Ventum Financial

Karanjit BhugraPromotion

President

Ventum Financial Corp. → Ventum Financial Corp.

Promoted to President with executive leadership of capital markets and firm-wide strategic initiatives.

Asad SaidAppointment

Head of Capital Markets, Eastern Canada

— → Ventum Financial Corp.

Appointed to lead Eastern Canada capital markets; now Head of Capital Markets firm-wide per his current bio.

David CussonAppointment

CEO, Ventum Financial

Echelon Wealth Partners → Ventum Financial Corp.

Became CEO of the combined firm when the amalgamation closed; former Ventum CEO Jean-Paul Bachellerie became President and COO at that time.

Lantower Residential Real Estate Development Trust (No. 1) (approx. 70.9% interest in two Florida residential development projects)

Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Real Estate

Buyer H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (through H&R REIT (U.S.) Holdings Inc. and Lantower Residential LP) · Seller Lantower Residential Real Estate Development Trust (No. 1)

H&R REIT agreed to buy the development trust's roughly 70.9% stake in two Florida apartment projects for a gross price of about US$84.3 million in cash, after which the trust will wind up and distribute the proceeds. Because H&R is a related party, a special committee ran the deal and received a fairness opinion.

Atico Mining Corporation US$95 million project finance facility and US$16.4 million convertible debenture

Financial advisor to Atico on the credit facility and convertible debenture · Mining

Atico arranged a US$95 million secured project finance facility from Trafigura and a US$16.4 million convertible debenture with a Trafigura affiliate to build its La Plata gold-copper project.

Generation Mining Limited (bought deal public offering of common shares)

Syndicate member (underwriter) · Mining / Copper-Palladium Development

As part of a C$340 million final funding package for its Marathon copper-palladium mine, Generation Mining sold 312.5 million shares at C$0.64 in a C$200 million bought deal public offering, alongside a C$40 million concurrent private placement to Canada Growth Fund. Endeavour Financial acted as project financing advisor.

Canadian Copper Inc.

Financial Advisor · Mining (copper)

C$43.8M financing package; tombstone categorised as M&A Advisory.

Silver X Mining Corp.

Sole Agent & Sole Bookrunner · Mining (silver)

C$69M private placement of convertible notes.

MDT Sporting Goods

Exclusive Financial Advisor · Consumer / sporting goods

Refinancing and growth financing (debt capital markets).

Buffalo Potash Corp.

Lead & Bookrunner · Mining (potash)

C$7.8M private placement of subscription receipts.

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation

Underwriter (subscription receipts syndicate) · Food Products

Premium Brands completed $600 million of public subscription receipt and convertible debenture offerings plus a concurrent private placement; the original launch date is not given in the cited release.

NanoXplore Inc.

Co-Lead Underwriter & Sole Bookrunner · Advanced materials (graphene)

C$25.7M bought-deal private placement.

Collective Mining Ltd.

Underwriter · Mining (Gold/Copper)

Bought-deal public offering of common shares at C$19.00 for about C$125.4 million.

Osisko Development Corp.

Underwriter · Mining (Gold)

Underwritten offering under an underwriting agreement dated August 15, 2025 (date used is the agreement date).

Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust

Independent financial advisor and valuator to the REIT independent committee; formal valuation and fairness opinion · Real Estate (REIT)

Buyer Melcor Developments Ltd.

Melcor Developments agreed to acquire the units of Melcor REIT it did not already own (about 45%) for C$4.95 per unit in cash via plan of arrangement; the deal was later amended in November 2024.

High Tide Inc.

Financial advisor in arranging the facility · Cannabis retail

High Tide closed the first draw of a C$15 million subordinated secured debenture facility with lenders, with share issuances to the lenders.

Nova Royalty Corp.

Financial advisor to the Nova board and special committee (as PI Financial Corp.) · Mining Royalties

Buyer Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd.

Metalla agreed to acquire Nova Royalty by plan of arrangement after an auction run by Nova, alongside a C$65 million strategic partnership with Beedie Capital.

Reunion Neuroscience Inc.

Fairness opinion to Reunion (as PI Financial Corp.) · Healthcare / Biotech

Buyer MPM BioImpact

MPM BioImpact agreed to take Reunion Neuroscience private in a US$13.1 million transaction by plan of arrangement.

Pitarrilla project (Mexico)

Financial advisor to Endeavour Silver (as PI Financial) · Mining (Silver)

Buyer Endeavour Silver Corp. · Seller SSR Mining Inc.

SSR Mining agreed to sell the Pitarrilla silver project to Endeavour Silver for up to US$127 million in cash, shares and a royalty.

Nanotech Security Corp.

Financial advisor to Nanotech (as Echelon Capital Markets) · Technology (Security Features / Nanotech)

Buyer Meta Materials Inc.

Meta Materials agreed to acquire Nanotech for $1.25 per share in cash, about $90.8 million on a fully diluted basis.

48North Cannabis Corp.

Fairness opinion to the 48North board (as Echelon Wealth Partners Inc.) · Cannabis

Buyer HEXO Corp.

HEXO agreed to acquire 48North in an all-share arrangement valued at about $50 million on an enterprise value basis.

Photon Control Inc.

Financial advisor and fairness opinion to Photon Control (as Echelon Capital Markets) · Technology (Optical Sensors)

Buyer MKS Instruments, Inc.

MKS Instruments agreed to acquire Photon Control for $3.60 per share, about $387 million.

Zenabis Global Inc.

Financial advisor and fairness opinion to Zenabis (as Echelon Capital Markets) · Cannabis

Buyer HEXO Corp.

HEXO agreed to acquire Zenabis in an all-share arrangement valued at about $235 million.

Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.

Fairness opinion to the special committee (as PI Financial Corp.) · Mining (Gold)

Buyer Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd

Osisko agreed to acquire the Barkerville shares it did not own in an all-share deal implying C$0.58 per share and a total equity value of about C$338 million.

Rye Patch Gold Corp.

Strategic advisor to Alio Gold (as PI Financial Corp.) · Mining

Buyer Alio Gold Inc.

Alio Gold agreed to acquire Rye Patch Gold by plan of arrangement at 0.48 Alio shares per Rye Patch share, valuing Rye Patch equity at about C$128 million.