Gold exploration company being advised on listing
Public unlisted Australian gold exploration company Barton Gold Holdings is being advised by Ashurst on its pre-IPO restructuring and fundraising and then IPO.

Firm: Ashurst (Barton Gold Holdings).
Value: $15 million.
Area: Capital markets.
Key players: The Ashurst team was led by partner Murray Wheater, who was supported by partners Anita Cade and Andrew Gay, counsel Ethan Perry and Michael Voros, senior associates Fran Barber, Cheyne Hansen, Christopher Barry, Jacinta Pitos, lawyers Davy Hu, Kerry Liang, Chelsey Schroeter, Ferdous Bahar and trainee Joanna Ma.
Deal significance: Mr Wheater said: “We are delighted to be advising Barton Gold Holdings on its A$15 million IPO to accelerate exploration of two large-scale, historically under-explored mineral systems.
“Capital raised from the IPO will go toward assessing the true scale and potential of what is South Australia’s largest undeveloped gold project.”

Jerome Doraisamy
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