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John Jentz

Director
Mergers & Acquisitions
+1 416.815.1549
jjentz@tweisel.com


John Jentz is a Director in Mergers & Acquisitions at Thomas Weisel Partners. He came to Thomas Weisel Partners in January 2008 as part of the Westwind Partners acquisition, where he served as a Director, after joining the firm in 2005. John is based in Toronto. His prior experience includes more than 10 years at Bear, Stearns & Co., National Bank Financial and Orenda Corporate Finance. John received an MBA from McMaster University, an HBSc. degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Chartered Accountant designation.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Semafo
SMF-T FO $25.0 CAD 11/13/07
Aura Gold/Arapiraca
ORA-T M&A $211.0 CAD 7/18/07
Monster Copper/Mega Uranium
MNS-V M&A $51.7 CAD 7/6/07
Globestar Mining
GMI-T PP $31.8 CAD 5/29/07
AfriOre Ltd./Lonmin PLC
AFO-T M&A $496.4 CAD 2/16/07
Ecstall Mining/Mantle Resources
-- M&A $20.0 CAD 2/16/07
Osisko Exploration
OSK-V PP $80.5 CAD 2/8/07
Semafo
SMF-T FO $77.0 CAD 11/10/06
High Plains Uranium/Energy Metals
HPU-CA M&A $52.8 CAD 9/30/06
Globestar Mining
GMI-T PP $30.0 CAD 8/1/06
Semafo
SMF-T FO $25.6 CAD 7/13/06
Grandview Gold Inc.
GVX-T M&A Undisclosed 5/30/06
Baja Mining Corp.
BAJ-T PP $14.5 CAD 4/13/06
Canada Cartage Diversified Income Fund
TRK.U-T IPO $118.3 CAD 3/14/06
Afcan Mining Corp./Eldorado
AFK-T M&A $114.0 CAD 9/20/05

TWP transactions indicated in bold.