Deborah J. Friedman

Deborah Friedman has represented major, mid-tier, and
junior mining companies in finance, acquisition, disposition, and other
transactions and matters in South and Central America (including Chile,
Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, and Panama), the Pacific Rim (including Australia,
Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Singapore), and Africa (including South
Africa and Ghana). She has acted as counsel to both sellers and buyers in
public and private company transactions and to participants in complex joint ventures
and strategic alliances. She has handled commercial, export credit, and project
financing transactions within and outside the U.S. She also has experience in
large and small mine construction and development.

Prior to joining Davis Graham in 1999, Deborah served in various positions in the law departments of Cyprus Amax
Minerals Company and AMAX Gold Inc. for 16 years. She was general counsel and associate
general counsel of Cyprus Amax and general counsel of AMAX Gold. She has also
served as general counsel of Apex Silver Mines Limited and Golden Minerals
Company.