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Day One: Tuesday 14 October 2008
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8.30am | Registration and welcome refreshments
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9am | Welcome from the Chair |
| | Dr. Elena Clarici, CEO, Commodity Energy Capital and Senior Committee Member, Association of Mining Analysts
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| TURNING MENA INTO A COMPETITIVE MINING INVESTMENT HUB |
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9.10am | Luring international mining investment to MENA
- Driving the development, advancement and improvement of the MENA mining industry
- Enabling foreign investors to discover MENA’s wealth of mining investment opportunities
- Assessing the benefits of diversified investment in MENA’s vast mineral resources
- Creating a mining hub that can compete on the world stage?
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| Ministerial Address |
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9.40am | SAUDI ARABIA-Turning mining into the third pillar of the Saudi economy
- Saudi Arabia’s role and vision in creating a world-class mineral region in MENA
- Establishing true, liberalised mining laws: When will this happen? Lessons learnt from others
- An overview of the Saudi mining regulatory and investment climate
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| | H.E Sultan J Shawli, Deputy Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources
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10.20am | MENA and its role in international mining investment
strategy
- Leveraging MENA’s strategic geographic position
- Closing the demand gap though direct investment
- Investing in MENA’s emerging mining/metals supply chain to satisfy BRIC country resource demand
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10.50am | Networking break
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11.20am | MENA and its role in Rio Tinto’s global exploration strategy
- An overview of Rio Tinto’s global exploration strategy and MENA
- Evaluating key challenges and opportunities in MENA
- An overview of Rio’s history in the region
- Growth strategies and investment projections
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11.50am | Panel Discussion: Building the capacity for large-scale mining in MENA
- How are the majors looking to expand and grow in MENA?
- What needs to be done to attract long term investment in MENA? What has deterred investment in the past?
- What are the key factors of consideration in assessing exploration and production opportunities in MENA?
- What are the challenges and obstacles?
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| | Moderator: Mr. William Bulmer, Director, Gas, Mining & Chemicals Department, Investment Division, IFC
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12.40pm | Investing in new resource capacity to meet rising global
demand
- The current strong markets in commodities reflect almost two decades of underinvestment in new capacity at a time of rising global demand
- Higher prices clearly add to costs throughout the economy but the key issue is security of supply
- Authorities need to ensure local policies encourage exploration and development in the region
- Successful application of policies will be a balancing act for authorities during the current turmoil in global capital markets
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1.10pm | Networking lunch
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| EXPLORATION STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES IN MENA |
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2.20pm | Maximising returns and minimising risks: Enhancing exploration through innovative methodologies and technologies
- Reviewing exploration techniques for different terrains and deposits
- Combining existing and advanced techniques fro success in MENA: Optimising targeting and prospectivity across a wide range of scales
- Synchronising existing and new exploration technologies to fully optimise performance
- Find out how new technologies are being adopted by leading mining explorers in different regions and assessing the effectiveness in adopting latest innovations
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| INVESTING IN MARKET REFORM |
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2.50pm | Country Spotlight- An overview of Jordan’s mining regulatory and investment climate
- Overview of key industry developments and growth and investment opportunities
- Regulatory changes and outlook for mining industry in the short and long term?
- Key sustainability issues and environmental and safety policies
- What is the commercial climate for private capital flows, security of tenure and private access to mineral resources?
- What are some of the government incentives for foreign investment in place?
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3.20pm | Speed Networking
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4pm | Networking break
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4.30pm | Country Spotlight-An overview of Afghanistan’s mining regulatory and investment climate
- Overview of Afghanistan ‘s key industry developments and growth and investment opportunities
- Regulatory changes and outlook for mining industry in the short and long term?
- What is the commercial climate for private capital flows, security of tenure and private access to mineral resources?
- Securing international mining assets: is it guaranteed?
- What are some of the government incentives for foreign investment in place in Afghanistan?
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5pm | Driving regional mining development, investment and policy reform
- Development of new regional mining codes to attract foreign investment and develop infrastructure
- Need for government investment in basic mining infrastructure to attract private side
- How to improve the community benefits of mining
- Strategies for building regional mining sector capacity for anticipated industry growth
- Assessing PPPs for mining
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| | H.E Sultan J Shawli, Deputy Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources
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5.50pm | Closing remarks from chair and close of Day One
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5.55pm | Day One Cocktail Party
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Day Two: Wednesday 15 October 2008
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8.30am | Arrival and welcome refreshments
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9am | Welcome from the Chair |
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| MINING CONCESSIONS AND COUNTRY ENTRY STRATEGIES |
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9.10am | Achieving success through strategic alliances: exploring the experiences of Citadel
- Identifying the critical factors that need to be analysed when developing an operational and exploration base in the Middle East looking at: Ability to locate joint venture partners with aligned business interests, level of government support and ease of doing business
- Taking a committed long term approach across all levels of sustainable development looking at: local employment, training , environment and community
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9.40am | Assessing mining reforms & entry strategies in Yemen
- Strengths and weaknesses of different concession regimes in MENA for the mining sector
- Strategies for winning concessions and securing them
- Latest mining sector policies and reforms impacting foreign investment- a look at the IFC’s work in Egypt and Yemen
- Exploring different investment structures
- Creating an investment and ownership structure to mitigate risks
- Risk assessment and mitigation
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| | Moderator: Mr. Frank Sader, Chief Strategist and Senior Operations Manager, PEP-MENA, IFC
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10.10am | Country spotlight-An overview of Egypt’s mining regulatory
and investment climate
- Overview of key industry developments and growth and investment opportunities
- Regulatory changes and outlook for mining industry in the short and long term?
- Key sustainability issues and environmental and safety policies
- What is the commercial climate for private capital flows, security of tenure and private access to mineral resources?
- What are some of the government incentives for foreign investment in place?
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| | Moderator: Mr. Frank Sader, Chief Strategist and Senior Operations Manager, PEP-MENA, IFC Eng Amgad Ghoneim, First Undersecretary for Mineral Resource Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum & Mines, Egypt
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10.40am | Networking break
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| DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL GREENFIELD MINING PROJECTS |
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11.10am | Developing Egypt’s first modern gold mine
- Sukari, the first large scale modern gold mine in Egypt
- Future Exploration and Development of Egypt Goldfields
- Modern mining methods require a modern mining code
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11.40am | Financing Centamin’s Sukari gold mine
- An analysis of Centamin’s multi-exchange listing strategy on the ASX, AIM and TSX
- How Thomas Weisel Partners (formerly Westwind Partners) raised US$270 million in equity to bring the Sukari Gold Mine into production
- Growing the value per ounce in the ground through marketing
- Reviewing the benefits/deficits of different markets for capital raisings
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| | Mr. Kevin Tomlinson, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Natural Resources, Thomas Weisel Partners
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12.10pm | Developing Yemen’s first large scale mine
- Negotiating with the Government and managing the mining law
- How the $200 million Jabali zinc mine was funded
- Operational challenges faced by ZincOx in Yemen
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12.40pm | Networking lunch
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| PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT FOR MAJOR MINE DEVELOPMENT
IN MENA |
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1.40pm | Managing mining project development risks and rising cost
pressures
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| | Mr. Paul Beat, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa, Control Risks
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2.10pm | Networking break
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2.40pm | Outdoor Shisha Roundtable Discussions
Table 1: Mitigating political risk for new and ongoing mine developments
Table 2: Winning concessions and building relationships
Table 3: Financing mining projects: Key opportunities and challenges |
| | Mr. Paul Beat, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa, Control Risks
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3.20pm | Safeguarding your ‘license to operate’- reputation risks for the mining sector
- Ensuring the right strategies are adopted to protect and capitalise on the value of your reputation
- Examining best-practice approaches to identify and manage potential reputation issues for mining companies
- Proactive strategies to avoid damaging crises
- Examining the impact of ‘above ground’ risks for international companies mining in MENA and MENA companies investing in the extractive sector around the world
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| THE FUTURE OF MENA MINING |
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3.50pm | U-Turn: The MENA Mining audience generated panel discussion
Looking ahead: Where to next for the MENA region?
This is a user-generated panel session where you the audience decide on the topic and the panellists. Delegates will have the opportunity to nominate members of the audience to take part in a panel totally driven by the audience.
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4.30pm | Closing remarks and close of Day Two
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4.35pm | Day Two Networking drinks
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Day Three: Thursday 16 October 2008
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8.30am | Arrival and welcome refreshments
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9am | Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
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| CAPITAL RAISING AND INVESTMENT SUMMIT |
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9.10am | Economists and analysts panel discussion: Evaluating the
commodities boom, assessing its sustainability and making projections for the world commodities market
- Key growth drivers and an outlook for private investment inthe mining and minerals sector
- Overview of supply and price trends: Will global supply meet China’s and India’s future demand and what gap can MENA fill?
- Evaluating the long term impact of the credit crunch on current investment, exploration and development
- Assessing the prices of the different minerals and the sustainability of the commodities boom
- Will Middle East and North Africa continue its bullish growth?
- What are MENA’s key buying trends and growth drivers?
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| | Moderator: Dr. Elena Clarici, CEO, Commodity Energy Capital and Senior Committee Member, Association of Mining Analysts
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10am | Investor’s panel discussion: Private investment methodologies and the investors’ appetite for mining and commodity investments
- Understanding private investment concerns and accounting for differing investment priorities
- Assessing the appetite for natural resource/commodity funds
- Assessing risk and returns of investing in mining companies as an asset class
- Evaluating feasibility studies
- What are the key considerations in evaluating mining projects in MENA
- Criteria and best-practice for investing in mining today
- Where will investors put their money in 2009?
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10.50am | Networking break
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11.20am | Solving the funding challenge: Tailor made options and
early-stage mining finance strategies
- An overview of available commercial financing options
- Developing effective financing strategies for the mining marketplace
- Surveying innovative debt structuring for mining project investment
- Key considerations for accessing financing quickly
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11.50am | Panel: Raising capital in different parts of the world
- The exchange’s take on market uncertainty, demand for commodities and the investor appetite
- Analysing the growth in alternative commodity investments
- Listing on international exchanges as an avenue for fund raising
- What the exchanges around the world have to offer mining companies
- What are the advantages certain exchanges have over others for capital raising or new listings
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| | Moderator: Mr. Kevin Tomlinson, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Natural Resources, Thomas Weisel Partners Mr. William Bulmer, Director, Gas, Mining & Chemicals Department, Investment Division, IFC
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12.40pm | Networking lunch
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| INVESTOR FORUM: OPPORTUNITIES IN MENA |
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2pm | Project showcase: Unigold
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| INVESTOR FORUM: OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND MENA |
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2.30pm | Project showcase: Kodiak Mining
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3pm | Closing remarks from the Chair
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3.10pm | Close of Day Three and end of congress
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Pre-Conference Workshop: Monday 13 October 2008
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| LEADING YOUR COMPANY THROUGH THE POTENTIAL REPUTATION PITFALLS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY |
In today’s mining industry a company’s reputation is essential not only to existing shareholders/stakeholders but also for the company’s ability to create and develop new industry partnerships, maintain and enhance its license to operate, and to ensure future growth.
This workshop has been specially created to help mining industry leaders assess their organisation’s preparedness to protect their reputation from both chronic and acute reputational risks, and provide insights on how to capitalise on their reputation to achieve their business goals.
Interactive group-work sessions will include insights from recent work with both large and small mining companies, as well as case studies from the workshop leaders’ extensive work in the oil and gas sector. The workshop will focus on…
From financial to operational: what are the key reputation risks in the extractives industry – both in the Middle East, and for Middle East companies investing in mining elsewhere in the world?
Issues management in mining: equipping your company with best practice systems and capabilities to identify and confidently manage ‘above ground’ reputation risks.
Interactive case study: illustrating the specialist discipline of protecting your corporate reputation in a crisis situation. A crisis happens suddenly, with immediate and intense scrutiny. Without effective leadership, good decisions and timely communication, reputations built over many years can evaporate in an instant.
Making the most of your corporate reputation: techniques to tactically deploy mining companies’ recognised strengths to build relationships with key decision-makers among potential industry partners and resource-holding governments, including in the Middle East.
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| About your workshop leader: |
Rob Sherwin, Managing Director, Regester Larkin Middle East
Rob is managing director of Regester Larkin’s Middle East office in the United Arab Emirates. He joined Regester Larkin in January 2008 from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), where, as Middle East Energy Adviser, he worked with many UK government departments and its network of Embassies to engage with Middle East governments and companies on issues of energy security and climate change.
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8.30am | Registration and welcome refreshments
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9am | Workshop commences
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1pm | Workshop concludes
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