“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
— Greek Proverb

“In our experience, a successful buy-side mandate is achieved through trust, teamwork, hard work & an unwavering desire to succeed. Johnston-Sequoia Capital Corp. always works in close cooperation with our client’s senior management, board of directors, investment banking partners as well as other advisors to assist in bringing each of our clients to the next level.”

— Matt W. Johnston – President, Johnston-Sequoia Capital Corp.

“Every investment boom reflects the society that spawned it”
— The Economist

Highlights:

• Salares Lithium Inc. (TSX.V:LIT) & Talison Lithium Ltd. (TSX: TLH) create the world’s largest producing lithium company in a $350,000,000 merger. (2010-07-15)
• Part of a group raising over $250,000,000 in equity financing since June 2008
• Involvement has assisted in a 700% average increase in market capitalization
• Involvement has assisted in a combined CAD$1,250,000,000 in mergers and acquisitions since July 2010
• World’s largest pure lithium production company begins trading on the TSX. (2010-09-23)
• Terraco Gold Corp.(TSX.V:TEN) acquires Western Standard Metals in a CAD$64,000,000 merger. (2011-01-24)
• Terraco Gold Corp. (TSX.V: TEN) acquires royalty option up to 2.5% NSR on the Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) / Midway Gold Corp. (AMEX: MDW) Spring Valley Gold Deposit, Nevada (2011-12-22)
• Terraco Gold Corp. (TSX.V: TEN) acquires a second royalty option up to 1% NSR on the Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) / Midway Gold Corp. (AMEX: MDW) Spring Valley Gold Deposit, Nevada (2012-03-13)
• Minmetals Resources Ltd. (HKSE: 1208) acquires a combined 17.74% of Sama Resources Inc. (TSX.V: SME) for CAD$7,380,000 & 19.9% with pre-emptive right to maintain on a fully diluted basis (2011-06-28 [6.1%], 2012-05-23 [9.4%] & 2013-05-09 [2.24%])
• Rockwood Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ROC) bids CAD$724,000,000 ($6.50 per share) to acquire 100% control of Talison Lithium Ltd. (TSX: TLH) (2012-08-23)
• Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group Ltd. acquires 100% control of Talison Lithium Ltd. (TSX: TLH) for CAD$848,000,000 ($7.50 per share – 2013-03-26)
• Terraco Gold Corp. (TSX.V: TEN) acquires a third royalty option up to 0.5% (3% Total) NSR on the Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) / Midway Gold Corp. (AMEX: MDW) Spring Valley Gold Deposit, Nevada (2013-06-29)
• *** Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) Completes the Acquisition of 49% Interest in Talison Lithium (2014-05-28)
• *** Albermale Corpration (NYSE: ALB) and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) Announce Merger to Create a Premier Spcialty Chemicals Company (2014-07-14)
• Terraco Gold Closes US$19 Million (CAD$24.6m) Transaction and Excercises Spring Valley Royalties (2016-06-17)
• Terraco Gold exercises ROFR to acquire an additional 0.5% Perimeter NSR at Waterton’s Spring Valley Gold Project, Nevada (2017-02-01)
• Sama Resources Inc. and HPX TechCo Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership (CAD$30,000,000) to Develop the Côte d’Ivoire Nickel-Copper and Cobalt Project (2017-10-23)
• Sama Resources Inc. Announces Closing of Strategic Investment (CAD$30,000,000) with High Power Exploration Inc. to Develop the Côte d’Ivoire Nickel-Copper and Cobalt Project (2018-04-13)
• Sailfish Royalty to Acquire Terraco Gold, Creating a New Growth-Oriented Royalty Company (2019-06-20)
• Sailfish Royalty Completes Acquisition of Terraco Gold, Creating a New Growth-Oriented Royalty Company (2019-08-19)
• La Mancha Acquires 19.9% Stake in SRG for CAD$13,000,000 (2022-03-16)
• C-ONE to acquire 19.4% stake in SRG CAD$16,900,000 (2023-07-10)

*** Did not advise on this transaction