2009
Ventana Gold Corp.
Bought Deal Private Placement
We acted as counsel to Ventana Gold Corp. in respect its $40 million bought deal equity financing that completed on October 30, 2009. The financing was underwritten by a syndicate led by TD Securities Inc. and including Canaccord Capital Corporation, CIBC World Markets Inc., GMP Securities L.P., and Thomas Weisel Partners Canada Inc. On closing, Ventana sold an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares at $10.00 per share. Ventana is a Vancouver-based mineral exploration and development company with rights to 4,573 hectares of exploration property in northeastern Colombia. The shares of Ventana are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.