4th west & central africa mining summit 2011
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The 4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011 tackles the unique prospects in West & Central Africa\'s mining investment space, spotlighting the movers and shakers, current hot spots, gaps and expert recommendations. The gathering will offer a serious two-day intensive platform for interaction, exchange of ideas, learning and finding common solutions to current strategic challenges as well as boosting greater interaction and co-operation between Africa and Asia, Europe, North America and Australia! The conference will be held in Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana on September 26 to 27, 2011. For details, please contact Mr. Neil Reyes at [email protected] or call +65 6391 2562TRANSCRIPT
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Our Distinguished Speakers Include:
• HonMikeHammah, Minister, Ministry ofLandsandNatural Resources, Ghana (confirming)• DrJoyceAryee, CEO, Ghana Chamber ofMines• Benjamin Aryee, Chief Executive , Minerals Commission ofGhana• HonAKpandelFayia, Deputy Minister for Planning And Development, Ministry ofLands,Mines &Energy ofLiberia• DrGaétanRochMoloto-A-Kenguemba,
Adviser, PrimeMinister Office- Central AfricanRepublic (CAR),
Councillor Central African Region ,Geological Society ofAfrica(GSAf)
• Marcus SWleh, Manager,Corporate Responsibility ,ArcelorMittal Liberia
• Peter vonKlemperer, Director ,Mining and Metals , Standard Bank• ProfJohnCAnyanwu, Lead Research Economist , AfricanDevelopment Bank• Gabriel Kamga, Managing Director , BHPBilliton, Gabon• Gregory Jones, Finance Director , Seizon International Limited, Hong Kong• Tshediso Mabelane, Managing Director , Newblak Investments• Gibril Bangura, Executive Chairman , AMLSierra Leone, AfricanMinerals• KevinThomson, Exploration Manager , Perseus Mining• Claude Mwenze Kiswaka, Commercial Manager , LaGénérale desCarrières etdesMines
(Gecamines)• George Kwatia, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers• DrDésiré Vencatachellum, Director , AfricanDevelopment Bank
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• Howregional governments arereforming mining codes
• ThecurrentminingactivitiesinGhana, Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, IvoryCoast,DRC,Senegal, Guinea, Gabon, CAR, Sierra Leone, Congo, Cameroon, MaliandMauritania
• Techniquestominimize riskandensure regulatory compliance inAfrica
• Howtoraisecapital forexploration andexpansion including private equity, jointventure partnerships, project finance, debt financing and structured finance
• Whatbulkcommodities andmetalsareinthespotlight withhigh investors’ interest
• Marketoutlookonironore,gold,silver, bauxite, manganese, zircon, limestone,phosphate andrare-earth elements
• Upcominggoldprojects &isthegoldmarket overheating
• UpcomingChineseMining investments intoAfrica
• Howtostructure partnerships withmajor African, Australian and Canadian miningcompanies
• Newdevelopments invariousgovernment taxation &royalties regimes
• Financialmodelinginmining projects
• Whoarethedealmakers &brokers
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4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011
26 - 27 September 2011Accra International Conference CentreAccra, Ghana
Into its 4th year, this niche, high profile Summit willgather top representatives fromgovernments and seniordecisionmakersfromtheindustry.
Listen to keynote addresses, benefit from insightfuldynamicpresentations,visitthetechnologyshowcaseandtakeadvantageofextraordinarynetworkingopportunities.
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4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011
26 - 27 September 2011Accra International Conference CentreAccra, Ghana
The 4th West & Central Africa MiningSummit 2011 is strategically hosted in Accra, theheartofminingactivities inAfrica. Designed toprovideyouwiththeonlybroadcomprehensive analysis of the latest exploration activities andhighlights challenges and opportunities that theextractiveindustryisfacingintheWest&Central parts ofAfrica– the only authoritative platform onthismarket.The Summit will cover topics such as the latest regulatory and tax challenges, growth drivers forWest & Central Africa’s mining industry andoutlookonforeigninvestments comingfromChinaand elsewhere. You will hear up-to-date reports on minerals extractions of iron ore, gold, bauxite, manganese, zircon, limestone, phosphate and rare-earthelements(Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium). TheSummit will also examine upcoming investment opportunities in Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, IvoryCoast,DRC, Senegal, Guinea, Gabon, CAR, Sierra Leone, Congo, Cameroon, Mali andMauritania.
The4thWest&CentralAfricaMiningSummit2011–rightattheheartoftheaction.HerearejustsomestatisticsonwhythisSummitissuchanessentialdateinyourdiary:
Summit2010AudienceProfilebyIndustry
20%Merchant Banks/Project Finance &Investment
33%Senior &Junior Mining Companies
4%Mining Software Technology/Equipment &Machinery Producers
4%LawFirms
5%Consulting Companies
12%Geology/Engineering
Consultancies
22%Governments/Regulators/
Industry Associations
JoinusinAccraandbepartofthegrowingminingindustryof
West&CentralAfrica!
AMustAttendFor:• SeniorandJuniorMiningCompanies• InvestmentandFinancingFirms• GovernmentandRegulators• StockExchangesandCommodityExchanges• MerchantBanks• MiningandMetalConsultants /Traders• FundManagementCompanies• Geologists• ProjectFinanceManagers• ConsultingCompanies• LawFirms• MiningSoftwareTechnologyProviders• MiningMachineryandEquipment Producers• IndustryAssociations
Summit 2010Audience ProfilebyJobTitle
5%ChiefOperating Officer/Business Operations Manager
7%Research/Mining Analyst &Consultant
7%Exploration Manager/Geologist
8%Technical Director/
ProjectManager
36%Chairman/President/CEO/Managing Director/Country Manager
12%Business&Corporate
Development Manager/Marketing Manager
6%HeadofCorporate AffairsandSocialDevelopment
5%Principal Policy&Planning Officer
10%CFO/Financial
Controller/Investment Officer
4%Lawyer
To find ouT more abouT SponSorShip & ShowcaSe opporTuniTieSEmail [email protected] today!
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8.00 Registration
9.00 WelcomeRemarksfromMagentaGlobal
9.05 Chairman’sOpeningRemarks
9.10 OpeningMinisterialKeynoteSpeech:Ghana’sMineral Resources:GeologicalContextandIndustrialand CommercialOpportunities • Exploringdiverseminerals:gold,diamonds,manganese oreandbauxite • Strongrailandroadnetworktosupportmineralactivities • Availabilityofgeologicaldata HonMikeHammah,Minister, MinistryofLandsandNaturalResources,Ghana(confirming)
9.30 IndustryKeynoteAddress:AfricaandEnvironmental Issues DrJoyceAryee,CEO,GhanaChamberofMines
10.00 RegulatoryPolicyDevelopmentsIncludingGhana’s IncreaseofMiningRoyaltiesanditsImpacton MiningSector BenjaminAryee,Chief Executive, MineralsCommissionofGhana
10.30 MORNINGREFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION TOuR
11.00 OverviewofManganeseMiningActivities inGabon GabrielKamga,Managing Director,BHPBillitonGabon
11.20 LiberiaFocus:ExploringInvestmentEnvironment and MiningProjectOpportunities • HowtoinvestinLiberiaminingprojectsasaforeigninvestor? • Assessingcountryrisk:HowdoesLiberiacomparewith itsneighbours? • GuidetokeymineraldepositsandprojectsintheLiberian market(gold,ironore,diamonds) • Investmentcasestudies HonAKpandelFayia,Deputy Minister for Planning and Development,MinistryofLands,Mines&EnergyofLiberia
11.40 ExtractiveSectorintheCentralAfricanRepublic(CAR) withFocusonGold,IronOre,uraniumandDiamonds DrGaétanRochMoloto-A-Kenguemba, Adviser, PrimeMinisterOffice- CentralAfricanRepublic(CAR) Councillor Central African Region , GeologicalSocietyofAfrica(GSAf) Geoscientiste,universityofBangui
12.00 OpportunitiesforPhosphate,Gold,IronOre,Zirconand IndustrialLimestoneinSenegal • Senegalsettorankasatoptenphosphateproducerworldwide • OneofAfrica’sfutureleadinggoldproducers • Aworldclassironoredepositstobeexploitedinthenear future • IndustrialLimestonevssatisfyingregionalcementdemand DrMoussaSylla,Director of Mining & Geology , MinistryofMines,Senegal
12.20 SierraLeoneMiningandMiningInvestmentOutlook • MajorprojectsupdateacrosstheSierraLeonemining industry • Exploringtherichnessinnaturalresources:rutile,bauxite, goldandironore • Stepstoimprovesafetyandtheimpactonproduction levels GibrilBangura,Executive Chairman,AMLSierraLeone, AfricanMinerals
12.40 Presentation bytheNigerianStockExchange TabaPeterside, General Manager / Head , Listings SalesandRetention, TheNigerian Stock Exchange
13.00 NETWORKING LuNCHEON
14.00 Growth, Opportunity andMarketRiskinaMinerals Boom(PanelDiscussion) • Whereshouldinvestors focustheirattention rightnow? • Predictions onhowlongthecurrent minerals boomwilllast • Areween-route tohigherpricesforcommodities inthe longterm?Whatdoesthismeanfortheindustry? • Ourpanellists’ predictions forfuture trendsincoal, iron ore,copper andbasemetals,precious metals,uranium, lithiumandrareearths ThomasEnnisonLLM, Director, Corporate Secretary & Legal Advisor ,PMIGold GibrilBangura, Executive Chairman , AMLSierraLeone,AfricanMinerals Gregory Jones, Finance Director, SeizonInternational Limited, HongKong DavidAwuah-Darko, CEO, ICSecurities Holdings Limited GeorgeKwatia, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
14.30 ChinaandtheAfricaResourceSector- China’s Investment intoAfricaandWhichCommodities ChinaConsiders MostValuable • China’s resourceconsumption outlook (bauxite, copper, iron-ore, lead,manganese, phosphorous, sulphur andzinc) • China’s outlookformining investment inAfrica • Chinese mining enterprises favouring Africa’s listed mining enterprises • Imperatives forAfricancompanies looking toleverage Chinese opportunity Gregory Jones, Finance Director , SeizonInternational Limited, HongKong
15.00 Presentation byAtlasCopco PatrickAttipoe, Business Line Manager - Underground Rock Excavation (URE) ,AtlasCopcoGhanaLtd
15.30 A FTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
16.00 Central Ashanti GoldProject (Ayanfuri) inGhanaandthe OutlookforGoldExploration Activities inCoted’Ivoire ProfJohnAnyanwu, Lead Research Economist , AfricanDevelopment Bank
16.30 ExploringKeySuccessFactors foraMining Project in Burkina Faso • Assessing thegeology andnatural resource opportunities (e.ggoldandmanganese) • Infrastructure tosupport mining projects • Understanding thelicensing process formining and exploration projects 17.00 FromCongotoMauritania: Developing Mining Enterprises intheResourceRichWest&Central Africa Region(PanelDiscussion) • Mining industry projections andoutlooks • Keytrendsanddevelopments inthemining sector • Regulatory developments andinvestment incentives Gabriel Kamga,Managing Director ,BHPBilliton Gabon DrMoussaSylla, Director of Mining & Geology , Ministry ofMines, Senegal KevinThomson, Exploration Manager ,Perseus Mining Gregory Jones, Finance Director , SeizonInternational Limited, HongKong
17.30 EndofDayOne
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DayOne–26 September 2011, Monday
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9.00 Chairman’sRemarks
9.15 TheChallengeofFundingMiningProjectsinWestand CentralAfrica-TheOpportunitiesOfferedbySouth AfricanDevelopmentFinanceInstitutions (e.g.IDC, DBSA,PIC) • Projectfinancing–miningperspective • ThemandateofSouthAfrica’sdevelopmentfinance institutions(DFI’s)–theexperienceoffundingminingprojects intheSouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity(SADC) • SouthAfrica’sDFI’sinminingprojectsintheWest& CentralAfricanmininglandscape • IssuesinleveragingSouthAfrica’sDFIfinancingformining projectsinWest&CentralAfrica MhlanganoLMaphalala,Principal Advisor - Synergy, Synthesis&SynchAdvisory,Prop5Corporation
9.40 uncoveringNewOpportunitiesforInvestorsinWest& CentralAfrica • Thedirectinvestmentenvironmentintheregion • UncoveringreturnsinAfrica’sminingprojects • Howtoovercomethegeopolitical risk • Fundskeycriteriaandconcernswheninvesting • Riskratiosthatfundsareseekinginemergingmarkets PetervonKlemperer,Director, Mining and Metals , StandardBank
10.10 GhanaianandWestAfricanCapitalMarketandits PositioningtotheDevelopmentofMiningIndustry DavidAwuah-Darko,CEO,ICSecuritiesHoldingsLimited
10.30 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
11.00 EmergingOpportunitiesforPrivateEquity • Whatareprivateequityandprivateinvestorsconsidering in mininginvestmentstoday? • OpportunitiesintheAfricanexplorationminingsector • Comparingminingprojectsatdifferentstages–identifying themostlucrative • Whoarethedealmakersandbrokers? TshedisoMabelane, Managing Director ,NewblakInvestments
11.30 FinancialModellingintheMiningSector DrDésiréVencatachellum,Director, AfricanDevelopmentBank
12.00 TaxationandtheMiningIndustry-anupdate GeorgeKwatia, Partner,PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.30 ProvidingCapitaltoMiningCompaniesthatareFocused onInvestmentinAfrica(PanelDiscussion) • Howtoraisecapitalforjuniorandmid-tiercompanies? • Identifyingthedifferencebetweenvariousstock exchangesandprivateinvestors • Exploringthebeststrategies TshedisoMabelane,Managing Director ,NewblakInvestments DavidAwuah-Darko,CEO,ICSecuritiesHoldingsLimited PetervonKlemperer,Director, Mining and Metals , StandardBank KobbyAndah, President & CEO , SonghaiDevelopmentPartners
13.00 NETWORKING LuNCHEON
DayTwo–27 September 2011, Tuesday
14.00 Development updatesonRegulatory Plansfor State-owned andPrivate Mines • Howisgovernment ensuring theregion isacompetitive mining investment destination? • Updates onconcessions andlicensing issuesforforeign explorers andoperators • Whatassurance cangovernment provideprivate mines that theirinvestment isprotected? VictorGborglah, Partner, Ernst&Young
14.30 Corporate Responsibility andEnvironmental Sustainability WithinMiningBusiness Environment MarcusSWleh, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal Liberia
15.00 Small-Scale MininginAfrica:Tackling Pressing Environmental ProblemswithImproved Strategy • Looking attheenvironmental matters • Whattechnology isoutthere? • Dowedamage theenvironment?
15.30 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
16.00 MiningandtheEconomy ofSierraLeone • Sierra Leoneisrichlyendowedinimportant mineral resources, including diamond, bauxite, gold, rutile, ilmenite, andzircon. Thoughthecountry hasrecently diversified its mineral exports, theirshareinitstotalexports hadbeen dwindling: falling fromapeakof93%oftotal exports in 1992toalowofabout60%in2009. • Mineral exports notonlyaccounts forasmall percentage of GDPbutthisalsodeclinedfromapeakof20%in1992to just about7%in2009.Worsestill, mineral revenue as ashareoftotaldomesticrevenue isminiscule, averaging just 2%between 2001and2009. • Employment inthemining sectorisalsolow,around2.6% to4.5%ofnational employment. • Moreover, mineral exports areadragoneconomic growth ofSierraLeone. ProfJohnCAnyanwu, Chief Research Economist , AfricanDevelopment Bank
16.30 GoldExploration andtheCreation ofAddedValue inSub SaharanAfrica….Focusing onWest&Central Africa • Overview oftheupandcoming goldprojects • Isthemarketoverheating? ThomasEnnison, LLM,Director, Corporate Secretary & Legal Advisor ,PMIGold
17.00 MoreEquitableGainsfromGoldMining Transactions inAfrica • Whataretherelationships between goldmining transactions anddevelopment outcomes? • Howthefinancing ofgoldmining operations areusually structured inAfrica? • Arethereanyrelationships between thestructure ofgold mining transactions andpotential development outcomes? • Whataretherolesofdevelopment finance institutions (e.g. AfricanDevelopment Bank)inhelping finance and structure transactions inordertomaximize their development impacts? Forthisarea,wewouldliketo specifically focusonmining conventions usually signed between Africangovernments andmining firmsandhow theyconformtoenactedmining codes. DrOusmanGajigo, Economist ,AfricanDevelopment Bank
17.30 Chairman’s ClosingRemarksandEndofSummit
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4th West & Central Africa Mining Summit 2011
26 - 27 September 2011Accra International Conference CentreAccra, Ghana
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company isheadquartered inStockholm, Sweden and has aglobal reach spanning more than 170
AtlasCopcoGhanaLimited wasestablished in1992toserve thecountry’s mining industry (both inunderground andsurface operations). The company is currently a leading supplier of mining equipment, compressors, road construction equipment (Dynapac) aswellasaftermarket services inthecountry. Ithas branches inAccra, Obuasi, andTarkwa with atotal of128employees anditsregional responsibility covers thewholeofWest Africa.
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Associate Sponsor TheNigerian Stock Exchange ,established in1960,services thesecond largest financial market in sub-Saharan Africa. Licensed under theInvestment Securities Act,ithas operated as amarketplace for trading investment instruments forover 50years. In1999,TheNigerian Stock Exchange launched an electronic trading platform, transforming theexchange into amodern securities exchange. Theexchange has atotal of14trading floors including themain floor atthecompany’s headquarters inLagos.
Intoday’s global market, TheNigerian Stock Exchange strives tobethe leading securities exchange intheAfrican region - the gatewaytoAfricanfrontier markets. Offering abroad range ofequities, theExchange isexpanding its product andservice offerings toincludeindices,ETFs/structured products anddata products.
TheNigerianStockExchange ismorethan amarketplace. Weprovide listing services forcompanies andfunds, disseminate price quotesandothermarket data, calculate andmarket indices, andmuchmore -activities which effectively contribute to Nigeria’s economic growth. The Nigerian Stock Exchange is committed to building credibility and transparency that will encourage participation byinvestors, bothlocal andinternational individuals andfunds.
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