Practical Solutions across the Entire project life-cycle
At Hardies Lawyers, we live and breathe the mining and resources sector while staying connected to the Western Australian market.
For more than 20 years we've supported founders, senior executives, and boards with practical, real-world solutions across the entire project life-cycle.
Whether you're scaling up a new venture or raising capital for your next drilling program, we offer practical advice and agile execution to help give you a bigger piece of that elusive pie called 'peace of mind'.
Capital Raising
Advance your mining projects with strategic capital
We help junior explorers secure equity and debt capital to advance their pre-revenue exploration projects. From seed rounds to IPOs and secondary raisings, we provide practical, end-to-end legal support tailored to fast-moving exploration companies.
How we can help you
- Seed capital and pre-IPO offerings
- Negotiating mandates and terms sheets
- IPOs and recapitalisations
- Rights issues, placements, and SPPs
- Offer documentation and due diligence
- Subscription deeds and convertible notes
- Performance rights and option plans
- Related party transactions
- Drafting notice of meeting documents
- Share buy-backs and capital reductions
Project Development
Develop your mining projects from discovery to production
We partner with exploration companies to de-risk their project assets. From securing tenure and regulatory approvals to reporting on resource definition and feasibility studies, we help junior explorers build a bankable pathway to commercial mining operations.
How we can help you
- Title searches and tenement due diligence
- Negotiating asset purchase agreements
- Land access and compensation agreements
- Mining law advice and regulatory approvals
- Mineral tenement and tenure reports
- Mining services and drilling contracts
- Joint ventures and operating agreements
- Drafting farm-in/ farm-out agreements
- Project finance and mine construction
- Mineral off-take and royalty agreements
ASX Compliance
Seamless ASX compliance and corporate governance solutions
We simplify the complexities of ASX Listing Rules and corporate governance, ensuring ongoing compliance, risk mitigation, and clear market communication for listed companies.
How we can help you
- Expert advice on continuous disclosure
- Reviewing ASX announcements
- Periodic reporting and JORC compliance
- ASX price queries and aware letters
- Trading halts, suspensions, and removal
- ASX Corporate Governance Principles
- Appointment and removal of directors
- Directors' duties and responsibilities
- Board reporting frameworks and policies
- Company secretarial support
