Purcell Basin Minerals, Bul River Mineral Corporation, Gallowai Metal Mining, Grand Mineral Corporation and Stanfield Mining Group

Purcell Basin Minerals, Bul River Mineral Corporation, Gallowai Metal Mining, Grand Mineral Corporation and Stanfield Mining Group, Cranbrook, British Columbia-based developers of mineral resources and a mining property near the Rocky Mountains, filed for protection under the CCAA on May 29. Purcell had acquired the mine and the other petitioners in 2014 by way of a court-sanctioned plan of arrangement in the Stanfield CCAA proceedings. A year later, Brendan MacMillan, who was the sole director and officer of Purcell at that time, took some steps to further the development of the mine. However, he also caused the company to, among other things, secure his claimed compensation and issue three million shares to him. In 2016, two of Purcell's shareholders successfully challenged these transactions as being oppressive. Since the implementation of the Stanfield plan of arrangement, Purcell's business has been hampered by the oppressive actions of MacMillan and by litigation involving Purcell, its lenders and its shareholders. The company currently has no cash on hand, no income and no inflow of equity capital. The company will use the CCAA proceedings to, among other things, conduct a claims process to determine the validity and status of all creditors' claims, restructure its secured debt and seek new capital. MNP was appointed monitor. Counsel is Gowling WLG for the companies and Lawson Lundell for the monitor.