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Speakers 
Zulkifly Abu Bakar,
Director- Pahang State,
Department of Minerals and Geoscience, Malaysia
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Mr Vivek Agarwal,
Director,
Visa Steel
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 Mr Peter C. Akerley,
President & CEO,
Erdene Gold
Peter C. Akerley is the President and Chief Executive Officer as well as a Director of Erdene Gold Inc., a public company listed on Canada’s Toronto (TSX) exchange. Mr. Akerley graduated from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, 1988 with a B.Sc. (geology). He has been President of BRM Exploration Ltd., a mineral exploration consulting company that provided geologic exploration and managerial services to the industry internationally, since 1996.
Mr. Akerley has previously provided exploration and managerial services for projects in Canada, United States of America, Mexico, Guyana, Indonesia, the Philippines and Mongolia to junior and senior exploration and mining companies. Mr. Akerley has been involved in the mineral industry of Mongolia for the past ten years. Mr. Akerley is also a Director of Temex Resources Corp. a TSX Venture listed gold exploration company.
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 Mr Peter Albert,
General Manager,
Oxiana
Peter Albert BSc (Hons), MBA (Executive), MAusIMM, MIM (London) - General Manager, Sepon Project Development
Mr Albert has extensive project management, general management and operations management experience in mining and minerals processing in Australia, Africa and Asia. For the last 20 years he has held senior project management and metallurgical roles and joined Oxiana from Fluor Daniel where he held the position of General Manager - Projects. Prior to this Mr Albert worked with Billiton (Australia), Davy John Brown and JCI (South Africa)
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 Mr C P Ambesh,
Controller General,
Indian Bureau of Mines
Shri Ambesh started in Hindustan Copper Limited and worked in the underground copper mines in Rajasthan in various capacities. Presently he is working as Controller General looking after the overall supervision and monitoring of mining activities of non-coal sector in the entire country.
He was presented with ‘Best Citizen of India’ award instituted by International Publishing House, New Delhi, in recognition of his exceptional caliber and outstanding achievements and contribution towards the development of mines and minerals, especially metal mines and mineral legislation.
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 Mr Andrew Ballingal,
Director,
Ballingal Investment Advisors Limited
Andrew Ballingal is the founder and chief executive of Ballingal Investment Advisors, an independent investment firm based in Hong Kong. The firm focuses exclusively on Asia Pacific absolute return investment, and currently manages two funds, the BIA Pacific Fund and the BIA Pacific Macro Fund.
Andrew has worked in Asia Pacific investment since 1982 as Chief Strategist - Japan and Director - Global Strategy at Barclays / BZW, as a Partner at Sloane Robinson, as Chief Strategist - Asia Pacific at Schroders, and as Investment Director - Asia at TAL and Ruffer.
In addition, he has had significant involvement over the last sixteen years as an advisor, investor, and partner in Asia Pacific hedge funds.
A graduate of Oxford University, he has lived and worked in the region for eighteen years, between 1986 and 1993 in Japan, and since 1996 in Hong Kong.
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Mr Russsell Blinch,
Editor In Charge, Commodities,
Reuters, Singapore
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 Mr L. Bold,
Chairman,
Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia
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 Mr Peter Bowler,
Managing Director,
Agincourt Resources Ltd
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 Mr Ian Burvill,
Principal,
Resource Capital Funds
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 Mr Bret Clayton,
Chief Executive - Copper Group,
Rio Tinto
Bret was appointed chief executive of the Copper group in July 2006. He joined the Group in 1995 and has held a series of management positions, including chief financial office of Rio Tinto Iron Ore and the president and chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Energy America. Prior to joining the Group, Bret worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers for nine years, auditing and consulting to the mining industry.
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 Mr Tim Collver,
CEO,
Eldore Mining Corporation Limited
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 Mr Gary Comb,
Managing Director,
Jabiru Metals Ltd
Gary Comb has spent over 25 years in the Australian mining industry, both with mining companies and in mining contractor roles. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of BGC Contracting Pty Ltd, the mining contracting arm of West Australian construction group BGC Ltd. Gary was appointed in November 1999.
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 Mr Seamus Cornelius,
Partner,
Allens Arthur Robinson
Based in Shanghai since 1994, Seamus is one of the most experienced foreign lawyers in China. He has advised clients on projects in many different cities and provinces across the PRC.
Seamus has advised many international mining houses on investment in the PRC for the exploration and development of gold, platinum, copper, nickel and oil resources. A major area of Seamus’ work is advising foreign investors on establishing foreign invested enterprises in China and providing ongoing advice to joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises.
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 Mr Bhagyesh Dash,
Managing Director,
Crosby Capital Partners
Mr. Dash is a Managing Director of Crosby Capital Partners in Singapore and a member of Crosby’s natural resources and energy team. Mr. Dash joined Crosby in 2002 and has worked on most of Crosby’s mining and energy related deals including the takeover bids for Novus Petroleum and Tethyan Copper Company.
Prior to Crosby, Mr. Dash was a Director with Triton Advisory, a corporate finance advisory firm based in Indonesia focused on mergers and acquisitions advisory work in the natural resources sector. Whilst at Triton, he was involved in the privatization of PT. Timah (at the time the world’s largest tin mining company), PT. Aneka Tambang (state owned nickel and gold producer) and PT. Bukit Asam (one of Indonesia’s largest coal producers). He was also involved in advising investors on the acquisition of various coal companies including Kaltim Prima Coal, Arutmin, Adaro Coal and Berau Coal all of whom are amongst the 5 largest coal producers in Indonesia.
Mr. Dash has a Bachelors degree in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.
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 Mr Chris Farmer,
Managing Director,
Finders Resources Limited
Dr Farmer has 15 years of international experience in all aspects of exploration, with an emphasis on international joint ventures and business development. After graduating from the University of Southampton, he completed a PhD at the Royal School of Mines in London. Previous positions include Vice-President Australasia and Chief Geologist, Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation; and Senior Geologist with both Highlands Gold (Indonesia) Pty Ltd and Billiton Indonesia BV.
Dr Farmer worked at the Lebong Tandai and Wetar gold mines in Indonesia, focusing on mine exploration. Elsewhere in the region, he has worked on gold, copper and base metal exploration projects in the Philippines, China, India and Australia and has evaluated projects in PNG, Laos, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, USA,
Eastern Europe, South America, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Canada.
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 Mr Eric Finlayson,
Head of Exploration,
Rio Tinto
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 Dr A S Firoz,
Chief Economist,
Ministry of Steel, India
Dr. A.S.Firoz is a reputed economist from India, known worldwide for his work on the steel and energy industries as also on international trade matters. He worked on the problem of disequilibrium states of the market in reference to the erstwhile centrally planned economies for which he was awarded the Ph.D. by the coveted Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He also worked on the concept of soft budget constraint syndrome.
He has a large number of research papers and articles published in major research journals and top Indian business newspapers. He has also addressed a very large number of international and national conferences and seminars on subject matters ranging from the industrial development to government policy issues.
Currently, he is Chief Economist at the Economic Research Unit of the Ministry of Steel, Government of India. Earlier he worked as a Consultant to the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices ( now re-designated as the Tariff Commission), Ministry of Industry, Government of India.
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Karsten Fuelster,
Senior Investment Officer,
IFC
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 Mr Warren Gilman,
Managing Director & Head of Asian-Pacific Investment & Corporate Banking,
CIBC World Markets
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Mr Song Haitao,
Managing Director,
China Sinosteel
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 Mr Mike Higgins,
Managing Director,
Indo Gold
Mike Higgins graduated in 1971 from the University of NSW in Sydney, Australia with a BSc (Hons), majoring in Geology. From 1974 to 1994, he worked throughout Australia and different parts of the world for the Shell/Billiton Group companies at senior executive levels. This included a 3-year posting to Billiton’s head office in The Hague where Mike coordinated new business development in Africa, SE Asia/Pacific and the Americas.
He has experience in conceiving, managing and implementing successful exploration strategies worldwide, several of which have led to the discovery and commercial advancement of major gold resources. These include Mt. Todd (NT, Australia), Goldridge (Transvaal, South Africa), Poura/Larafella (Burkina Faso) and Agbaou (Ivory Coast), with a combined total in excess of 8 million ounces gold in resources discovered. The first two of these discoveries became operating open pit mines – Mt Todd has since closed, while Goldridge is still being operated by Harmony Gold. The others are at pre-feasibility stage.
In 1995, Mr. Higgins established Jandera Resources NL, an Australian unlisted public company, and secured funding and its West African gold exploration assets. Jandera was the subject of a public takeover in late-1997, and subsequent new owners explored its West Africa gold properties with some success, resulting in close to a million ounces in resource having been defined at Agbaou and nearby properties. In 1998, Mike established BSM Mining NL with co-directors Chris Rashleigh and Rolly Nice. This is a privately funded company involved in resource acquisition and development, and was instrumental in spinning off Goldcrest Mines Ltd, listed in Toronto, and Indo Gold Limited.
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 Mr Patrick Highsmith,
Global Manager - Exploration Business Development,
Newmont Mining Corporation
Educated at the Colorado School of Mines, Patrick has worked as a geologist and geochemist in mining and mineral exploration for 17 years. His experience spans all manner of exploration projects and mines in approximately 20 countries. He has worked in exploration for junior companies (Westmont Mining) and in mines and exploration for major companies (Rio Tinto, BHP Minerals, and Newmont Mining Corporation). He also spent 5 years as Chief Geochemist and US Manager for one of the largest international laboratory groups, ALS Chemex. He brings a diverse perspective to his current role as Global Manager of Exploration Business Development for Newmont Mining Corporation. Patrick coordinates the global exploration deal-making efforts of Newmont from the company’s corporate offices in Denver, Colorado.
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 Mr Cliff James,
Chairman and CEO,
TVI Pacific Inc
Mr. Clifford M. James, President and CEO of TVI Pacific Inc., is a geologist and business executive with over 35 years of technical and financial experience in the natural resource sector. His work has taken him throughout North America, Africa and Asia where he has held senior positions in both oil and gas and mining companies. Since 1993, Mr. James has spearheaded TVI’s activities in the Philippines and he is responsible for bringing on stream the Canatuan project, the first foreign funded, modern, full scale producing mine in the Philippines in many years. His tireless efforts continue to drive TVI’s commitment to transparent, environmentally responsible mining practices that bring sustainable development to the company's host communities.
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 Mr Zou Jian,
General Manager,
China Metallurgical Mining Corporation
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Mr Cobb Johnstone,
COO,
Sino Gold
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 Dato Sri Andrew Kam,
Chairman & Chief Executive,
Peninsular Gold Limited
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Mr Henry Lee,
Managing Director,
Sandell Asset Management
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 Mr Colin Loosemore,
Managing Direcotr,
Archipelago Resources PLC
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 Dr Gerard Lyons,
Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research,
Standard Chartered Bank
Dr Gerard Lyons is an expert on the world economy, international financial system, macroeconomic policy and global markets in his role as Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research at Standard Chartered. Lyons also plays a wider management role at Standard Chartered, previously as a member of the Global Markets management team and now as a member of the Bank's Executive Forum and its Risk Management Committee.
Lyons has nineteen years experience in senior roles with some of the world's leading financial institutions and as a highly regarded City and international economist with an excellent forecasting record. Previous positions include Chief Economist at DKB International and consultant to the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Chief UK Economist at Swiss Bank Corporation, beginning his career with Chase Manhattan.
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 Mr Gavin MacLaren,
Partner,
Allens Arthur Robinson
Gavin has considerable experience in mineral and infrastructure projects, oil, gas and energy projects, M&A and project financing. Gavin's clients include multinational companies, governments, multi-lateral agencies and financial institutions. His energy and resources experience covers Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, China, Korea, Mongolia and Laos.
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 Mr Tony Mahalski,
Chairman,
Association of Mining Analysts (AMA)
Tony has over thirty years experience in global resource capital markets.
He has represented resource brokers and investment banks in Europe and the United States both as shareholder and proprietor.
Tony has specialized in funding and advising the mining and resource companies throughout this period.
He has been an invited speaker at many industry conferences throughout Europe and North America.
Tony is currently the Chairman of LM Associates IR Consultants.
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Mr Ian Matthews,
Director, Power Asia, Project and Structured Finance,
ANZ Investment Bank
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 Mr Gerd Mayer,
Director, Natural Resources, Project & Structured Finance,
ANZ
Gerd is a Director in ANZ’s Project and Structured Finance group, where he specialises in the Natural Resources sector. Prior to joining ANZ he held the position of Head of Credit at NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited. He has 20 years of experience in project and structured finance with National Australia Bank, Citibank, J.P Morgan and AIDC, covering advisory and arranging roles in Australia and Asia across a wide range of sectors, including natural resources, oil and gas, power and utilities, infrastructure and manufacturing. He has worked with a broad range of sponsors, ranging from junior miners to large diversified corporates.
Gerd has a B. Eng (Hons) and an MBA from the University of Melbourne.
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Mr Tobias Merath,
Commodity Analyst, Global Economics & FX Research,
Credit Suisse
Tobias Merath joined Credit Suisse as Commodity Analyst in November 2004. He is responsible for the research coverage of energy, precious metals and base metals markets. Tobias Merath holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Konstanz and studied at the University College Cork in Ireland.
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 Mr Alberto Migliucci,
Director, Resource Banking,
Standard Merchant Bank (Asia) Limited
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 Mr Abanindra M Misra,
Vice President (Raw Materials),
TataSteel
Since September 2006, Mr Misra has been in charge of the raw materials business of the company, which includes Iron ore, Coal, Dolomite, Chrome &. Manganese. He was responsible for leading the Total Quality Movement in Tata Steel and during his tenure, TataSteel won the coveted JRD Quality Value Award and also the CII–EXIM Award for Business Excellence. His long experiences in TataSteel also saw him take charge of a large coal mine as the General Manager and during his three year’s tenure, the division excelled in overall performance and won the Qimpro National Benchmark Award for Coal Mining practices. Mr Misra has also served as the Chairman of CII Bokaro & Dhanbad Council, the Chairman of the Institute of Indian Froundrymen, Jamshedpur chapter, represented Tata Steel in the Education Advisory Committee of CEDEP, France and was also in charge of the Bearings Division of Tata Steel as the Chairman of the profit Council.
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 Mr Stephen Orr,
CEO,
Oceana Gold
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 Mr Steve Pemberton,
Partner,
Allens Arthur Robinson
Steve' areas of expertise include project and structured finance; acquisition, construction, property and corporate finance transactions; corporate workouts and reconstructions; and capital markets and treasury transactions. Steve has significant experience in project finance transactions in the resources sector and has advised on major projects for clients in Western Australia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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Mr James Poole,
Team Leader - Commodities Desk,
Bloomberg News
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Mr Wang Qi,
President,
Minmetals South-East Asia Corporation
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 Mr Horacio C. Ramos,
Director of Mines & Geosciences Bureau,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
Dir. Horacio C. Ramos is a mining engineer by profession. His career started with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in 1969 and has since rose from the ranks—occupying various positions including as Regional Executive Director of DENR-CAR—to become MGB’s highest official starting 1996. Under his leadership, the MGB has fully worked on the revitalization of the Philippine minerals industry under the principles of sustainable development, to help rebuild the economy and alleviate poverty.
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 Mr Tony Robbins,
Managing Director,
Indophil Resources NL
Mr Robbins is the Managing Director of Indophil Resources NL, a publicly-listed Australian company. Indophil holds an interest in the Tampakan Copper Gold Project in the southern Philippines. The Tampakan project is the largest undeveloped copper deposit in SE Asia and was recently the subject of a US$21 million pre-feasibility study that confirmed the projects robustness and world class status. Indophil also has an interest in other exploration projects in the Philippines and is looking to take advantage of the improved investment environment in the Asia Pacific region to build its exploration portfolio.
Mr Robbins is a Director of Philippines-based associate company, Sagittarius Mines, Inc. He has been President of the Philippine Mining Exploration Association since 1999 and is on the Board of the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines.
Before founding Indophil in 1996, Mr Robbins held senior and executive positions with WMC Limited, including those of Senior Geochemist, Exploration Manager Eastern Australia and Exploration Manager SE Asia Pacific Region – a position in which he managed the exploration program that led to the discovery of the Tampakan deposit. Mr Robbins has taught and published on the subject of exploration geochemistry and exploration in SE Asia. He has also represented the Philippines on a United Nations project. Mr Robbins lives in the Philippines.
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Mr Tim Rocks,
Global Equity Strategist & Asian Economist,
Macquarie Securities
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Mr Kelvin Russell,
Director, Mining & Metals,
Standard Bank
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 Dr Simon Sembiring,
Director General,
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia
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 Dr Arif Siregar,
President Director,
PT International Nickel (Inco)
Arif Siregarhas over 20 year’s experience in the mining industry. Prior to joining PT International Nickel, Arief was the President Director of PT Kelian Equatorial Mining and Vice President Director of PT Rio Tinto Indonesia. He currently also serves as a Vice Chairman of Indonesian Mining Association and is a permanent member of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the Vice Chairman of the Energy Committee.
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 Mr Wayne Spilsbury,
General Manager - Exploration, Asia Pacific,
Teck Cominco
Wayne Spilsbury has over 30 year’s experience in the mineral exploration industry. He currently manages Teck Cominco Limited’s exploration activities in Australasia from a regional office in Perth, Western Australia. Wayne was recently elected Vice President of the Association of Exploration & Mining Companies. AMEC is the peak industry body for junior and mid-size mineral exploration and mining companies in Australia. He is also serves as a member of the Board for the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia.
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 Mr Elmer B Stewart,
President & Chief Operating Officer,
Alhambra Resources
Mr. Stewart holds a Masters Degree in Geology and has 32 years of international and North American experience in the mineral industry. His early career development was with St. Joseph Exploration Limited, Noranda Exploration and AGIP Canada before assuming progressively more senior management positions with Northern Minerals in 1991. Mr. Stewart was President and CEO of Eurasia Gold Corp. from 1997 until 2000. From 2003, Mr. Stewart has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Alhambra Resources Ltd.
Mr. Stewart has been involved in evaluating uranium, base metal and precious metal projects in Eastern Europe, Mexico, North America and South America. In 1999, he directed the purchase, financing and development of two heap leach gold projects in Kazakhstan.
Mr. Stewart is a registered Geologist with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Canada.
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 Mr Rob Thomson,
Executive Director,
Asian Minerals Resources Ltd
Mr Thomson holds a B.E(Mining), an MBA and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has 30 years of Australian and international experience in exploration, feasibility, development, construction, operations, corporate development and project financing. He commenced his career as an overseer miner/shift boss in underground gold mining in Zimbabwe and then returned to Australia in senior open pit operational roles in coal and gold followed by Project Manager of two Cu SX/EW operations. For the last 12 years he has specialised in Asian mining developments. He has held in-country positions of General Manager Development for the feasibility, financing, construction and delivery into operations of ASX listed Kingsgate’s Chatree Gold Mine in Thailand and Project Director for the construction and operations delivery for Oxiana’s (ASX) Sepon Gold Mine in Laos PDR. For the last 3 1/2 years he was CEO of Philippine focussed Climax Mining Ltd (ASX) which has recently merged with New Zealand’s largest gold miner, Oceana Gold. With Climax, he worked closely with Chairman Jim Askew on funding and revitalising the Company including re-engineering and permitting the 230,000 oz Au equiv pa Didipio project - now under construction. In this period there was a fifteen fold market re-rating for Climax to AUD 300 million prior to merger. He was a founding director of Asian Mineral Resources ( ASN on TSX.V) and appointed CEO in November 2006. ASN proposes to develop the Ban Phuc nickel sulphide project in Nth Vietnam after expected grant of the mining lease in early 2007.
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 Mr Chris Tonkin,
Executive Director - Resources, Project and Structured Finance,
ANZ Investment Bank
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 Mr Peter Topham,
Executive Chairman,
Royalco Resources Limited
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Mr H Frederik Venter,
Chief Investment Officer,
First Global Asset Management
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 Ms Marilyn A. Victorio-Aquino,
Partner,
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
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Mr Lum Wai Mun,
Director, Natural Resources, Project and Structured Finance,
ANZ Investment Bank
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Mr John Wixley,
Executive Director, Resource Banking,
Standard Bank
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 Mr Trinh Xuan Ben,
Deputy Director General,
Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Vietnam
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 Mr Huang Xuming,
General Manager,
Guangdong Shaogang Iron & Steel Group
Mr Huang is the incumbent director and general manager of Guangdong Shaogang Songshan Holding Co., Ltd. He is a member of the Chinese Society for Metals, a member of the Imported Iron Ore Working Committee and the China Iron and Steel Association. He also serves as the Deputy Director-General of Guangdong Province Iron and Steel Association, the executive director of Guangdong Province Society for Metals, the director commissioner of Electrics and Mechanics Commission and the deputy director commissioner of Iron Refinery Commission. With over 30 years of industry experience, he has conducted extensive industry studies and has published his original insights on steel materials and the supply-demand market of steel materials.
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Mr Victor Yu,
Director - Head of China,
Standard Bank
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