Conference Day One

Day One
Tuesday, December 4

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Mines and Money 2011 conference programme:

09.00    SESSION 1: The State of Global Mining
Chair & Introduction: Vladimir Kuznetsov, Earthstone Holdings Ltd
Earthstone: Turning around a Project from Concept to Completion in less than 6 months in a new country

09.10 Keynote presentation: Resource nationalism – The way ahead
Brian Menell; CEO, Kemet Group and former head of Anglovaal Mining
•    Examination of mining’s role in filling the gaps in national budgets
•    How can resource nationalism be harnessed to everyone’s benefit?
•    The four principles that need to be applied

09.30 Exploration & Discovery – A Major’s Perspective
Graham Brown, Group head GeoSciences, Anglo American
•    Strategic drivers
•    Advancing exploration frontiers
•    Discovery track-record

9.50 Funding for exploration
Lee Downham Global Mining & Metals Transaction Advisory Services Leader, Ernst & Young
•    Recent fund raising trends in the mining and metals sector
•    Exploration funding and the impact on M&A across the sector

10.10 Building a gold-mining company in Africa
Mark Bristow, CEO, Randgold Resources
•    What it takes to build a mine in Africa
•    Operating considerations in developing nations
•    Growing and consolidating; company and country

10.30 Q & A

10.40 Investor Spotlight
Chair: Chris Baker, Investment Manager, Caledonia Investments
10.40 Great Basin Gold – Michael Curlook, Manager of Investor Relations & Corporate Development
10.50 Mundoro Capital – Teo Dechev, CEO & president
11.00 Nautilus Minerals – Shontel Norgate, CFO
11.10 Woulfe Mining – Brian Wesson, CEO & president
11.20 Rio Alto Mining – Alex Black, director, president & COO
11.30 Kopy Goldfields – Mikhail Damrin, CEO
11.40 Golden Rim Resources – Craig Mackay, managing director

11.50    SESSION 2: Mine Finance Insight
Chair: David Glennie, european partner, Blake Cassels & Graydon

11.55 Succeeding in financing a mine
Vaughan Wickins, director mining and metals, Standard Bank
•    Is financing readily available? Recent examples
•    What works in the new funding environment?
•    What can companies do to ensure successful financing?

12.15 The global capital markets – how does your equity story fit?
Jason Burkitt, partner EU & M, PricewaterhouseCoopers
•    Global overview and trends in the mining sector
•    The importance of the right equity story
•    Getting IPO ready

12.35 Making a success of an equity capital raising
Mark Tyler, co-head, mining & resources, Nedbank Capital
•    Adhering to reporting standards
•    Growing the technical skills of your board
•    Exploring listing opportunities around the world to match your needs

12.55 Q & A

13.00-14.30 WORKSHOP: Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange:  Accessing the World’s Largest Natural Resource Market

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13.00 SPECIAL SESSION ON REGIONAL HOTSPOTS

13.05 Afghanistan – H.E. Wahidullah Shahrani, Minister of Mines
13.25 South Australia – Mike Rann MP, former Premier SA

13.45 Session 3: Investment Fundamentals
Chair & Introduction: Richard Fifer, Chairman, Petaquilla Minerals

14.00 Surprises in the developing supply pipeline
Michael Chender, founder & CEO, Metals Economics Group
•    An examination of exploration activity and new discoveries in the past year
•    What are the relevant trends in commodity and country preferences, and in M&A
•    What are the likely impacts on upcoming commodity supply

14.20 Investor Spotlight

14.20 Stratex International – Bob Foster, CEO
14.30 Baja Mining – John Greenslade, president & CEO
14.40 Chalice Gold Mines – Doug Jones, managing director
14.50 Ausgold – Robert Pett, non-executive director
15.00 Azumah Resources
15.10 Barkerville Gold – Frank Callaghan, president & CEO

15.20 Big v small: Influence of infrastructure on the size of operations
Cameron Kirkwood, director development, Global Mining, Parsons Brinckerhoff
•    Overview of the role of infrastructure, or the lack thereof
•    Relationship between infrastructure and the optimum mine size
•    Practical points on control of costs and timetables

Chair: Lawrence Roulston, Resource Opportunities
15.40 Investor Spotlight
15.40 Solomon Gold – Nick Mather, gold director
15.50 Minera IRL – Courtney Charles Chamberlain, executive chairman
16.00 Renaissance Minerals – Justin Tremain, managing director
16.10 One Asia Resources – Stephen Walters, president & CEO
16.20 Westgold Resources – Scott Huffadine, managing director.
16.30 Dalradian Resources – Patrick F. N. Anderson, chairman & CEO
16.40 Castlemaine Goldfields – Matthew Gill, managing director & CEO

16.50 Talk it through – Fund-managers forum
Chair: Lawrence Roulston, Resource Opportunities
Panel of fund managers discuss the state of the investment market, risk-reward ratios in the sector, and the best commodity/ country/ company investment opportunities including:

Georges Lequime, Earth Resources
Ed Bowie, Altus Resource Capital
Cedric Chone, Galena Asset Management
Peter Grosskopf, Sprott Inc
Ben Davies, Hinde Capital
Elena Clarici, Scipion Mining

(45-minute panel)

17.40 AMA AwardPresentation

17.45 Conference close and networking drinks (In exhibition hall)