Welcome back to Toronto for PDAC 2026. We’re excited to host you in our hometown for a week of connection and conversation and look forward to seeing you at our events throughout the week.
Mike Pickersgill (00:05): Hi, I'm Mike Pickersgill, the head of Torys’ Mining and Metals Practice. Welcome back to snowy Toronto for another PDAC conference. We're delighted to be joining you, the leaders and experts of the mining industry, for a week of events, reconnecting and dialogue, and hopefully some fun along the way. As Canada's mining sector continues to gain momentum on the back of metals prices, as well as the geopolitical trends that are accelerating critical minerals project development in Canada, we're excited about the prospects for the industry.
Just last year, we saw the value of Canadian metals and mining deals increase to their highest level in the past six years, and our clients in the mining sector are adapting to the opportunities before them through creative joint venture and partnership structures to develop projects, as well as consolidation transactions to optimize synergies. Throughout PDAC, Torys will be hosting a series of events to engage more on these major trends and developments.
Visit torys.com to learn more about how to connect throughout the week of the conference.
This fireside chat with Canada’s Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, The Honourable Tim Hodgson, RBC President and CEO Dave McKay and Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad will explore the growing geopolitical and economic importance of critical minerals and how Canada is poised to become a critical minerals superpower.
MAR 2, 2026
Designed exclusively for young professionals, this event offers an opportunity to connect with emerging leaders and industry peers.
MAR 3 , 2026
Partner Valerie Helbronner will speak on the panel “Financial innovations for equity partnerships: Federal and provincial loan guarantees as a catalyst for Indigenous-led development and Canada's trade future”.
MAR 3 , 2026
Hosted in collaboration with the IBA and ITA, this forum offers arbitrators, arbitration counsel and in-house counsel an opportunity to exchange experiences and address emerging concerns in transnational arbitration.
MAR 4 , 2026
Conveniently located in Toronto’s financial district, Torys’ office is steps away from Union Station and less than a 10-minute walk to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
79 Wellington St. W.
33rd Floor (reception)
TD South Tower
Toronto, ON M5K 1N2
Torys is acting as counsel to Anglo American in its proposed merger of equals with Teck Resources to create a US$57 billion global critical minerals champion and the fifth largest copper producer in the world
Torys acted as counsel to Alamos Gold in an arbitral claim brought by its Netherlands subsidiaries against the Republic of Türkiye, under the Netherlands-Türkiye Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), in connection with the development of its Türkiye project
Torys acted as counsel to Orion Mine Finance in a US$250 million financing package to Lithium Americas Corp. for the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass lithium project in northern Nevada
Torys is acting as counsel to Vale Base Metals in its negotiation of an agreement with Glencore Canada Corporation to jointly evaluate development of a copper project at adjacent properties in the Sudbury Basin in northern Ontario, including the framework for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture to develop any resulting project
