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Pre-Conference Workshop and Site Tour: Monday 26th October 2009
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| Ma’aden Ras Az Zawr Pre-Conference Site Tour |
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| About the Site Visit |
Luxury buses will pick up attendees from the Foyer of the Sheraton Hotel, and take them across the border into Saudi Arabia to the Ras Az Zawr.
There delegates will be taken on a rare ‘behind –thescenes” site tour of one the largest integrated phosphate mining, processing and fertilizer production facilities in the world.
The Ras Az Zawr site visit is strictly limited to just 40 places. Seats can be secured by invitation only.
If you would like to attend email Event Director, Jordan Hooper at jordan.hooper@terrapinn.com
Food and refreshments will be served on site by Ma’aden.
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| Workshop A: Silica Arabia 2009 |
Time: 9:00am-17:00pm
Silica is today’s strategic mineral for tomorrow’s high tech industrial products and there is increasing demand for its use.
This technical workshop will look at various silica ranges and markets in Saudi Arabia, how it is produced, its many applications and Saudi Arabia’s vast deposits of silica sand, quartz and quartzite.
This workshop will also look at how new technology can help mining companies and silica producers to get the maximum benefit from these resources. The workshop will be broken up into 6 key focus areas:
- Exploration of Silica in Saudi Arabia: An overview of silica resources, applications and markets in Saudi Arabia
- Exploration of high-purity Quartz for hightech products in Saudi Arabia: High purity quartz for silicon, polysilicon and other high-tech products explored in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries
- Processing of quartz to produce ultra purity silica: producing fused quartz glass, cultured quartz and high purity quartz powder for optical and thermal devices, electronics, communication, photovoltaic and mineral filler applications:
- Producing silicon chemicals and silicon metal from quartz: Technical specifications, raw materials, processes and markets of silicon alloys, silicon chemicals and silicon metal for various industrial applications.
- Processing of silica sand for ceramics, glass, and other commercial applications
- Silica and quartz from mine to market-Future trends, current advances and market prices
This workshop will be led by Mr. Mian K Habib, Technical Advisor, Saudi Geological Survey
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Day One Tuesday 27th October 2009
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8.30am | Registration and welcome refreshments
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9am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| MENA AND THE GLOBAL MINING OUTLOOK |
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9.10am | Welcome address from 2009 Strategic Event Partner-Trimex
International
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9.30am | Growing international mining partnerships in the Middle
East
- The current regional mining business environment
- A picture of successful and developing relationships
- Models for partnership
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| MENA Mining Leaders Panel |
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10am | Boom or bust: why investing in long term supply capacity is a global must
- Lessons learned from the oil and gas industry: similarities and differences
- Addressing the importance of maintained investment in mineral and metal ore exploration and development to avoid a return to the commodity price bubble
- Evaluating new partnership, joint venture and investment opportunities in the current market climate
- Accessing capital: where is it going to come from
- Improving long term sustainability of the present business model
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10.40am | Morning tea
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| COMMODITY OUTLOOK SESSION |
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11.10am | Gold Outlook Panel
- Mapping supply/demand trends that will determine gold prices in 2010
- Forecasting the gold mining climate: Will gold mining continue is bullish run?
- What are the regional opportunities/challenges driving regional and international gold mine development?
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11.15am | Phosphate Outlook Panel
- Mapping supply/demand trends for phosphate mining and fertilizer production in 2010
- Is fertilizer MENA’s new gold?
- Integrating the value chain: will fertilizer developers be continuing to invest in phosphate and potash mines in the region? Where? Is the business model sustainable in the current environment?
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12.30pm | Networking lunch break
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1.30pm | Exploring global investment opportunities in uranium
- Why uranium? The commercial and environmental case for investing in uranium mining
- Assessing global investment opportunities and risks
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| FUNDING SOS: COURTING MINING ANGELS |
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2pm | Understanding the key drivers of lenders in the mining
sector
- With close to zero interest rates how do lenders get their necessary returns?
- What are banks and other project financiers looking for from mining companies in the current climate?
- What risks are lenders willing to take and it what projects will catch their eye?
- Will the momentum sway toward Islamic financiers? What will be their role and what will they look for in a mining project?
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| | Mr. Arash Onsori, Director Internationl and Resource Mobilisation, Bank of Industry and Mines Iran
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2.30pm | Panel: Attracting investors to invest in MENA mining: what
is it going to take?
- Mapping the perspective of Middle East institutional investors and High Net Worth Individuals
- What do SWFs and HNWIs investing in mining companies look for?
- What is the international investor’s perspective? Where will MENA mining resources fit in their 2010 investment strategy?
- What risks are they willing to take and what emerging markets are in their sights and why?
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| | Dr Ismail N. Al-Ganad, Chairman of Board of Directors, Geological Survey & Mineral Resources Board, Yemen
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3.10pm | Speed Networking
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4pm | Afternoon tea
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| MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND EMERGING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES |
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4.30pm | Effectively acquiring and managing brownfield sites
- Formulating an investment strategy
- Identifying the right sites
- Critical assets to target: coal and copper
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5pm | Close of Day One and commencement of the MENA Mining Networking Drinks Reception
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Day Two Wednesday 28th October 2009
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8.30am | Welcome refreshments
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9am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
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| HOT SPOTS, REGIONAL MARKET SNAPSHOTS & REGULATORY MELTING POTS |
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9.10am | Sound geology, modern infrastructure and a new mining
code highlight bright future for mining in Saudi Arabia
- Assessing where most metallic and industrial minerals in Saudi Arabia are located
- Government policy and priority for infrastructure development to facilitate the mining industry
- Reforming mining code and regulation to stimulate foreign investment
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9.40am | A snapshot of Saudi Arabia’s key phosphate projects
- An overview of plans for the exploitation of Saudi phosphate resources
- An update on current and planned projects from Ma’aden Phosphate Company
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10.10am | Gold deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Current projects and opportunities for further investment in gold exploration
- Assessment of extent of gold mineralisation in the Arabian Shield
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10.40am | Morning tea
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11.10am | Developing a world class copper and gold mining project in Saudi Arabia
- An update on the development of the Jabal Sayid Copper and Gold Project
- Exploiting Saudi Arabia’s vast mineral potential: insight from an international mining company
- Meeting the project’s vast project finance and capital requirements in uncertain times
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11.30am | Developing a new gold mine in Egypt
- An update on Centamin’s Sukari Hill gold project
- Going from feasibility, to development to production
- Key challenges
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11.50am | Panel: Mining regulation across the MENA region: Devil in the detail
- Examining regulatory regimes across a number of the MENA jurisdictions
- Looking at Saudi and North Africa where the industry is most developed
- Discussing ‘lessons learned’ and ‘areas of improvement’ in existing legislative regimes
- Assessing how those improvements can be introduced into the emerging industries throughout MENA
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| | Mr. Frank Sader, Chief Strategist and Senior Operations Manager PEP MENA, IFC
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12.30pm | Networking lunch break
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| DEVELOPING WORLD CLASS MINES |
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1.30pm | Panel: The A-Z of developing a mining project from scratch: same as oil and gas right? WRONG
- Exploring the fundamental and complex differences between oil/gas and mining project development
- Who does what in the mining value chain?
- Assessing the essential ingredients for successful mining project development
- Filling the MENA mining knowledge gap: what has to be done?
- Addressing key infrastructural and policy challenges
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2.10pm | The essential role of government in supporting mineral sector investment as an element of reducing exploration risk
- Ensuring technical guidance is provide by a ‘Qualified Person’
- Using conventional exploration practices in a systematic manner
- Exploring in areas that are favourable and using appropriate analytical techniques
- Exploring in government-backed jurisdictions
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| | Mr. Al Workman, Vice President and Senior Geologist, Watts, Griffis and McQuat
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2.40pm | Panel: Making MENA mining competitive: where MENA governments need to invest in order to build and support mineral mining infrastructure
- What transport infrastructure is in place optimise mining transport logistics?
- Investing in new railway and port infrastructure to enable world class mining distribution centres
- Building and developing essential water and power supplies for remote mining sites: a regional challenge
- Streamlining both inbound and outbound distribution
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3.20pm | Afternoon tea
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3.50pm | Roundtable Discussions
- Roundtable 1: Striking the right debt and equity finance mix: is there a formula for getting it right?
- Roundtable 2: Shaking up the old business model: revisiting traditional mine construction methodologies
- Roundtable 3: Mining for human resources: strategies for building the right team with local content
- Roundtable 4: Attracting capital, managing risks and increasing shareholder returns
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| GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENA INVESTORS |
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4.30pm | Opportunities in the growing Canadian resource sector for Middle East investors and partnerships
- How Delta uses its capabilities to help Middle East investors and companies
- Delta’s history of management’s expertise
- Opportunities, options and alternatives for Middle Eastern players in the Middle East and Canada
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| INVESTING IN NEW EXPLORATION AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY |
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4.50pm | Panel: The importance of investing in new project generation and exploration into new markets
- Investing in new exploration and expansions to mitigate a new commodity price spike
- Where mining companies will be looking to extend their international footprint if at all?
- Investing in new geosurveying/exploration technology: new exploration techniques
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5.30pm | Close of Day and conclusion of MENA Mining 2009
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Post-Conference Exploration Day: Thursday 29th October 2009
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| Workshop B: Systematic Exploration as a Means of Reducing Investor Risk |
The workshop will be tailored to those who want to learn more about fundamental exploration concepts, the structure of exploration agreements, the management of technical risk and the role of the Qualified Person (“QP”) as defined under Securities Law. Aspects of the workshop will include discussions of the main survey types: geological mapping, geochemical surveying and geophysical surveying, and the need to ensure these meet Best Practices Standards.
There will also be some discussion of drilling techniques nd the lessons learned from WGM’s extensive experience in the Middle East-North Africa region. Other aspects of the presentations will include the main licensing systems and reporting standards in use internationally, and the need for a similar system in the Middle East region. Any participant in the workshop who asks will be given the course contents as a series of digital PowerPoint presentations.
This workshop will be presented by Mr. Al Workman, President and Senior Geologist, Watts, Griffis and McQuat. Mr. Workman has 35 years of experience in the design and management of mineral exploration programs has managed projects in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran since that time.
Watts, Griffis and McOuat (“WGM”) is an independent consulting firm of geologists and engineers that provided value-added professional services of the highest standards to the global minerals industry. Incorporated in 1962, WGM has been one of the most trusted names in exploration and mining. Since the 1970s, the World Bank and Government bodies, including many in the Middle East region, have recognized the value and integrity of WGM’s guidance and services. WGM remains committed to the region and to the development of its mineral wealth as a foundation for economic and societal improvement.
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