Services Offered:
Raise Capital Efficiently
Selecting appropriate capital structure and identifying optimal financing sources
Provide access to private equity and hedge fund investors as well as conventional lenders
Sourcing, structuring, arranging and negotiating senior, subordinated and convertible debt
Preparing and evaluating Financing Feasibility Studies and Information Memoranda
Advising on U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Programs
Project, Leveraged and Corporate Finance
Reducing Costs of Capital
Negotiating debt amendments, refinancings, covenant relief and debt extensions
Structuring fixed and sliding scale royalty agreements for tax and cash flow efficiency
Utilizing credit capacity and financing benefits of suppliers and customers
Managing Commodity Risk Exposures
Evaluating commodity price risks and developing risk management strategies
Assisting in the development and execution of effective commodity trading programs
Hedging byproduct metals while preserving unhedged primary metal production
Analyzing and managing interest rate and currency risk exposures
Assessing counter-party credit risks and mitigation strategies
Realizing Maximum Value from Capital Resources
Evaluating acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
Identifying opportunities to capture high prices through monetization of byproduct metals
Pension liability and funding solutions