Holland & Hart represented Kinterra Capital Corp. (Kinterra), a private equity firm specializing in developing the critical materials and strategic infrastructure necessary for the global energy transition, and its affiliate Southwest Critical Materials LLC, on its acquisition of the Pumpkin Hollow Copper Project (Pumpkin Hollow) from Nevada Copper, Inc.
With this acquisition, Kinterra now controls more than 11 billion pounds of copper across its portfolio of projects in the United States. Located in Yerington, Nevada, Pumpkin Hollow spans 22,862 acres and consists of two primary assets: a large-scale, permitted, open-pit copper project and a fully constructed underground copper mine with significant, recently constructed infrastructure. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy officially recognized copper as a critical mineral due to increasing demands for the commodity as the U.S. shifts towards cleaner energy sources. Pumpkin Hollow stands as one of the United States’ key sources of future domestic copper supply.
For more information, please see Kinterra’s press release.
Holland & Hart represented Kinterra on Nevada and federal mining legal issues, including land and mineral title, environmental permitting, water rights, energy, employment law, and local bankruptcy issues. The multidisciplinary team was led by the firm’s Mining industry co-Leader Laura Granier, with subject matter expertise assistance from Erica Nannini, Karol Kahalley, Lynn Kornfeld, Dora Lane, Dave Glynn, Matt Ochs, Timothy Lukas, Cyndy Arnold, and Lori Argall, among others.
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