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Perth, Western Australia
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Programme Day One Wednesday 4 November 2020 11:00 Arrival Tea,
Coffee and Registration
Session One: Liam Twigger, PCF Capital Group 12:00 Welcome: Bill
Repard, Executive Chairman, Paydirt Media Pty Ltd (5) 12:05 Opening
Address: Hon. Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum,
Government of Western Australia (20) 12:25 Stuart Gale, Interim
Chief Executive Officer, Resolute Mining Ltd, “Africa Down Under
2020, Corporate Presentation” (25) 12:50 Tim Carstens, Managing
Director, Base Resources Ltd, “Base Resources - delivering returns”
(20) 13:10 Alistair Cowden, Executive Chairman, Firefinch Ltd,
“Firefinch! The next golden chapter for Morila the Gorilla” (15)
13:25 Allan Mulligan, Executive Director, Walkabout Resources Ltd,
“An update about Walkabout” (15) 13:40 Panel Discussion: Setting
the agenda (20) 14:00 Lunch, Exhibition Area, sponsored by SkyTEM
(40)
Session Two: Bill Turner, Geo40 Ltd 14:40 Karl Simich, Managing
Director and CEO, Sandfire Resources NL, “Establishing a new
long-life copper production hub in the heart of the world-class
Kalahari Copper Belt” (25) 15:05 Richard Hyde, CEO and Executive
Chairman, West African Resources Ltd, “Africa’s newest UNHEDGED
gold producer” (15) 15:20 Tom Revy, Managing Director, BlackEarth
Minerals NL, “Forging a future in critical commodities” (15) 15:35
Peter Ledwidge, Managing Director, Mako Gold Ltd, “Hunting
high-grade multi-million ounce gold deposits in Côte d’Ivoire” (15)
15:50 Questions (5) 15:55 Meet the Ambassadors Part One: African
diplomatic corps come together to discuss the landscape for
investment in their respective regions (30) Jeff Hart, Paydirt
Media (Convenor); H.E. Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, South Africa; H.E.
Joe Tapera Mhishi, Zimbabwe; H.E. Marie Monty, Mauritius 16:25
Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Area, sponsored by Geodrill (20)
Session Three: Dalitso Banda, Bennett + Co 16:45 Tim Beresford,
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Trade and Investment
Commission (Austrade), “Supporting global trade and investment
through COVID” (15) 17:00 Mark Norwell, Managing Director and CEO,
Perenti, “Our African journey” (15) 17:15 Questions (5) 17:20 Meet
the Ambassadors Part Two: Australian diplomatic corps come together
to discuss the landscape for investment in their respective regions
(45) Dominic Piper, Australia’s Paydirt (Convenor); Gita Kamath,
South Africa; Glenn Miles, Egypt; Peter Doyle, Ethiopia; Michael
Cutts, Morocco; Bronte Moules, Zimbabwe 18:05 Australia-Africa
Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG) Awards Presentation (55) 19:00
AAMEG Awards Cocktail Function, Exhibition Area, sponsored by
Perenti
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Perth, Western Australia
Interested in presenting or sponsoring? Contact Namukale
Nakazwe-Msiska [email protected] in exhibiting? Contact
Christine Oelschlaeger [email protected]
For all queries phone +61 (0)8 9321 0355
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Programme Day Two Thursday 5 November 2020
10:30 Arrival Tea, Coffee and Registration
Session Four: William Witham, Australia-Africa Minerals and
Energy Group (AAMEG) 11:00 Mike Christie, Director – Exploration,
First Quantum Minerals Ltd, “African Update” (20) 11:20 Mark
Strizek, Executive Director, Tietto Minerals Ltd, “Abujar: West
Africa’s next gold mine” (15) 11:35 Paul Roberts, Managing
Director, Predictive Discovery Ltd, “Drilling the Bankan
discoveries” (15) 11:50 Phil McKeiver, Projects Counsel, Gilbert +
Tobin, “Managing risks on African resources projects - be
remembered in your organisation for the right reasons!” (15) 12:05
Questions (5) 12:10 Panel Discussion: Women in Mining (45) Muza
Gondwe, Curtin University (Convenor); Trish O’Reilly, Trish
O’Reilly Consulting; Kristie Young, Primero; HardHat; Tara Robson,
Sipa Resources Ltd 12:55 Lunch, Exhibition Area, sponsored by
Bennett + Co (40)
Session Five: Frazer Fallens, Intertek Genalysis 13:35 John
Borshoff, Managing Director and CEO, Deep Yellow Ltd, “Deep Yellow
and Uranium insights” (15) 13:50 William Witham, Chief Executive
Officer, Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG), “AAMEG
- How to remain connected during a pandemic” (15) 14:05 Alfred
Baku, Executive Vice President and Head of West Africa, Gold
Fields, “Developments in the mining industry in Ghana” (15) 14:20
Update on Mining Indaba 2021 (15) 14:35 Wilson Robb, Chairman,
Aurum Exploration Services, “Advancing your exploration project:
Data, Fieldwork & Targeting” (15) 14:50 Questions (5) 14:55
Meet the Ambassadors Part Three: African diplomatic corps come
together to discuss the landscape for investment in their
respective regions (30) Jeff Hart, Paydirt Media (Convenor); H.E.
Isaiya Kabira, Kenya; Mr Beryihun Temesgen, Ethiopia; H.E. Dr Joyce
Kikafunda, Uganda 15:25 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Area, sponsored
by MARLINK (20)
Session Six: Mark Andrews, Australia’s Paydirt 15:45 H.E. Takele
Uma, Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Federal Democratic Republic
of Ethiopia (15) 16:00 Harry Anagnostaras-Adams, Executive
Chairman, KEFI Minerals plc, “Ethiopia... finally on the starting
blocks” (15) 16:15 Hon. Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Energy, Mines and
Sustainable Development, Kingdom of Morocco (15) 16:30 Lisa
Sharland, Head of International Program, Australian Strategic
Policy Institute (ASPI), “Australia-Africa security interests in
the COVID era” (15) 16:45 Michael Ostrove, Global Co-Chair of
International Arbitration, DLA Piper, “Investment disputes in the
mining sector - mapping the recent trends” (15) 17:00 Questions (5)
17:05 Meet the Ambassadors Part Four: Australian diplomatic corps
come together to discuss the landscape for investment in their
respective regions (45) Dominic Piper, Australia’s Paydirt
(Convenor); Gregory Andrews, Ghana; Alison Chartres, Kenya; Kate
O’Shaughnessy, Mauritius; Ian Halliday, Australian Trade and
Investment Commission (Austrade) 17:50 ADU Football Cup Cocktail
Function, Exhibition Area
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6 - 8 September 2017
Perth, Western Australia
Interested in presenting or sponsoring? Contact Namukale
Nakazwe-Msiska [email protected] in exhibiting? Contact
Christine Oelschlaeger [email protected]
For all queries phone +61 (0)8 9321 0355
* This programme is subject to change
www.africadownunderconference.com
Programme Day Three Friday 6 November 2020
11:30 Arrival Tea, Coffee and Registration
Session Seven: Lee-Anne de Bruin, Perseus Mining Ltd 12:00
Stephen Wetherall, Managing Director and CEO, Lucapa Diamond
Company Ltd, “Growing a high quality producer and explorer (20)
12:20 Sherif Andrawes, Global Head of Natural Resources, BDO,
“Explorers - cash data - the past, the present and the future” (15)
12:35 Mark Jessell, Director, Agate Project Ltd, “The Agate
Project: Knowledge, skills, networks in earth and planetary
science” (15) 12:50 Lindsay Reed, Chief Executive Officer, Minbos
Resources Ltd, “Cabinda phosphate project impact of investment”
(15) 13:05 Questions (5) 13:10 Meet the Ambassadors Part Five:
African diplomatic corps come together to discuss the landscape for
investment in their respective regions (30) Jeff Hart, Paydirt
Media (Convenor); Mrs Bola Ayoka Asaju, Nigeria; Ms Vivian
Asempapa, Ghana; H.E. Frank Bwalya, Zambia 13:40 Lunch, Exhibition
Area, sponsored by PCF Capital Group (50)
Session Eight: Dominic Piper, Paydirt Media 14:30 Jeff
Quartermaine, Managing Director and CEO, Perseus Mining Ltd,
“Perseus Mining corporate presentation” (20) 14:50 Dave Manning,
Global Head of Hybrid, Juwi Renewable Energies Pty Ltd, “Renewable
Energy: Firming up supply in South Africa” (15) 15:05 Peter De Leo,
Managing Director, Lycopodium Ltd, “Delivering projects in Africa”
(15) 15:20 Questions (5) 15:25 Panel Discussion: Environmental,
Social and Corporate Governance – localisation policies, generating
wider economic returns for host communities and governments,
sponsored by DLA Piper (45) Dominic Piper, Australia’s Paydirt
(Convenor); Rhys Davies, DLA Piper; Tim Carstens, Base Resources
Ltd; Peter Dawson, Lycopodium Ltd 16:10 Errol Smart, Managing
Director and CEO, Orion Minerals Ltd, “The Prieska copper-zinc
project, South Africa: Bankable, fully premitted, ready to build”
(15) 16:25 Roger Baxter, Chief Executive Officer, Minerals Council
South Africa, “COVID-19, a catalyst for change to revive South
African mining and exploration sectors” (15) 16:40 Hon. Gwede
Mantashe MP, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Republic of
South Africa (15) 16:55 Panel Discussion: Strategies for
reinvigorating investment in the South African minerals sector (35)
Dominic Piper, Australia’s Paydirt (Convenor); Hon. Gwede Mantashe
MP, Republic of South Africa; Errol Smart, Orion Minerals Ltd;
Roger Baxter, Minerals Council South Africa 17:30 Closing Remarks
(10) 17:40 Closing Drinks, Bar Uma (Lobby Lounge)
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Exhibitor List
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11&12246
Agate Project LtdAMISAustralia Africa Minerals and Energy Group
(AAMEG)BDOBlackEarth Minerals NL Capital
3192151020
98172214
413
Energold GroupFirefinch LtdIMDEXIntertek GenalysisLycopodiumMEC
Mining
NGOs: - Wednesday 4 November Bicycles for Humanity WA - Thursday
5 November Wheelchairs for Kids - Friday 6 November Australia for
Cedar Tanzania & ARTEFACTZ
PerentiPredictive Discovery LtdResolute Mining Ltd
Sahara Natural ResourcesSandfire Resources NLSGSTietto Minerals
LtdWA School of Mines - Curtin University Walkabout Resources Ltd
West African Resources Ltd
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