Investment bank · Melbourne, Perth
BMO Capital Markets
- Deals
- 14
- M&A
- 7
- Equity raisings
- 7
- Latest
- Aug 2026
Deals
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14 of 14 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | FireFly Metals | – | – | Placement | Underwriter and bookrunner | Completed | 180.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)CIBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Hamilton Locke (issuer)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (issuer) | FireFly Metals placement |
| Jun 2026 | Cygnus Metals | – | Central Asia Metals | Scheme | Financial adviser to Central Asia Metals (acquirer) | Completed | 232.0 | Copper and base metals | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side)Fieldfisher (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)AMC Consultants (sell-side) | Central Asia Metals acquisition of Cygnus Metals |
| May 2026 | Ewoyaa Lithium Project | Elevra Lithium | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Elevra Lithium (seller) | Announced | 98.7 | Lithium and battery metals | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co acquisition of Ewoyaa Lithium Project | |
| Feb 2026 | PMET Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 150.6 | Lithium and battery metals | Raymond James (lead manager)National Bank Financial (lead manager)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (lead manager)Desjardins Capital Markets (lead manager)PearTree Securities (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)Norton Rose Fulbright (issuer)Allens (issuer)Rimon Law (issuer)Dentons Canada (lead manager) | PMET Resources placement |
| Feb 2026 | Marimaca Copper Corp. | Greenstone Resources II L.P. | – | Sell-down | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 297.3 | Copper and base metals | Beacon Securities (lead manager)National Bank Financial (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Marimaca Copper Corp. equity raising |
| Feb 2026 | Marimaca Copper Corp. | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 148.9 | Copper and base metals | Beacon Securities (lead manager)National Bank Financial (lead manager) | Marimaca Copper Corp. placement |
| Feb 2026 | Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Financial adviser to FireFly Metals (seller) | Completed | 47.4 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side) | Bellavista Resources acquisition of Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) |
| Feb 2026 | Hot Chili | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 40.0 | Copper and base metals | Veritas Securities (lead manager)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (lead manager)Desjardins Capital Markets (lead manager) | Hot Chili placement |
| Jan 2026 | Hecla Quebec | Hecla Mining Company | Orezone Gold | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Orezone Gold (acquirer) | Announced | 536.2 | Gold and silver | Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side)Cassels (sell-side) | Orezone Gold acquisition of Hecla Quebec |
| Dec 2025 | Predictive Discovery | – | Perseus Mining | Scheme | Financial adviser to Predictive Discovery (target) | Completed | 2,100.0 | Gold and silver | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Fasken (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side) | Perseus Mining acquisition of Predictive Discovery |
| Dec 2025 | FireFly Metals | – | – | Placement | Underwriter and bookrunner | Completed | 139.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Hamilton Locke (issuer)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (issuer) | FireFly Metals placement |
| Oct 2025 | Robex Resources | – | Predictive Discovery | Merger | Financial adviser to Predictive Discovery (acquirer) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | SCP Resource Finance (buy-side)Fasken (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Peloton Legal (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Simmons & Simmons (sell-side)Crux Law (sell-side)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (sell-side)Laurel Hill Advisory Group (sell-side) | Predictive Discovery and Robex Resources merger |
| Jul 2025 | American Rare Earths | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 15.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | American Rare Earths placement |
| Jun 2025 | Adriatic Metals | – | Dundee Precious Metals | Scheme | Financial adviser to Dundee Precious Metals (acquirer) | Completed | 1,997.6 | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Stikeman Elliott (sell-side)Tavistock (buy-side)BCLP (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Dundee Precious Metals acquisition of Adriatic Metals |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Macquarie Capital
2 dealsCompare - Stikeman Elliott2 dealsCompare
- Canaccord Genuity2 dealsCompare
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
2 dealsCompare - RBC Capital Markets1 dealCompare
- Stifel
1 dealCompare - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer1 dealCompare
- Peloton Legal1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- FireFly Metals3 deals
- Marimaca Copper Corp.2 deals
- Predictive Discovery2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A financial advisers, completed | #10 (4) | – |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
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