Ministry of Mining and Energy reported that a total of 100 mining projects had their environmental permits approved during the first quarter of 2021. Future global growth in the mining industry will mainly be from copper and lithium. Chile has a fantastic copper project pipeline and abundant lithium.
We set out this year to interview operational and managerial staff from both the Chilean and Peruvian mining industry. We provide the number one piece of advice that came from those interviews.
Foreign companies will often use joint ventures to enter a new market or to assist on a specific project. We provide a high level practical overview of how they can be structured in Chile.
Many companies will choose to sell their product through a distributor when looking at international markets. To avoid problems, you should follow some of our practical tips that we have learned from helping our clients over the years.
Peru already has a project portfolio of 46 projects requiring investment of US$56.2bn. Peru is expecting investments of around US$5.2bn in mining construction this year and a little over US$6 billion for 2022.
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