Pre-conference Workshops

• Overview
• Industry schematic

• Formation of the Earth, rock types, basic structures
• Mineral groups, metals properties
• Geological processes
• Resource/reserve definitions
• Location of the world’s mineral wealth

• Surface mining methods
• Underground mining methods
• Equipment review

•     The main metallurgical processes, and the beneficiation of ore
• Metals transportation and warehousing, pricing mechanisms

• Supply, demand and costs
• Market structure
• The role of prices and substitution

• Financing requirements and investment options throughout the lifecycle of a mining company
• Timing your investment: Guide to the key points where value is added from discovery to production
• Understanding key risks impacting exploration company investment
• Key success factors to look for in a potential investment

Lawrence Roulston, Editor, Resource Opportunities

• Understanding the global nature of the natural resources sector
• Guide to the differing roles of the world’s key listing markets for natural resources: ASX, TSX, LSE and HKEX
• Strategies to ensure due diligence and mitigate risk when investing in companies operating and listed overseas
• Lessons from case studies of HK investment into global resources companies

Christopher Justice, Managing Director, Quam (H.K.)

• Challenges of measuring reserves and resources and impact on valuation
• Factoring project and country risk into valuations
• Pros and cons of differing valuation strategies
• Valuation case studies

Led by Roma Group

• Understanding the full range of risks impacting a mining project
• Key risk factors to look for when considering an investment – How can risks be minimised
• Country risk – comparing and contrasting risk across key mining regions
• Risk transfer and insurance

John Holmes, SVP, Mining Practice Leader, Asia, Marsh