Susan J. Mitchell is the founding member and President of S. Mitchell & Associates, LLC based in New York. The firm as it is today began in 2003.

Susan’s professional record has been built as a highly organized strategic thinker, trained initially in international economics and finance at McGill University.
Susan works with Client management to identify specific client needs and implement optimal solutions.

Her career grew from detailed economic analysis and forecasting into complex multinational, multi-sponsor, multi-commodity project finance and M&A transactions in the natural resource industry.

Her corporate affiliations have been as follows:

1982-1992 Senior Manager, Corporate and Project Finance, CIBC, Toronto, Canada

1993-1994 Thunderbird: American Graduate School of International Management – MIM/MBA

1995-1999 Director, Treasury, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Denver, CO

1999-2000 Managing Director, Structured Finance, METALS AND MINING, WestLB, New York, NY

2001-2003 Director, Risk Solutions, Standard & Poors, New York, NY

2003 – present President, S. Mitchell & Associates, LLC, New York, NY

Sample Transactions

S. Mitchell & Associates, LLC has extensive transaction experience particularly in the Americas but also in Europe, Africa and Australasia acting as principal, as project sponsor, as lead banker, advisor and/or investor relations. The transactions listed below represent those solely of the President. A more complete list is available to our clients as Associates bring their expertise to the team. Selected transactions include:

North America

Project	Location	Role
Bullmoose Coal	Canada	Lead Bank of Project Finance of Joint Venture partner
Dee Gold Mining	US	Lead Bank of Project Finance
Marigold Mining	US	Lead Bank of Project Finance
Eldorado Nuclear	Canada	Financing Structuring of Merger Financing with SMDC
Peace River Energy	Canada	Strategic Advice on development and financial structure
Arriba Energy Corp	US	President to launch this start-up oil & gas company

South America

Project	Location	Role
El Abra	Chile	Corporate Restructuring
Antamina	Peru	Co-lead on Project Financing
Alumbrera	Argentina	Project Financing Restructuring
Refugio	Chile	Corporate Restructuring
Foote Minerals	Chile	Financial Restructuring

Mexico

Project	Location	Role
El Chenate	Mexico	Financing Strategy
Grupo Mexico	Mexico/US	Lead Bank in Acquisition of Asarco

Australia

Project	Location	Role
Oakbridge Coal	Australia	Structured and Closed Acquisition Financing of Springvale Coal