Jay Evans-Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Melbourne | Perth

TAS Legal is a boutique mining and exploration law firm. Established in 2010, TAS Legal's principals have extensive experience in administration of routine and complex mining and exploration matters. With offices in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, TAS Legal practices exclusively in Mining and Exploration law.Areas of Practice Mining and Resources, Oil and Gas Overview of Experience Successful completion of the following due diligences for public IPOs: • Canterbury Resources Ltd, Qld, PNG, Vanuatu due diligence; • Invictus Gold ltd (Qld, WA); • IPB Petroleum Ltd (North West Shelf); • AED Oil Ltd;• Signature Gold Ltd (Qld) in LSX listing; and • Aphrodite Gold Ltd / Spitfire Materials Ltd merger Successful completion of other large scale corporate reports for commercial in confidence mergers and acquisitions. • Interpretation of statutory, legal and business documents within the mining industry world-wide; • Independent specialist for due diligence; • Analysis of mining tenements as defined by the Australian JORC Code; and • Advise a range of companies in receivership and insolvency matters with relation to mining tenements.

Australia (Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane)

Founder and Managing DirectorTenement Administration Services (TAS) specialises in international and domestic mineral land administration in Australasia, North America, and Africa.Founded in 1988 by Jay Evans-Wheeler, TAS offers our clients a range of services including: • Tenement Services• Tenure Troubleshooting• Native Title• Landowner Negotiation• Geological Reporting• Environmental Services• Legal Services TAS has provided services to BHP Billiton Ltd, Rio Tinto Ltd, Fortescue Metals Group, Canterbury Resources Limited, Newcrest Ltd, the Victorian Government, and a range of Australian and international mining and resources companies. Services provided by TAS in performing tenement management for clients include, but are not limited to, the following:• Monitoring and surveillance of ground available for acquisition• Marking out, preparation and lodgement of applications for all types of mining and exploration tenements in Australia, including:• Application forms• Requisite maps• Pro forma exploration programmes• Advertising• Notification of landowners, landholders, councils and aboriginal bodies• Coordination of aboriginal requirements through to grant of the tenement Identification of background land tenure, including tenements, land descriptions, property owners and archival research, and• Comprehensive notifications to client management of matters arising and completed during the month, or a shorter agreed period, including identification of issues or problems requiring resolution or decision

Surat Basin, Queensland Australia

A leading global resources company• First female project geologist working on an Australian oil rig• Supervising and coordinating drilling test results and attendant staff

Bsc(Hons) (1St), Geology (Volcanology And Sedimentology), H1

Activities and Societies: University Blue (Water Skiing)

Llb, Law, Specialising In Mining Law

Mbus(Acc), Accounting

Grad.Dip.Cm, Governance Institute (Corp Management)

Graduate examinations for the (London) Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Governance Institute (Australia)

Hsc, Classics, Sciences