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Monday November 26, 20180900 to 1700

The Tower Hotel, London, UK

12th ANNUAL INVESTING IN

AFRICAN MINING

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12th ANNUAL INVESTING IN AFRICAN MINING

PROGRAM

morning chair Greg MulleyHead of Mining UK and EMEA, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)

afternoon chair Laura HulettPartner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)

0900 Registration and Networking

0930 Welcome- Wayne Floreani, Vice President, MineAfrica Inc.- Nichole McCulloch, Managing Director, Women in Mining UK and Managing Director, Clifton Hill Associates- Greg Mulley, Head of Mining UK and EMEA, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)

0940 Keynote Address - Peter Geleta, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Acacia Mining plc

Monday November 26, 20180900 to1700

The Tower HotelSt Katharine's WayLondon, UK E1W 1LDtel. 0800 330 8005

1010 PANEL DISCUSSION - Resource Nationalism in Africa- Richard Morgan, Head of Government Relations, Anglo American - Peter Leon, Co-Chairman of Africa Group, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Johannesburg office) - Hon. Francis Gatare, Cabinet Member and Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Mines, Petroleum & Gas Board - Stuart Theobald, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Intellidex UK Limited - Iain Maxwell, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)

1110 Networking Refreshment Break

1140 Forbes & Manhattan: Building an African FootprintAndrew Cheatle, Senior Vice President, Africa, Forbes & Manhattan Resources (a subsidiary of Forbes & Manhattan Group) & Chief Executive Officer, African Gold Group

1200 Exploration Upside, Production Ready Infrastructure, Micro-Cap Valuation- Jed Richardson, President, Trigon Metals Inc.

1220 Medicine in Mining. No Minor...- Dr. Albie de Frey, Director, iNHEMACO (International Health Management Consultants)

1240 Networking Buffet Lunch

1340 Rwanda: An Attractive Mining Destination- Hon. Francis Gatare, Cabinet Member and Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Mines, Petroleum & Gas Board

1400 Case Study Rwanda- James Beams, Chief Executive Officer, Piran Resources Ltd.- Aleksandra Cholewa, Supervisory Board Member, LuNA Smelter- Ray Power, Chief Executive Officer, PRG Plc

1500 Networking Refreshment Break

1530 Above-ground Risks in Africa – Key Trends in 2019 and Beyond- Ben Payton, Head of Africa Research, Maplecroft

1550 Andiamo: Gold and Copper Exploration in Eritrea- Mark Parker, Non-executive Chairman, Andiamo Exploration Ltd.

1610 Equity Capital Raising: Listing on the LSE- Thomas Vaughan, Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London Office)

1630 Consolidated Nickel Mines – Zambia’s next nickel producer - Felix Pole, Chairman, Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd.

1650 Wrap up- Laura Hulett, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office) - Bruce Shapiro, President, MineAfrica Inc.

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Acacia Mining plcAcacia Mining plc (LSE:ACA) is the UK holding company of the AcaciaGroup, Tanzania’s largest gold miner and one of the largest producersof gold in Africa. The Acacia Group has three mines, all located in north-west Tanzania: Bulyanhulu, which is owned and operated by BulyanhuluGold Mine Limited, Buzwagi, which is owned and operated by PangeaMinerals Limited and North Mara, which is owned and operated byNorth Mara Gold Mine Limited. The Acacia Group also has a portfolio of exploration projects in Kenya,Burkina Faso and Mali. Acacia is a UK public company headquarteredin London. We are listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange with a secondary listing on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange. Barrick Gold Corporation is our majority shareholder.www.acaciamining.com

Andiamo Exploration LimitedAndiamo Exploration Limited is a private UK company exploring for goldand copper in Eritrea. Andiamo has located several prospects in its235km² Haykota Exploration Licence, about 45km from the Bisha mine.The high-grade surface gold deposit at Yacob Dewar represents a zoneof oxide gold enrichment overlying an outcropping Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposit, delineated continuously over approximately1.2km by extensive shallow drilling and recent trenching. An initial resource estimation is underway. There is also a significant surfaceoxide copper deposit at Yacob Dewar and the region is very prospectivefor shear-hosted gold deposits. Part of the licence is being actively financed under a Joint Venture arrangement.www.andiamoexploration.co.uk

AngloAmericanA leading global diversified mining company Our strategy is to secure, develop and operate a portfolio of high qualityand long life resource assets, from which we will deliver leading share-holder returns. We achieve this through innovative practices and tech-nologies – in the hands of our world-class people – towards a commonpurpose. www.angloamerican.com

Clifton Hill AssociatesClifton Hill Associates is a trusted global executive search and leader-ship consultancy in the Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, and Industrial sectors. www.cliftonhillassociates.com

Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd. - Zambia’s next nickel producerConsolidated Nickel Mines Ltd (CNM) is an African focused base metalsmining and development company. Founded by an entrepreneurialmanagement team with strong operational expertise, CNM is currentlyprivately owned and backed by the respected private equity group Plinian.The Company’s flagship asset is the Munali nickel sulphide mine inSouthern Zambia, which is well located, with excellent transport andcommunication links in a known mining jurisdiction.The Company is currently implementing a pre-production programme,

ahead of first production which is expected in Q1 2019. Operations areexpected to be fully ramped-up in Q3 2019, with the mine targeting25,000 tonnes of nickel concentrate in 2019. www.cnmplc.co.uk

Forbes & Manhattan Forbes & Manhattan is a leading private merchant bank with a globalfocus on the resource-based sector, Agriculture, Technology andTelecommunications. F&M is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario,Canada with offices, operations and assets across the globe. Forbes &Manhattan provides its clients with a depth of financial, technical, legaland investor relations expertise in house and is able to advance itsgroup of portfolio companies to unlock shareholder value. F&M has asuccessful track record of identifying high quality assets and advancingthem from discovery through to production. F&M incubates, finances and manages junior resource companies andcreates shareholder value by combining world-class assets with top-notch management, access to capital and investor and marketingsupport. We have a proven track record of identifying assets that haveoften struggled under other management and advanced these assetsfrom discovery through to production. www.forbesmanhattan.com

Herbert Smith Freehills LLPOperating from 27 offices across EMEA, Asia Pacific and North America,Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business land-scape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice. We providemany of the world’s most important organisations with access to market-leading dispute resolution, projects and transactional legal advice, combined with expertise in a number of global industry sectors,including energy and natural resources.In Africa, we have built an impressive track record over the past threedecades advising mining companies, lenders and other stakeholderson all aspects of law in the sector, across the whole of the African continent.Our Africa practice is serviced by a multi-disciplinary team of partnersfrom across our global network of offices, including Johannesburg. Wehave been ranked top by Chambers Global for Africa-wide Mining &Minerals since 2012, and 6 of our partners are singled out by ChambersGlobal as leading individuals for Africa-wide Projects and Energy –more than any other law firm. www.herbertsmithfreehills.com

iNHEMACO S.A.(International Health Management Consultants)iNHEMACO S.A. is the foremost provider of turnkey Remote Site Medical Support Services, staffed by Advanced Life Support para-medics, nurses, and doctors. iNHEMACO delivers Comprehensive Corporate Travel and Occupational Health Risk Management. We con-sistently count blue chip organisations among our varied clientele.Human capital is the most precious commodity today, more so in thedeveloping world. Over more than a quarter century, we made it ourbusiness to ensure that our clients have the healthiest expatriate andnational work force, on the continent with the biggest health challengesand the least developed healthcare infrastructure in the world. Swisssavoir-faire. African savvy. www.inhemaco.com�

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Intellidex UK LimitedIntellidex is a research and consulting firm specialising in Africa. It undertakes capital markets research including valuations, politicalanalysis and analysis of portfolio strategy on the continent on behalf ofstockbrokers and investors. It also undertakes market research in specialised segments of the financial services industry, including investment banking, private banking and stockbroking. This supportsstrategy advisory services it provides to financial services clients. Intellidex also assists clients with due diligence on acquisitions and association risk, combining valuation skills, commercial and politicalrisk assessments and reputation analysis, servicing multinationalsfrom several different industries. Intellidex has offices in Johannesburgand London.www.intellidex.co.za

LuNA SmelterLuna Smelter is a leading tin producer located in East Africa, in Kigali– the capital city of Rwanda. This project is being developed by LumaInvestment SA jointly with its Rwandese well recognised partner NgaliHoldings Ltd.The main focus of the LuNa Smelter is to create a value of the companyby creation of a modern, sustainable industrial plant – unique for theCentral and East Africa region. LuNa Smelter is designed and plannedto become a leading African conflict free, high quality tin supplier, aswell as a producer of other minerals obtained during the productionprocess, such as tantalum concentrate from the post production slag.With starting capacity of ca. 300 tons of tin metal per month, LuNaSmelter will conduct activities leading towards launching a second fullyautomatised production line, what will raise the production up to 600tons per month.LuNa Smelter products will be introduced to the European market byits trading company, LuNa Trading, based in Zug, Switzerland.LuNa Smelter activities have already boosted the entire industrial andmining sector of East Africa, especially development of the new 3T min-ing projects. The company is open for cooperation with cassiterite tinsuppliers from the region, who respect environmentally friendly andsocially responsible conflict-free business practices.www.lunasmelter.com

MineAfrica Inc.MineAfrica is a business development and marketing company provid-ing the premier platform for mining companies, service providers andgovernments to promote themselves to a senior level, Africa focussedfinancial and mining audience. Our programs include; 1) 12th AnnualInvesting in African Mining in London, UK on November 26, 2018 duringMines and Money; 2) the biggest African mining event in North America– our 17th Annual Investing in African Mining Seminar and The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business 20th Annual African Mining Breakfast onMarch 5, 2019 during PDAC including booth space in the PDAC TradeShow; 3) MASTERMINING educational courses and training including“Understanding the Mining Industry From A to Z”; and 4) business development, marketing and consulting services.www.mineafrica.com

The Mineral Resource Analyst Group (MRAG) MRAG has been in formal existence since late 1971, providing a forumfor the mining industry to interact with senior sell side mining analysts.The generation of mining analysts of the 1960s have expanded from occasional get togethers at the Engineers Club on Victoria Street inToronto. MRAG is a non-profit association and its members of goodstanding pay an annual or bi-annual fee for the activities of MRAG,which include corporate and industry presentations, field trips and forecast sessions.MRAG expanded its membership in 2003 to include qualified researchassociates of the industry in view of the industry need for these mem-bers to acquire skills to become the next generation of analysts. MRAGis proud of the professionalism of its members with extensive educa-tional backgrounds and field experience in mining, geology, metallurgyand geophysics. MRAG is the only continuous association of analystsrepresenting a key sector of the equity markets in Canada. www.mrag.ca

Mining Review Africa Mining Review Africa is the leading African distributed monthly miningmagazine in the industry. Our publication is seen and read by an audience of over 31 000 influential mining authorities and key decisionmakers across the globe.We go above and beyond for our clients, ensuring maximum exposureat major global mining conferences with a key focus on mining projectsin Africa as well as the key industry professionals involved.Our distribution extends to charter planes that fly mining routes acrossthe continent. We are able to do this through our well established andlong-lasting relationships with Majestic Air and others.www.miningreview.com

Mining WeeklyMining Weekly, is a premier source of weekly news on global miningdevelopments. Mining Weekly provides in-depth coverage of globalmining projects and the personalities reshaping the industry. News isgenerated from the main newsroom in Johannesburg with bureaus inVancouver and Perth, as well as contributors in African countries, including Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi and Kenya, and in India.MiningWeekly.com includes three regional home pages for theAfrica/Europe, Australasia and Americas regions. Readers are auto-matically directed to their relevant geographical home page, but read-ers can easily navigate between the home pages. Three region-specificdaily newsletters serve as a key source of daily mining news.www.miningweekly.com

Piran Resources Ltd.Piran Resources is a mining company focused on the production andexploration of tin and tantalum in Rwanda. Piran’s objective is to be-come one of the largest tin and tantalum producers in Africa within thenext three years. The company is currently focused on defining a com-bined JORC resource by Q1 2019, whilst contemporaneously increasingthe tonnage from its small-scale mining operations. Piran’s long termobjective is to expand the resource size.Piran Rwanda Limited is a full iTSCi member and ITRI compliant.www.piran-resources.com

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PRG PlcWe are a vertically integrated metallic materials science company. Weguarantee clients a high quality, innovative product choice from conflictfree and child-labour free sources for minor metals, rare earths, andsuperalloys. Our expertise is also available to clients for geologicalservices, mineral processing, metallurgical research, laboratory analy-ses, and bespoke product or alloy production. PRG pioneers new tech-nologies to meet the current and future needs of the constantly evolvingelectronics, automotive, additive manufacturing, and aerospace indus-tries. The demand for supply chain security of rare metals and super-alloys is becoming an increasingly important challenge to the high techmanufacturing economy and PRG is the perfect partner to insulate yourmanufacturing needs from supply chain risk with fully accredited, highquality, and high performance metals and alloys.www.prgplc.eu

Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas BoardEstablished in February 2017, RMB is the Government of Rwanda body responsible for implementing and advising the government on issuesrelated national policies, laws and strategies related to mines, petro-leum and gas. It is also mandated to monitor and coordinate the implementation of strategies related to mines, petroleum and gas. Inaddition to monitoring, it is supposed to carryout research & explorationin geology, mining and petroleum and do disseminate the findings. Further, the RMB is supposed to supervise and monitor private or public entities conducting mining, trade and value addition of mineraloperations. It is to assist the government in valuing mining and quarryconcessions. Lastly, RMB is to cooperate and collaborate with other regional and international institutions carrying out similar mission.www.rmb.gov.rw

Trigon Metals Inc.Trigon is a publicly traded Canadian exploration and development com-pany with its core business focused on copper operations in Namibia,one of the world’s most prospective copper regions, where it has substantial assets in place. Including the Kombat Copper mine a prematurely closed operation within place mine and mill infrastructure, and known high grade grade resources, capable of restart at low cost. The Company hold an 80% interest in five mining licenses in the Otavi Mountain lands, an area ofNamibia widely recognized for its high-grade copper deposits. www.trigonmetals.com

Verisk MaplecroftVerisk Maplecroft works with the world’s largest multinational organ-isations to help them understand and manage the huge array of polit-ical, human rights and environmental risks that can underminecommercial value, damage brand reputation and disrupt global oper-ations and supply chains.We provide a unique 360° perspective on these issues by combiningthe world’s most comprehensive portfolio of global risk indices withon-the-ground insights, in-depth expert analysis and predictive datacovering all key markets and sectors. This holistic approach to risk enables our clients to map the risk exposure of their assets, invest-ments and suppliers in forensic detail across 150+ issues and 198 coun-tries. It gives them the deep insight they need to build organisationalresilience, identify opportunity and to act more sustainably. But, morethan anything, we give companies the confidence to make better, business critical decisions based on data and analysis they can trust.www.maplecroft.com

Women In Mining (WIM) (UK)Women in Mining (WIM) (UK) is a non-profit organization dedicated topromoting and progressing the development of women in the miningand minerals sector. Established in 2006, WIM (UK) now has more than2,000 members across a wide range of mining-related businesses andprofessions. Membership is free and open to all women in the miningindustry, wherever you work WIM (UK) provides information and greatnetworking opportunities to its members and promotes the role ofwomen in the mining industry and the sector as a career choice forwomen.www.womeninmining.org.uk

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James Beams, Chief Executive Officer, Piran Resources Ltd.James is a highly experienced mining professional with over 25 years’ inthe mining industry. He has held senior executive positions in public andprivate companies and brings a wealth of knowledge and understandingboth within the mining sector and the investor markets.He was previously CEO of Aim listed company North River Resources andremains on the Board as a Non Executive Chairman. Prior to North RiverJames spent 14 years with Anglo American plc. For his final five years atAnglo American he was the Chief Financial Officer for the Copper [email protected]

Andrew Cheatle, Senior Vice President, Africa, Forbes & Manhattan Resources (a subsidiary of the Forbes & Manhattan Group) & Chief Executive Officer, African Gold GroupAndrew’s role as Senior Vice President, Africa combines his passion forbusiness, sustainable development, geology and Africa – a continent withwhich he has had a life-long association. Andrew has over 25 years of industry experience as a professional geologist and mining executive; withformer roles including President and CEO of Unigold Inc., and the ExecutiveDirector of the PDAC. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of Condor Gold plc., a Director of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, a Director of International Women in Mining and on the Advisory Councilfor the Development Partner Institute. He is a graduate of the Royal Schoolof Mines, London and holds an MBA. [email protected]

Aleksandra Cholewa, Supervisory Board Member, LuNA SmelterMs Cholewa is highly experienced in managing industrially driven projectsand supervision of the exploration and mining projects. She is responsiblefor supervision and coordination of the international projects run within theLuma group in Central and East Europe as well as in Africa. She has a vastexperience in mining sector, especially in the mining machinery equipmentas well as the use of modern industrial explosives for mining. Previouslyengaged in diplomacy, Ms Cholewa is in charge of communicating with EURepresentatives in regards to the European Raw Material Policy as well asrepresentatives from different levels of the governmental institutions.

Albie de Frey, Founder and DirectoriNHEMACO (International Health Management Consultants)Albie de Frey obtained an MBchB from the University of Pretoria in 1983,followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiologyfrom the University of Pretoria. He obtained a Diploma in Travel Medicinefrom the University of Glasgow and a Certificate in Travel Health from theInternational Society of Travel Medicine. He holds fellowships of the Facultyof Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glas-gow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian Collegeof Tropical Medicine, Australia. He is a Senior Honorary Lecturer at theSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Wit-watersrand (WITS), South Africa. He is a founding member of WorldwideTravel Medical Consultants, Travel Doctor Corporate since March 2017,Medical Director of the Travel Doctor and International Health ManagementConsultants (iNHEMACO S.A.). He is a Member of the World Health Organ-isation (WHO) Expert Roster on Travel Health and recently elected Chair ofthe Travel for Work Interest Group of the International Society of TravelMedicine. He has lived and worked in South Africa, Malawi and the [email protected]

Wayne Floreani. Vice President, MineAfrica Inc.Wayne has 25+ years of international trade and investment promotion experience and expertise, with a particular focus on natural resources. He worked previously with the South African Consulate (Department ofTrade and Industry) in Toronto and the Sudbury Regional Development Corporation. He has organized numerous international trade missions,conferences, seminars and ministerial delegations. He is a current BoardMember (and past Chairman) of the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber ofBusiness, a member of the PDAC and Past President of the Canadian ItalianBusiness and Professional Association of Canada. [email protected]

Francis Gatare, Cabinet Member & Chief Executive OfficerRwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas BoardMr. Gatare has extensive experience in both the public and private sector.From October 2009 to July 2014, he served as Principal Private Secretaryto H.E the President of the Republic of Rwanda. He also served as the ChiefEconomist and Deputy Head of Policy and Strategy in the Office of the Pres-

ident. Prior to joining the Office of The President, he served as the PrincipalDeputy CEO of the Rwanda Development Board. Mr. Gatare also served asthe Director General of the Rwanda Investment & Export Promotion Agencyfrom May 2007 to September 2008.From April 2005 to October 2009, he wasthe Personal Representative of H.E the President of Rwanda, to the NEPADSteering Committee. Mr. Gatare has served in several managerial positionsin UNDP and taught economics at universities. [email protected]

Peter Gelata, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Acacia Mining plcMr Geleta, 54, was appointed as Acacia’s Interim Chief Executive Officer on1 January 2018, having previously been Head of People. Mr Geleta joinedAcacia in May 2012. He has 35 years of mining industry experience in bothoperational and corporate leadership positions, and has extensive experi-ence on the African continent. During his time with Acacia he has servedas General Manager of the Bulyanhulu mine and helped lead the successfulrestructuring of the business. Prior to joining Acacia Mr Geleta held a number of roles at Barrick GoldCorporation, including Organisational Effectiveness Director for BarrickAfrica, Human Resources Director for the Australia Pacific Region and General Manager for Barrick’s Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales. Before joining Barrick Gold Corporation, he worked for AngloGold Ashantifor 25 years, where he held a number of roles including Head of HumanResources and Sustainability for AngloGold Ashanti’s Africa Operations andGeneral Manager of the Navachab Mine in Namibia. Mr Geleta holds an Executive MBA qualification from the University of Cape Town. [email protected]

Laura Hulett, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)Laura is a corporate and commercial partner at global law firm HerbertSmith Freehills LLP, specialising in mining and oil & gas. She advisesclients on private M&A, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, long-term contracts and projects. Laura has extensive natural resourcesexperience in many jurisdictions in Africa (including Equatorial Guinea,Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Tunisia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone andKenya), Latin America and Europe and has advised some of the firm's keyclients on high-value and highly strategic transactions. Prior to joining theLondon office of Herbert Smith Freehills in 2010, Laura worked as a miningspecialist lawyer in Queensland, Australia. [email protected]

Peter Leon, Co-Chairman of Africa GroupHerbert Smith Freehills LLP (Johannesburg office)Based in Johannesburg, Peter is the global co-chair of Herbert Smith Free-hills' Africa practice and a highly experienced mining specialist who workswith a broad range of clients on mineral and petroleum regulation in developing countries (most recently the mining codes of South Africa, Tan-zania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and international best practice),black economic empowerment and indigenisation law, international invest-ment law and financial services regulation. Peter helps the firm's clientswith major mine development agreements and resources regulatory issuesacross Anglophone Africa. He also has significant experience guiding clientsthrough contentious matters involving states in sub-Saharan Africa. Peteris singled out as a "Thought Leader" for international mining work by Who’sWho Legal 2018, which says that "Peter Leon is 'famous in the miningspace', earning accolades from sources as 'a regulatory expert'. He is highlyregarded among clients, who are impressed by his 'knowledge, credibilityand ability to provide tailored solutions'." He was also described by sourcesin the 2017 edition as 'the best South African mining lawyer working today'[email protected]

Iain Maxwell, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)Iain Maxwell is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer and advocate atglobal law firm Herbert Smith Freehills who specialises in arbitration (in particular treaty arbitration) and public international law. Iain regularly represents investors in arbitration claims against states, and also advisesboth corporations and states on a broad range of public international lawissues, including sovereign immunity, sanctions and boundary issues. Iainhas worked on cases arising from all major industry sectors, including mining, and in arbitration proceedings administered by all the major arbitration institutions including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC),the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). He is ranked in both Legal 500 andChambers Global, with sources to the latest edition of the latter indicating

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that "His knowledge of the subject is very impressive indeed", and that "He is capable of dealing a knockout blow from nowhere during cross-examination". [email protected]

Nichole McCulloch, Managing Director, Women in Mining UK &Managing Director, Clifton Hill AssociatesNichole possesses over a decade’s worth of professional experience in lead-ership development, executive recruitment, and client management. As MDof Clifton Hill Associates, she is using this experience to advise clients onhow to create a proactive strategy around talent and leadership both at anexecutive and board level. She is a trusted adviser to her clients, having completed searches andsourced candidates in over 30 countries.Nichole is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion; she is the ManagingDirector for Women in Mining (UK) and is a frequent speaker on issues suchas governance and talent management. [email protected]

Richard Morgan, Head of Government Relations, Anglo American plcJoined Anglo American London Oct 2010. Previously Head of Public Diplo-macy at the British Foreign Office (2008-2010). Seconded to Unilever as Director of Public Affairs for Africa, Middle East and Turkey (2005-2008).Posted to British Embassy Paris (Head of Press and Public Affairs 2000-2004), South Africa (Political and Development 1995-2000) and Tokyo (Commercial 1986-1990). Foreign Office Press Office 1992-1995. Degree inmodern languages from University of [email protected]

Greg Mulley, Head of Mining UK and EMEAHerbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)Greg Mulley is a corporate partner at global law firm Herbert Smith Free-hills LLP and heads the firm's mining practice in the UK and EMEA. He ad-vises companies and investment banks on private and public mergers andacquisitions, corporate governance issues, joint ventures and other aspectsof corporate law. Greg has particular experience in advising on public andprivate M&A and complex, cross border transactions, joint ventures andcorporate governance matters. He advises boards on a range of critical is-sues. Greg is a member of the firm's Crisis Management steering groupand an elected member of the firm's partnership counsel. He has adviseda number of mining companies on African M&A and other matters, includ-ing BHP and Anglo American. [email protected]

Mark Parker, Non-executive Chairman, Andiamo Exploration Ltd.Experienced mineral exploration entrepreneur and geophysicist with 40years’ experience. Founder and Managing Director of Equator Gold Limitedand formerly Managing Director of African Eagle Resources plc. Chairmanof International Geoscience Services Ltd and non-executive director ofBlenheim Natural Resources plc [email protected]

Ben Payton, Head of Africa Research, Verisk MaplecroftBen Payton manages Verisk Maplecroft’s Africa research practice and isthe chief analyst for South Africa. Ben’s work is focused on helping mining and oil and gas companies man-age their risk exposure in Africa. This involves providing analysis throughVerisk Maplecroft’s Mining Country Risk Analysis Service to help companiesgain a comprehensive understanding of risk issues throughout the lifecycleof an investment project. Meanwhile, Ben and his team regularly conductdetailed risk assessments for specific projects, helping investors to under-stand the social and environmental threats to their operations.Ben often contributes analysis to international media outlets such asReuters, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Hehas been interviewed for television by the BBC, CNBC, Al Jazeera and several others. Prior to his current role, Ben worked on public sector governance at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has an MA from theSchool of Oriental and African Studies and a first-class bachelor’s degreefrom the University of Southampton. [email protected]

Felix Pole, Chairman, Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd.Felix Pole has over 20 years experience in the global nickel industry. Duringhis career, he was one of the Principals of European Nickel PLC with SimonPurkiss. European Nickel was a privately funded company for 4 years beforelisting on AIM in 2004 with a market cap of $50m which increased to $300mwhen he stepped down as Chairman. Prior to his role with European NickelPLC, Felix was the Finance Director of Titan Resources, an Australian listedcompany that developed and operated the Radio Hill Mine in Western Australia and developed the bacterial heap leaching process for nickel andcopper sulphides. He has also been a Non Executive Director of Toledo Mining. [email protected]

Ray Power, Chief Executive Officer, PRG PlcRay is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of PRG Plc. He is also Chairman of British Business Group Macedonia and the Owner of ActiveReception.com From 2008 to 2017 he was the Chairman of the British Chamber of Com-merce Kosovo and from 2012 to 2015 the Managing Director of Ascot Group.

Jed Richardson, President, Trigon Metals Inc. In addition to his role as president at Trigon Metals Jed Richardson is alsoPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Great Quest Fertilizer, developingpotash projects in Mali, West Africa. He worked at RBC Capital Markets asa Research Associate and at Cormark/Sprott Securities as a Research Analyst. He also worked as a Mining Engineer for Alcan Aluminum aftergraduating from the University of Toronto. He holds a B.A.Sc in Mineral andGeological Engineering. More recently, he served as the Vice-President ofCorporate Development of Amazon Mining (TSX-V: AMZ), a UK-registeredcompany, with potash and gold interests in Brazil. Mr. Richardson, who isbased in Toronto, brings considerable expertise to the Management andBoard, particularly with his experience in capital markets and his back-ground in the exploration and production of fertilizer. [email protected]

Bruce Shapiro, President, MineAfrica Inc.Bruce Shapiro is President of A.P.O.C. Inc., a management consulting prac-tice, which provides business development and business acceleration serv-ices both in Canada and internationally across a diverse set of industrysectors. Bruce is President of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, the mostprominent organization in Canada facilitating and developing business interests between Canada and Southern Africa and President of MineAfricaInc. the leading platform for African mining companies, governments andservice providers to get their message out to Africa friendly investment audiences in Canada and London U.K. [email protected]

Stuart Theobald, Co-Founder and Chairman, Intellidex UK LimitedDr Stuart Theobald is an entrepreneur, financial analyst and academic. Heis chairman of Intellidex and has spent the last 17 years studying bankingsystems and capital markets across Africa. He began his career as a finan-cial journalist in Johannesburg where he edited several financial publica-tions, before launching Intellidex 10 years ago. Through Intellidex, heconsults with several of the largest financial institutions in the world, in-cluding banks and fund managers with operations and exposures in Africa,advising on operating and investment strategies. Stuart has been widelyquoted in the world's media and writes a weekly column in South Africa'sBusiness Day newspaper. He holds a PhD from the London School of Eco-nomics, where he is also research associate, and the Chartered FinancialAnalyst designation. He is based in London. [email protected]

Thomas Vaughan, Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (London office)Thomas is an associate in the corporate division of global law firm HerbertSmith Freehills LLP. He has experience of advising investment banks andcompanies on equity capital markets transactions, including IPOs and secondary fundraisings, as well as on public and private M&A transactions.Thomas has advised clients on transactions across a range of sectors, including natural resources, financial institutions, consumer products, realestate and TMT. [email protected]

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